CPU idle temp

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Hi Peeps,

Been reading lots of different threads and seeing lots of different answers on here....

First of all... Specs

I have an MSI Nightblade mi 2 with Core i7 6700 3.4Ghz, 8GB DDR4 2133 mhz, MSI Geforce GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC and a 2TB hard drive all packed into the little case, the CPU cooler is custom made i believe for this machine ((http://tinypic.com/r/24pbgp5/9)) ((http://tinypic.com/r/300e2at/9))

Its a tiny case and theres a lot crammed in there, the GTX 1070 pretty much takes up about half of the case. The ambient temperature is around 22 degress celsius in my room.

Using HWMonitor I'm getting idling temps of around 40 degrees celsius. Weird thing is sometimes I'll hear the cpu fan fire up maybe 2 or 3 times in a row in one second bursts and the temp will hit 55-60 for that one second and return to around 40... This happens maybe once or twice an hour but I've noticed it mostly happens after I've been gaming for a while.

Was playing Rise Of The Tomb Raider (max settings) for around 4 hours and got a max temp of 69 degrees celsius. If I play the witcher 3 on max for the same I've seen it go as high as 82 degrees.

Suggestions? Is 82 too high? Are there any aftermarket cpu coolers that would fit in this tiny little case without modding?
 
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82C every once in a while isn't going to hurt anything and the other temps are fine. I wouldn't try to replace the CPU cooler in that case, it's made specifically for the form factor and part of the function, from what I can see, is to blow hot air out of the case. Replacing it might cause the temps of your other components to rise. If it's not under warranty you could try replacing the thermal paste, but that probably won't do a whole lot.
82C every once in a while isn't going to hurt anything and the other temps are fine. I wouldn't try to replace the CPU cooler in that case, it's made specifically for the form factor and part of the function, from what I can see, is to blow hot air out of the case. Replacing it might cause the temps of your other components to rise. If it's not under warranty you could try replacing the thermal paste, but that probably won't do a whole lot.
 
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