Ok, so I've nearly finished building my brothers computer. I asked a question not long ago about Mini-ITX cases. I installed the motherboard in the case I got along with the memory and CPU. At the moment I do not have an HDD to install an Operating system on. I've installed the i3 540 CPU with the stock cooler. I didn't feel the need to buy and after market cooler because my brother only wants the computer for web based things, music and videos.
Any way, with only the motherboard, memory and CPU installed I went into the BIOS to check everything was ok. The temp idle for the CPU was 50-54C on idle. I've seen a few threads on different sites saying that it's normal with the stock cooler.
I didn't use the Intel paste that was already on the heatsink itself, I applied different paste. The air flow of the case is not awesome but it may need a fan or two.
Any way, is this normal for an i3 or not...?
Thanks fellow geeks.
Any way, with only the motherboard, memory and CPU installed I went into the BIOS to check everything was ok. The temp idle for the CPU was 50-54C on idle. I've seen a few threads on different sites saying that it's normal with the stock cooler.
I didn't use the Intel paste that was already on the heatsink itself, I applied different paste. The air flow of the case is not awesome but it may need a fan or two.
Any way, is this normal for an i3 or not...?
Thanks fellow geeks.