Safe Temperatures I Should Be Running at??

Just built my first system, and everything is running great with no issues. Haven't done any over clocking yet. I just wanted to see what the normal temps should be for a CPU, HDD, and the system case. After my system has been running for about an hour or so, just sitting idle, these are my temps:

CPU - 41 degrees C (According to my MOBO)
HDD - 27 degrees C (According to HDDlife)
System - 37 degrees C (According to my MOBO)

My system specs are in my signature, so looking at that, maybe someone can tell me if my temperatures are where they should be and what I can expect them to reach when I am doing some heavy gaming for multiple hours.

hmmmm... 41C, Tcase reading?

That might be lil too warm. I'm not using the stock HSF on my Q6600, and mine idles 29-30C.

Edit:

My ambient PC case temp is 29C / 85F.

Heh..

Since my room has warmed up, and the PC's been on awhile:

Case Ambient temp: 87-88F/30C
Tcase Temp: 30/32C
Fan Speed: 1940 rpm (120mm)

The reading I gave, is the Tcase sensor, not the Tjunction temp, which are related to the cores separately.

So, don't compare what I stated with core temps.

But to explain a lil further:

Tcase - is the sensor between the cores to give an IHS temp. It will diplay as a single temp that you would see in the bios. SpeedFan or your MB utility app would also see this sensor to get a reading within windows.

Tjunction - sensor on the core, referred as DTS (digital thermal sensors) which can be off, since programs use a tjmax, which is assumed. So in other words, if the tjmax is wrong, the core temp is wrong. You would need to properly calibrate the temp cores with an external temp monitor to figure out what your tjmax is, which would only be more accurate when the CPU is under a load. DTS's would play more of a critical role for thermal throttling, and thermal shut down.

That is just it. You can change the tjmax. There's nothing for CoreTemp to actually get a tjmax. Its based on an assumption or guess of what it is. That is what makes it inaccurate.

If you get RealTemp, its tjmax should be different, or lower the 100C. The trick in getting accurate temps, you would need to do some kind of calibration with an external temp monitor.

Also when you run RealTemp, if you click on test sensors, you should read what it says at the very bottom of the message it displays. Basically you really shouldn't use it to report idle temps. Core Temps are part of a process to trigger thermal throttling, or thermal shutdown.