FX57 Normal Temps?

[Resist]

What is the normal temps for an AMD FX57? I have water cooling and still think the CPU is rather high. With the radiator fan on high the CPU temp is 42C/107F. After a session of playing BF2 it really jumps up there to 55C/131F. Seems to hot to me.

[Chris_Tucker]

its pretty high for liquid cooling... but not high overall.
if the cpu was running above 70-80c, then you should start worrying. but in the meantime your radiator doesnt seem to be doing as good a job as it should.

[Resist]

The water cooling system I am using is a Thermaltake. The radiator is mounted on the outside back of the computer and the fan is pulling air out of the computer. There wasn't enough room inside the computer to mount the radiator inside and have the fan pushing the air out. But this is an alternate mounting method per Thermaltake.

Today with the computer at idle and the radiator fan on high the temps are down to 39C/102F. The room is rather cool, but normally is warm. My case is an Asus Vento 3600, it also has an internal case fan. So the air is blowing through the case front to back.

[Resist]

Now the CPU temp is down to 36C/96F. But it is cool outside and in the room. During 80 degree temps outside this room get pretty warm and that is when I have those warmer CPU temps.