i7 930 Processor Temperature Question

[idata]

Hey guys,

I am freaking out kind of. I bought my brothers computer off of him and here are the specs:

Intel Core i7 CPU - 930 @ 2.8GHz (8 CPUs)

4098mb Ram

1gb Ati Radeon hd 5870

Idk how to find what motherboard

BIOS Date 2/24/10 ver 8.00.15

I ran speedfan and the temperatures were this idle with 68 processes running :

Am I okay? or what I was playing a game maximum and its reached like 80C for each core but the CPU said around 70C.

[DSilv11]

You are in the gray zone....

It is a bit hot, but not so hot that you can say that there is an issue for certain.

I like to see the CPU <70 under max load.

I would check your chassis fans (since the screen shot is not showing any)

Try running a test with the case open and see if things are cooler. If so , you need a fan to get the heat out of the chassis

Check the CPU heatsink instillation. Make sure all 4 pins are snapped into the mother board

Make sure nothing like cables is blocking the air flow.

Last resort might be a after market heatsink (parsec has a number of postings listing some good ones.)

I would try to get the temp down if you can since if your hitting the thermal max, the CPU will throttle and you loose performance.