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cpukid said:I've run Prime95 for long periods of time, but not since I overclocked. I'll do that tonight and leave it all day tomorrow.Also, in my BIOS settings, all of the CPU features like hyperthreading and turbo boost are enabled.
Here's a screenshot of my About This Mac and my iStat Menus temp (with MS Word, Safari, iChat, and iTunes open)
Hmmm - Have you got a spare HD and could install Win 7 / XP ? There's loads more stressing and monitoring programs in Win than OSX and I found it easier to do all my OC-ing using Win before finding a stable one and then doing a bit of stability testing in OSX to check there were no surprises. Plus my idle temps are in OSX seem about the same as yours around 40-45C so I wouldn't worry too much.
I've never really got my CPU up to full Prime95 temps in day to day use even when using my music production software.