Acceptable CPU Temperature Range

Generally considering the motherboard and CPU below in a well ventilated case
with fans on everything, what would be an acceptable CPU temperature range in
your opinion?
[We are driving with Vista an Elite Simulation Solutions PC based flight
simulator]

MSI 865PE NEO2-FIS2R
Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800 FSB
(4 GByte) Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2

I have a very similar box (mobo is the same but a 3.0E cpu) and as I recall
you should worry if the cpu is running near 70C. That is normally a hot cpu
and it will approach that under load. I had to change to a thermally
advantaged case (as defined by Intel) with a full complement of fans a
couple of years ago to keep the thermal characteristics where I wanted (low
40's) under a normal load. It does go higher (probably into the 60's) with
a package like you describe. I suggest that you consider using a Core 2
based box. The thermal management in the Core 2 line is far better than the
Pentium line.

"DWP" <DWP.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Generally considering the motherboard and CPU below in a well ventilated
> case
> with fans on everything, what would be an acceptable CPU temperature range
> in
> your opinion?
> [We are driving with Vista an Elite Simulation Solutions PC based flight
> simulator]
>
> MSI 865PE NEO2-FIS2R
> Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800 FSB
> (4 GByte) Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2