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ok also, one more question, is 40-45 degrees celsius too hot for a cpu under load?
It seems from some quick research that your PC is operating just fine. Now, I have no idea what CPU you're using, but as this chart suggests if that's your "at-load" temperature, you should be set regardless.
http://www.buildcomputers.net/cpu-temperature.html
I have an i5 3470 and I guess you could call it under load because I was playing blacklight retribution. anyway, I was just making sure because I built this computer yesterday and my airflow wasn't fantastic and I was just a little scared because I thought my cpu/gpu were going to burn up. but if you think I'm good i'm probably just being paranoid
If you attached a cooler of some sort - it's pretty hard to overheat your processor. If you're really concerned, just get something better than the stock one.
I understand the nervousness, hahaha, I'm still paranoid with this one but the only crashes I've suffered are from running a W8 Nvidia driver on 8.1 and bad ADB drivers for my phone. AKA: Nothing wrong with the hardware.
glad to know it's not just me

hopefully the hyper 212 evo cooler i installed will do it's job
thanks man!
Barring horrific airflow... I see no possible way you could overheat your processor with something like that from the aftermarket. Just in case it escaped because of my last edit:
1. That website I linked does have some advice on testing for overheating issues further down
2. Many mobo manufacturers make their own monitoring utilities available for free, like the Asus AI Suite. Alternatively, Everest Home Edition works too.