Very high heat? or false reading?

[mcmike]

I just built a computer:

p5e deluxe
q9550
4gig ocz 1066
WD 250 HDD
lite-on dvd-rw

Soon as I booted up, the cpu was unknown so I will have to update bio's for sure, but here is my question. The temp reading right now is amazingly high in bios/speedfan but in coretemp it seems normal. I double checked my seating and thermal paste and the heatpipes on the cpu cooler are ice cold. Should I be worried or will the bio's update accurately show the CPU temp since it will be able to detect which cpu its running? Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[mcmike]

Did not see a edit button, or I would have used it so sorry for the bump. I had forgotten to mention I am using a zerotherm nirvana nv120 cpu cooler. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887011 It is a VERY large and should be far better than the stock intel cooler.

 

[dragonsprayer]

use more thermal compound - when you removed it did have matching patterns on both sides?

 

[mcmike]

My thermal compound was a adequate amount, and was even so I know it was seated evenly.