What is Normal CPU temperature?

[ducis]

Well i have the standard CPU cooler and have one fan in the back of the box.... there is a air vent on the side of the box but otherwise i do no other cooling..... the CPU Fan has a good heatsink on it.... i'm using core temp and it say 20C at the moment. PC Wizard says 28C (but this is the average)... and i think when i looked at the BIOS it was the same as the Core Temp.....

20C is close to impossible as that would imply that you ambient temperature would be >20C by quite alot

 

[cohen]

That has to be a faulty reading. Whats your room temperature?

I'll check later

post a pic of the insides of your computer!

did you spread the thermal paste evenly over the cpu?

what i do is spread it with the back end of the tube so its even (ish) then before securing the fan/heatsink ont the cpu i put it on and give it a bit movement in circular movements (no pressure)

Who is this to???

20C is close to impossible as that would imply that you ambient temperature would be >20C by quite alot

ok.....

I'll post some pics later and i have an AMD 4200+ with the standard CPU fan... a Fan in the back of the box and a cone which sits over the CPU and allows air outside of the box in.....

post pics later today

 

[diduknowthat]

I'll post some pics later and i have an AMD 4200+ with the standard CPU fan... a Fan in the back of the box and a cone which sits over the CPU and allows air outside of the box in.....

post pics later today

It doesn't matter how many vents you have, it is impossible for your CPU to be cooler than your room (in your case).

 

[Yeti]

... i'm using core temp and it say 20C at the moment.

Just because your program/sensor says it's 20C doesn't mean that it actually is.

I'll post some pics later and i have an AMD 4200+ with the standard CPU fan... a Fan in the back of the box and a cone which sits over the CPU and allows air outside of the box in.....

I don't think anyone is questioning that your readings are what you say they are or that your setup is poor. It's just the whole breaking-the-laws-of-thermodynamics thing.