Is this an okay CPU tempurate for Australia?

[seanparko]

Just finished building my new PC, but I had a bit of trouble installing a cryorig c7 cooler over my 2600x. The temp stay at 60 degrees Celsius at idle, but once I start using something like firefox, it peaks up to 70 degrees. I know it's really hot here so I was wondering if this is an okay temp.

 

[The Original Ralph]

those are on the high side for idle and something as light as web browsing

exactly what is your ambient temp? ie is the house air conditioned, etc

and you might list some other factors like case make/model

 

[asoroka]

while it is within system tolerance it is a lot higher than I would expect.

I am in Australia (30C outside an no AC) and I am running 56C as we speak. So 26C above ambient.
I have R2600 with a passive heat sink (CPU at 5%).

So it depends on how you are measuring, what is your CPU doing and what is your ambient temp.

 

[seanparko]

those are on the high side for idle and something as light as web browsing

exactly what is your ambient temp? ie is the house air conditioned, etc

and you might list some other factors like case make/model

I'm in a non air conditioned room with a tower fan running, the ambient temp is around 30 degree Celsius and the case I'm using is a DAN case A4 SFX

 

[vincentneo]

1. Which software are you using to monitor the CPU temp?
2. Did you apply the thermal paste well?

Those temps sound a little too hot.

 

[asoroka]

Ok well a SFX case will have constrained airflow.

What graphics are you using?

I would be tempted to go to a mid size (or even full size) tower, with decent inlet fan and good exhaust fan.

 

[The Original Ralph]

your ambient temp is above "normal' so higher temps are to be expected inside the case

but that situation is going to tax your CPU whenevery you're doing a heavy workload, gaming etc

what asoroka said about moving to a larger case with more airflow and air volume would really be a good idea -

Computronix put up a pretty detailed tutorial on temperatures - including how ambient temps play into your computer's temps

here's a link http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

scroll down until you see this image and see what he had to say

You really don't want to go over 85C and actually should stay as far south of it as possible - when you're at 70C just from browsing, doesn't give you much room, temp wise