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WAYYYY too hot. CPU thermal limits are around ~100.
It will start throttling back before that.My i5 over clocked to 4.2Ghz with no case fans and i80 watercooling maxes out at ~60c with Prime95 trying to destroy the PC. Idles around 38. Should be lower, but like I said, no case fans and due to the pump cables it actually slightly tilts the heatsink so covers ~80% of the CPU die. It's been fine for 3 years so I don't care any more
It's possible that your thermal paste is screwed, or there's still a plastic film on the bottom of the cooler. Double check that, reseat heatsink, make sure fans actually running
Kirth-
Hmmm... may case is super small with almost no airflow... I have a low profile cooler with two vans that blow air back down onto the CPU or away from it (not sure which way they are working). Mine idles around 38 too. I have 2 case fans but the one closest to the CPU is a cheapy and I have a feeling its pretty ineffective... I'm going t grab that case I posted which has much better airflow and see if that helps - when I took off one side the temps dropped around 10 degrees.
This is what I'm up against atm...
chrisbmx116
Did some gaming. 90 temp wise way too hot? My case has the worst airflow.