[84porsche]

I installed the Intel Software to monitor the heat and it only increases when the processor is being used more - video editing and games - thats how I knew it was increasing. I opened the case to try to help cool it but I will put it back on and try to get better fans. Are the front fans supposed to pull and the back fans push or vice versa? It is a custom built machine but I had to change motherboards because the first one failed. I used the same processor and I applied the thermal stuff the other night to the chip but it only dropped the temp very little. I have four hard drives, two dvd roms and floppy drive - the rest of the case is empty. The processor when running reaches temps of 144° but in normal running about 120° - the monitor is set at 126° for the processor by default. I will look and see what other options you guys have put down. Thanks all.