I7 920 2.7 running at 40C - not overclocked

[minusidea]

Hi guys,

I just put this box together last night, the BIOS is up todate but I am absolutely baffled at why the temps are running so hot on this thing. I turned off the "smart fan" function in the bios and turned on manual at 100% and the temps have stayed about the same. I've remounted the fan twice because the sensor monitor on the front of the Windtunnel is displaying 00C (I wish) but that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Hyperthreading is enabled, I read somewhere someone disabled it and temps droped by 8c but he also noticed a performance drop as well.

Here's the screens of HM, Real Temp, Core Temp...

Suggestions? I am at a loss and I'm not going to dare try to OC is the way it is.

Thanks for the help.

System Specs:
Xclio Windtunnel
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan (rear exhaust)
ZALMAN CNPS9900LED 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
EVGA E758-TR 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 700 RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular ActiveIntel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920
EVGA 896-P3-1171-AR GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI SupportedWestern Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"

 

[frozenlead]

Are those temps at idle or load?

Either way, they're fine. Don't start worrying about your temps until you get into the upper 60's. Lower 60's if you want to play it safe.

 

[minusidea]

It just seems like it should be a lot cooler. I've read a lot of posts in various places that people are getting 27-30C with a similar setup with their cpu's OC'd to 3.7-4

 

[frozenlead]

At idle, with water coolers, maybe. It also depends upon your case configuration (or even if you're using one) and your ambient air temperature. There's lots of factors.

 

[minusidea]

This was at idle, at 100% with Prime95 it jumps up to around 60c