AMD Phenom II X4 945 temp

[wx4sno]

I recently upgraded from an AMD Athlon Dual Core processor to an AMD Phenom II X4 945. Back when I had the dual core installed, my CPU temperatures rarely exceeded 45°C, full load. With the new quad core, my temps stay around 52°C under half-load. I am running several programs and this computer stays on 24/7 as it uploads a lot of information to the internet and monitors several things.

Take a look at this image...does everything look normal? Of course, the temperature of the room the machine is in is around 30°C right now due to this huge heat wave and the case is a small HTPC one. Any comments on the good, the bad, or the ugly from this image:

 

[cuecuemore]

52 C is perfectly normal, especially with 30C ambients. I believe that CPU is rated for 70C, but you probably want to keep it under 65 to be safe.

 

[Uther39]

Exactly whay make of case and cpu cooler do you use?

 

[wx4sno]

It's the stock CPU cooler...there is hardly any room in the case for any other. The case itself is an Apevia X-QPACK-NW-BK/420...the case is pretty much worthless and I don't recommend it...but for now it will have to do. I'm also using the built-in 420w PSU.

 

[wx4sno]

http://products.amd.com/%28S%281s0ubp45o3zk4wyxoe1cqk2h%29%29/pages/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=534

AMD has a rating of 62°C for the X4 945 processor, as indicated in the link above. Hopefully I won't even approach 60°C because I don't even do any overclocking, just normal 24/7 operation.