whats the correct temperature for this system

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Hi, my mates built a new pc.

Spec:

Asus P5LD2 SE/C 775 board
Core 2 duo E4500 2.2ghz/standard intel heatsink
kingston 2gb dual ddr2


What kind of temperature should he expect for his cpu?

 

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Anything from 22 to 32 on idle I would have thought.. Depends on the case cooling and the location it's in.

What have you got?

cheers ill let him know. Well he's still setting it up, last time I checked he was finishing formatting. I told him to check his temps after, it's the first time he's built a PC.

 

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its 39-40. is that ok?

 

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So it should be ok then?

He's not gonna overclock it, the most intensive thing it will be used for is to convert video files to dvd format.

 

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loads at 52-54. is that acceptable.