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    is SpeedFan?
    Just built my system and after a quick game on Battlefield 3 it's saying my CPU is at around 71C!?!

    Surely it can't be that hot... I'm not overclocking. I do have the stock CPU cooler on, but have applied thermal paste to the top of the CPU.

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    71c is pretty standard for the stock cooler at full load. It's perfectly safe, you need to start worrying when it hits 80c+.
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    It's safe, but a 2500k should be lower than that on the stock cooler methinks.

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    Check coretemp too. Speedfan should be pretty accurate though and it does sound slightly high.

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    RealTemp is another good one.
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    RealTemp is giving me readings of around 40-50 whilst SpeedFan is jumping from 70-80...

    EDIT: Just had a look with Core Temp also... which says the CPU is about 40C, I'm guessing that SpeedFan could be wrong here?
    Last edited by Andys; 05-01-2012 at 08:12 PM.

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    Try CPUID HWMonitor usually always exact temps for me.

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