[Solved] Why is my cpu temp so high?

My phenomII 955 black is running at around 43c and up to 48c when oc to a 3.6; should i be worried. i'm using the stock cooler and the cpu came with its own thermal paste. i have three case fans as well as the psu fan. the ambient temp is around 78 degrees Fahrenheit. i'm worried the present temps will effect the longevity of my pc. oh, and the mb temp is a steady 32c

thanks fellas


ASUS M4A89GTD PRO
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz oc to 3.6
PNY Optima 16GB (4x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Ultra U12-40873 LSX 650-Watt Power Supply
XION Vantage Mid-Tower Case AXP100-001BK
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB
ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor
sony optiarc burner
side case fan with speed control
four new usb 2 ports
500gb external hard drive (e-book)

Perfectly fine temps, especially for any OC on stock cooling. Nothing to worry about there mate, just keep the air circulating in the case as you have done so far.
I'm assuming these are idle temps. If you wanna get the full picture just in case, run prime95 for 15 minutes, with RealTemp running alongside. Just remember that the temps your CPU will hit will be an extreme case under that scenario, since prime95 will keep the CPU at 100% load as long as it runs.

Hey J,

I looked for the RealTemp program but it said it was only for i7 chips so i ran OCCT for 1 hr. it brought the temp up to under 73c for all four cores and the temp shown by my AI Suite showed 64c throughout the entire test time? all the graphs that were produced passed without errors. the vcore graph showed a red line a little more than halfway between 3.78 and 3.8v. does all this sound kosher? Also i was doing some web surfing which was slow in responding plus i opened another piece of software monitoring which was slow to open and close.

thanks for the help my friend

your longevity won't be affected in any noticeable way; every part of your pc will absolutely be obsolete and worthless long before it dies of old age, even at extremely high temperatures.

Thank you my noob friendly advisor; this was my first build, with some help from a semi pro, and i'm just worried about my baby :~)
Your consolations are very much appreciated; hope you had a wonderful Easter!

Its fine..Relax.ok?

Most disturbing; glad i did the stress test. Guess i'll slow it back down to stock speed and run the linpack test again then wait for a better cooler to start playing around with overclocking. thanks for the info........i maybe should at least read the instructions for the expensive toys :~)

Be seeing you

Glad to help good luck with it.