# What should my CPU temp be?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-my-cpu-temp-be/346037 "2006-02-25T04:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-my-cpu-temp-be/346037/1 "2006-02-25T04:53:57Z")

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I’ve been having some problems with my computer, and one thing that might be wrong is the CPU overheating. I use Speed Fan, which shows that after a little while, the CPU temp seems to be about 34c.

I’ve tried looking up temperature ranges on line, but am having a hard time finding something definate. I have a feeling that 30 - 40 is probably the range, but let me give my CPU info, and, if you know, please tell me what it should be running at.

Pentium 4  
2.4GHZ  
800mhz fsb  
And, I don’t know if it makes a difference, but it does have hyperthreading which I have enabled.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-my-cpu-temp-be/346037/2 "2006-02-25T04:56:26Z")

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IT person here. Anything under 50C is running pretty cool for a typical computer. Yours seems fine and on the cool side. That is good. That is all.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-my-cpu-temp-be/346037/3 "2006-02-25T04:58:09Z")

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> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> IT person here. Anything under 50C is running pretty cool for a typical computer. Yours seems fine and on the cool side. That is good. That is all.

Cool, just what I needed to know. And such a quick responce too, icing on the cake. Thanks 🆒