Question regarding my CPU temp.

Hi, i got a AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2GHz CPU on a MSI K8N SLI Platinum nForce4 SLI Motherboard.
Yesterday i installed Speedfan to check my CPU temp and it's been as high as 64 degrees. Is this too much or is it normal? My GPU (Geforce 7800GTX) is around the same temp also.

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 03-December-06, 21:52:54
hello,
64C for CPU is pretty high. is that idle or full load temp? are CPU is using stock vcore?
what CPU cooling system you have?
its possible to be just a wrong sensor reading.
get CoreTemp and check it temp from there: http://www.thecoolest.zerobrains.com/CoreTemp/
It's only when playing games, it usually don't get above 59 degrees though. When Idle, it's about 45 degrees. I only use the cooling system that's on the motherboard, don't know what it's called though.
Here's the temps after exiting the game for about 2 min http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/Skylinee/Temps.jpg
Cools down pretty quick.

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