'Kay, can't afford a new rig, so thought I'd try OC my Athlon 3400+. Haven't really tried before 'cause it's always been enough grunt for what I do, but after reading up on Clunk's now legendary efforts, I thought I'd have a play around. Also that I'd read the 3400+ wasn't much of an overclocker.
So before getting going I got hold of Motherboard Monitor 5 (friend recommendation) which told me my CPU temp was 66C (in red, worryingly) and case temp at 47C. This seemed high for a CPU at rest (not benchmarking or anything). So read up and got a copy of Core Temp, which started off telling me the temp was 84C which has now calmed to a positively balmy 74C.
This seems hot. Am I right, or just over reacting?