Are these temps too high?

Hey I've got a fairly new gaming PC and my temp for the CPU runs at about 40 idle and 65 on load. My graphics card runs on about 31 idle and 59 on load. My specs are:

System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: X58-USB3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6142MB RAM

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

I have this case and thought it would stay fairly cool. The CPU has the stock cooler and the brand of the graphics card is Gigabyte. I am using Core Temp to check my temps for the CPU. I thought it was an alright temperature but I saw my mates pc and his core runs around 20 idle but he has an aftermarket cooler so yeah I might invest in one if it is needed. Nothing is overclocked either.

Hey I've got a fairly new gaming PC and my temp for the CPU runs at about 40 idle and 65 on load. My graphics card runs on about 31 idle and 59 on load. My specs are:

System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: X58-USB3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6142MB RAM

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

I have this case and thought it would stay fairly cool. The CPU has the stock cooler and the brand of the graphics card is Gigabyte. I am using Core Temp to check my temps for the CPU. I thought it was an alright temperature but I saw my mates pc and his core runs around 20 idle but he has an aftermarket cooler so yeah I might invest in one if it is needed. Nothing is overclocked either.

darkreaper7

Given you are using the stock cooler I'm actually surprised your 950's load temp is only 65°c, what are you using to stress it?

And your GPU temp is good.

those are good temps very cool :)

my 2500k idles at 27 degrees on 3 cores and 33 on the last core. At load it goes to 54 on 3 cores and 60 on the last one.

To stress it I've only been playing games like Crysis 2 and heaven benchmark. It's good to hear its at a normal temp.

To stress it I've only been playing games like Crysis 2 and heaven benchmark. It's good to hear its at a normal temp.

darkreaper7

To stress it I've only been playing games like Crysis 2 and heaven benchmark. It's good to hear its at a normal temp.

darkreaper7

@kraken2109 thats the cooler my friend is using and I am thinking about getting it. The only problem is I have one fan at the top just above the cpu and I'm wondering whether that aftercooler would be able to fit with the fan still in place. I also was wondering whether it is difficult to install one since I haven't before.

@kraken2109 thats the cooler my friend is using and I am thinking about getting it. The only problem is I have one fan at the top just above the cpu and I'm wondering whether that aftercooler would be able to fit with the fan still in place. I also was wondering whether it is difficult to install one since I haven't before.

darkreaper7

@kraken2109 thats the cooler my friend is using and I am thinking about getting it. The only problem is I have one fan at the top just above the cpu and I'm wondering whether that aftercooler would be able to fit with the fan still in place. I also was wondering whether it is difficult to install one since I haven't before.

darkreaper7

Measure the distance from the centre of your cooler to the top fan and compare that to the width of the 212+ divided by 2, that will tell you if you have enough room.

I did this before I purchased my cooler, as I do not have a lot of room.

Don't know where you socket is placed compared to the one in this guys PC, but here is a pic of your case + the 212+.

There looks to be about 20mm of space between the heatsink and the top fans, so unless your socket is high up on the motherboard, you should be fine.

(read i7-950), Perfectly normal. The i7's run kinda hot so you shouldn't be worried. Invest in an aftermarket CPU cooler like Coolermaster Hyper 212+ for price/cooling performance. But I would recommend a Coolermaster V6 if you can afford one.