Hi AL, i contacted AMD about this subject last year and was assured the cpu at those sort of temperatures are fine as they are run at much higher temperatures when tested..assuming you have an athlon or duron everything is fine.. RE:i now that each system will vary, but is there an approximate / average / safe CPU temperature that most newer systems should run at? My brother's CPU generally runs about 50*C, and that seems high (to me), yet the >person who built the system says it can run at 100*C. Is that too high? >Thanx in advance for any insight. Al Thompson _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com