Okay.
Tcase is 74.1C on the chip
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E7400
The old Intel cpu's would be considered normal 3 to 4 degrees difference between cores.
In my experience the older Intel chips always read about 8 to 10 deg hotter at idle with programs compared to Bios.
I lapped my i7960 and it's water block and did get the temps a couple degrees closer to each other. It really didn't mean much except a lot of work.
**My concern is the smell Janesdf is getting.**
It would be nice to know what the temps are at 75% to 100 % load on the system. Remember under that kind of load the temps must be watched very closely. They can clime very fast it the cooling isn't proper.
This old of system if it hasn't been done I would recommend doing a cleanup of everything and the cpu and cooling block and fan and installing new compound.
Of course a after market cooler would be better but I don't know if one could find one that would fit.
The smell can be normal temps but the garbage that a old system can gather could make a smell at normal temps.
Remember 42C is 107F and dust and crud can make a smell at those temps.
It would also be nice to see the video card temps.
That can be done with real temps under
Settings.
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