I just want to say, I got a asus m2a-vm motherboard, with quad 4 phenom 9850, 4gb ram, extra big superfan on CPU, as well as big chassis fan blowing out the back, and I still get cpu temps of 39c, and motherboard temps of 40-42c.....So I took both sides off case, and am blowing a small 6inch fan into the case...I now get cpu temps of 30-31c and motherboard temps of 36-37c...All temps at "idle"...
Just for your info.....
I can't seem to find a definitive answer from AMD or ASUS of what a safe operating range is for temperatures on these products, but I suspect 40-45 would not be considered "unsafe". I have tried about 5 or 6 different monitoring programs...they all give basically the same results (plus or minus 2-3 degrees)
Just to add my two cents worth.....Bob