Do these temps seem reasonable?

Is that load or idle temps?
Benching software and such is very varied. I use these for each purpose:
These are pretty standard and used by many.
Monitoring the PC temps overall: HWmonitor aka hardware monitor
CPUZ for CPU info
GPUZ for GPU info
CPU only: RealTemp
GPU only: ATI Tool, I have a Nivida GTX280, so it works on Nvidia

Loading/benching tools:
CPU loaders: Prime95 and OCCT
GPU Loaders: ATI Tool and the best one is Furmark, nothing pushes the GPU harder right now.
Benching for overall graphics/gaming performance is 3DMark06

Did you overclock your CPU or is this at stock settings? If so it's pretty high.
Your cooler is pretty old and it's not that great, but it shouldn't reach those temps if its at stock speed for your CPU.

Well i like to see that there is not a very large difference between load and idle.
That usually means that the problem is the room temp. What is the room temp?

But those temps are pretty high. maybe try to reseat the cooler if the room temp is fairly low.

The room temps are around 70F. Like I stated before I have a 120mm intake on the front, 80mm intake on the side, 80mm exhaust on the top and the side.
I have tried to reseat the cooler a few times, maybe I'm doing it wrong but I have watched some videos on how to do it correctly. I have also added in two other 80mm fans (1 intake, 1 exhaust) and that didn't change the temperatures much/if at all.
I'm out of ideas.

First off, are those temps calibrated? Second, can you give temps with RealTemp?

doi! forgot about realtemp.

Thanks shadow. I stand corrected.

I keep the Zalman at its lowest setting (it has its own controller) , ~1225RPMs, mostly because as you turn it up it gets too loud

You need to crank that up!

You have it set to low.

According to intel, it emites 95w of heat. At that i would expect it to raise the temp about 20-25 above ambient. Ambient in this case is 70-75F wich equals 21-24C.

(20-25)+(21-24)= 41-49c

Add in that you may have mounted it incorrectly etc. and you could be getting some high temps at load.

^that was at low speed




This is at high speed.

(15-19)+(21-24)= 36-43

Those are all at load.

Hold up. What's the highest RPM your fan can spin? Also, even if it's ON LOW temps shouldn't be that high. Your situation is pretty weird because it's at stock settings and speedstep is on correct?

I have never tried that method of applying thermal paste because the people on this forums usually spread it around making a thin layer. Which is said to be best, but it's your choice, you can experiment which method is best.
Again even if ur fan is on low 1225rpm it should not be that warm, weird.

Lol, i said usually and "most people" cannot be proven anyways, but I read a lot of people doing it the thin layer way.
lets not spam and help people, i dnt wanna start a "efight"

Alright thanks. I'll post my results

When you say they don't make the thin layer you mean they do the thin line technique like I posted above?

AS wants to give you every reason to go for their thermal paste instead of the cheap $2 TIM you can buy at a local electronics store. XS' method could be better, but I suspect that AS tested a variety of methods and found the thin line to be better.

Besides, I doubt you would see a tangible difference between the thin line or spreading methods, possibly 2C at best if you do it perfectly.

True, you could get air pockets. I use the thin layer but I also have lapped hsf/CPU