Dave-So, the temperature for the CPU is recorded from a thermal sensor that is located in the socket (its on a thin piece of plastic that should put it right on the bottom of the CPU die). 40c to 60c seems to be the average range for AMD CPUs. The CPU temperature should never reach above 70c. Theres entire groups dedicated to cooling systems, the right way seems to depend on the group and their extremes. ^__^;; ~DM (who still thinks its crazy to put a Peltier system in a computer)