Hardware

as many of you know I have recently started a lot of topics but w/e. I am using an i7 960 cpu on stock cooling and it's average temp is in the 60 celsius range, any help?

How much thermal paste did you use? Is your case air circulation good?

the case circulation is great, it's always around 39-40 celsius, but the cpu is always 60 and upwards. For the thermal paste, I don't know how much

Take the heatsink off and reapply it with some decent thermal paste, Arctic Silver or MX-2/3 will do the trick. Make sure the fan is running too.

can you buy those at any computer store or do you have to order it online?

sorry dumb question, but now I found the real cause of the problem. Something like drive state power failure... anyone have any ideas?

Doesn't say anything to me.

I'll see if I can get the exact wording next time, but thanks for trying at least.

I placed a Hyper212+ from Coolermaster over my 965 BE OC'ed to 3.82ghz and it hovers around 45 C during gameplay. Other times, around 32 C. However, my status monitor ( AOD ) shows the temps as 52 C which has me confused. Any help here? I read a lot of reviews on the Hyper212+ which is supposed to keep even the i970 cool.

Umm I might be crazy but 60C is a fine temp for your CPU.

Sometimes the CPU fan will not be raised until CPU reaches 60C, then it just maintains that temp.