Is this normal?

KrizQoo

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I've overlocked my e8400 to run at 3.87 Ghz on a p35-DS3L with a AC Freezer 7.

I ran Prime95(Small FTT) and the temperature went from idle 39 to 57 with fan speed at 100%.

The temperature is higher than what I saw from what other people are getting but as long as the temperature is not 'damaging', i think it's ok for me.

However, when RealTemp was showing 57, I touched the heatsink and felt that it was cool. So I'm wondering if that's normal? I thought the HS's supposed to be heated up while the fan blows the heat away?
 
The heatsink would get warm, but if you have decent case cooling then the little heat produced by the CPU will be gone before the upper portion of the heatsink get's hot.
 
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