maximum temp
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FarFarAway
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Below 60*C on air is fine 
Under 55c is a good temp to go by as nick said
i try to keep mine under though.
for a long and healthy cpu life i wouldnt advise u to take the fan off.
These processors generate too much heat to be passivly cooled with good effect imo,unless u have some unreal airflow goin on in ur case
so if you want your proc to live a long good life then i suggest u have the fan on low-half power all the time.
just my 2p
cheers.
i try to keep mine under though.
for a long and healthy cpu life i wouldnt advise u to take the fan off.
These processors generate too much heat to be passivly cooled with good effect imo,unless u have some unreal airflow goin on in ur case
so if you want your proc to live a long good life then i suggest u have the fan on low-half power all the time.
just my 2p
cheers.
Raging-savage, i DO have "some unreal airflow" 
a week ago i turned of the cpu fan for 15minuts and the temp never went above 52c with maximum load.
the thing is i have a rather large cpu heatsink, a thermalright ultra90.
you can check it out in the review section.
i also have the backfan blowing air INTO the case instead of drawing air out of the case so even if i remove the cpu fan there will still be air moving around the heatsink.
a week ago i turned of the cpu fan for 15minuts and the temp never went above 52c with maximum load.
the thing is i have a rather large cpu heatsink, a thermalright ultra90.
you can check it out in the review section.
i also have the backfan blowing air INTO the case instead of drawing air out of the case so even if i remove the cpu fan there will still be air moving around the heatsink.
dont se the need of it with the case i have.
i have a backfan and a sidefan both blowing air into the case.
the backfan provides cool air directly to the cpu and upper part of the motherboard and psu.
the sidefan provides cool air to the harddrives gfxcard and lower end of the motherboard with addoncards.
the air can escape in 4 directions, out the front, through the psu, or out the holes i have on both sides at the top of the case.
i have found i get maximum cooling with the lowest noise by having the fans this way.
i have found its a big advantage to have a positive airpressure in the case as i have almost zero problem with dust now compared with when i had negative airpressure.
negative airpressure also tends to draw dust into the optical units.
i have a backfan and a sidefan both blowing air into the case.
the backfan provides cool air directly to the cpu and upper part of the motherboard and psu.
the sidefan provides cool air to the harddrives gfxcard and lower end of the motherboard with addoncards.
the air can escape in 4 directions, out the front, through the psu, or out the holes i have on both sides at the top of the case.
i have found i get maximum cooling with the lowest noise by having the fans this way.
i have found its a big advantage to have a positive airpressure in the case as i have almost zero problem with dust now compared with when i had negative airpressure.
negative airpressure also tends to draw dust into the optical units.
