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Permalink Reply by Mad Max on August 7, 2010 at 5:43am

Those seem fairly typical to me, nothing to worry about. But if you want to get them down some more then check out some of those ridiculously oversized CPU fans out there, or maybe the Corsair H50 water cooler. You shouldn't have any problems with those temps though. If it starts to become unstable and crash a lot then look into it, but it should be fine.

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Permalink Reply by Hazmatt on October 15, 2010 at 9:38am

Try and keep it above 25C
Try and keep it below 70C

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Permalink Reply by roving cowboy /keith hall on October 15, 2010 at 3:51pm

find the real temp program for intel cpus and get the cool temp for amd cpus.

they will or should show you the high temps of which your cpu's mostly gotten.

the cool temp also shows the highest temp the cpu needs to get to before it starts
shutting down the system.
that varies with different motherboards and cpus and such.

so get the program for your cpu and use it to keep tabs on your unit's temp's.

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Permalink Reply by BrettApple on October 15, 2010 at 8:07pm

My MacBook (2008 Unibody) has reached over 200°F when playing games. I think the max it's gotten to is 209°F. On average its around 160°F under normal use. Right now running Safari, Aperture, Photoshop CS5, iTunes, Word, Excel, Dreamweaver CS5, and Mail it's at 167°.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin Tyson on October 16, 2010 at 12:33am

Something new I just learned. I didn't realize a Mac shows that. Pretty awesome and detailed. Is that a stock program all Macbook's come with or perhaps a free download from apple.com or app store?

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Permalink Reply by BrettApple on October 16, 2010 at 9:24am

I'm using iStat Menus. There is also a widget called iStat.
http://www.islayer.com/apps/

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Finegan on October 16, 2010 at 3:38pm

I run an i-930 at stock speed. For a cooler I use a Corsair H50. Max temp I've reached is 40C. Ambient air is 68F. Case is a Cooler Master full size with 220mm fans. I'm happy, and cool.

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