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[muhammadbinmehroze]

hi guys...
I have a couple of questions...
My build is an i5-2500 @3.3ghz..
first of all i wanna know that will the stock cooler able to maintain a normal cpu temperature while gaming (i am not an over clocker)???
secondly how can i keep a check on my cpu's temp and casing temp?? and what should be cpu's temp on idle mode?? it would b kind of u to answer all questions...

 

[Chaz21]

hi guys...
I have a couple of questions...
My build is an i5-2500 @3.3ghz..
first of all i wanna know that will the stock cooler able to maintain a normal cpu temperature while gaming (i am not an over clocker)???
secondly how can i keep a check on my cpu's temp and casing temp?? and what should be cpu's temp on idle mode?? it would b kind of u to answer all questions...

Short answer - yes.
Get this for monitoring:
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
It's free.

 

[Chaz21]

My i5-2500k idles (between all cores) 24-27 degrees C.
As an alternative get this (also free):
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
or use them both to check each other.