Hi, I need some help on a cpu heat issue. I bought this cpu 5 months ago (Pentium 4 HT 3.0E Prescott 800MHz FSB) and the temps on this thing are high. Idle, the temps are 54 degrees celcius constantly. Full load I have seen it get to 63. I am using the stock copper core HS&F that can with it with artic silver 5. I have never overclocked it due to the temp already being high. Can someone please help, or can pinpoint the problem? Or is this normal? I have read others have theirs overclocked to 3.8 and still running at 34 degrees with this stock HS&F. Here is a little about my system: Case - HugeBee w/ 400 watt Power Supply It has a rear 80mm case fan and a tube on the side panel allowing the cpu fan to blow air out the case. P4 HT 3.0/1MB/800 1GB Samsung DDR400 RAM -ASRock P4V88 Socket 478 VIA PT880 ATX Intel Motherboard -nVidia GeForce 4 ti4600 AGP video card -Conexant video capture card -sound blaster live -conexant modem Please let me know if you need any other info... Thanks!!

You could possibly do better but I don't think that your current temps will cause problems.

You didn't mention your case temperature, if it's higher than normal or you don't have good airflow around the CPU, it will raise the CPU temp. Sorry, I do not check for private messages

My case temp stays around 35-40. I have heard these cpu's run hot but I wonder how hot is too hot? I can't seem to find that out.....

My P4 3.0 idles about 48. Under load about 60-62. Your idle temp. is high but it won't hurt anything, 63-67 under load is not a problem either. The tube on the side should be drawing air in to the HS. Adding a fan to help draw the air in might be helpful.

I have the same CPU, and mine runs hot also and was very concerned, so I called Intel and they told me the heat can run as high as 75C with no problems.