With that said, what's the normal operational temperature for a processor? In short, there's a difference in the thermal potential (matching the performance) of the best processors when compared ...

Thankfully, checking the temperatures of your CPU is easy, and there's a great selection of free utilities out there that ...

Dust may be preventing your CPU from getting access to fresh air, which is needed to maintain a good temperature. If you've only recently noticed that your CPU is hitting pretty high temperatures ...

In both cases, there has been some very small improvement in CPU temperatures. [Luumi] says part of the problem is his water cooling block is not completely flat and needs to be lapped.