CPU reaches over 70 degrees while gaming?

Milkth3cow

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I was playing Far Cry 3, and I went up to 60 degrees, then it got higher gradually until it was 70. I was okay with it, thinking it'll go back down or just stay there, but it went up to 73 degrees.

At that point I exited the game (Far Cry 3)

I have a i5-4670k @ 3.4Ghz w/ Stock Cooler
 

Milkth3cow

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Yeah i'm picking up a 212 EVO at Bestbuy tomorrow as a matter of fact.