But otherwise - lighter activties may simply not require such dramatic and noisy fans responses. I suspect in gaming and video editing and heavy CPU loads - you want it as cool as possible. That it is maybe extreme to keep it in the 30s to 40s at all times. Now, this 'Jesse' person in that thread believes (it is Jesse's opinion) that keeping a system below 60C is not necessary. Mine should be yours and mine are at the top of this thread. Secondly, keep a snapshot of the default settings of your BIOS. (Ditch = reboot back into BIOS and put that setting back where it was!) The reason why is if your system SPIKES and becomes WAY TOO HOT you need to see it coming and DITCH. Now, before anyone messes with any of these - I highly recommend opening Task Manager, clicking the PERFORMANCE tab, and making this part visible at all times during experimentation. So be VERY VERY CAUTIOUS about the info contained in the following image. Just because this information is here doesn't mean it is accurate.

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