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Take a read through this for methods from Arctic Silver.

Arctic Silver, Inc. - Intel® Application Methods

Idle or low load temp really don't concern me.
My i7-960 always read in the 50c using programs to read them but with a quick boot into bios (35 to 40 sec) shows that 50c in those programs is 30 to 32c in bios.
Concern should be when you system is under load. I'm thinking that Intel isn't concerned what the temps are until they go up to some point. The temp chips in the cpu are designed to be more accurate towards the higher temps.

Your cpu and my cpu are know-en to run hot when running stock. (no over clock).
I recommend with these chips using a quality after market cpu cooler even if their is no over clock.

a quality after market cpu cooler

Interesting. By CPU cooler, does that mean the heatsink and fan? Which one(s) do you suggest?

Thank you, Layback Bear.

Yes the heat sink and fan is call a cpu cooler. Their is many choices. I like the Corsair H series of coolers and Noctua fans and coolers.

http://www.corsair.com/cpu-cooling-k...pu-cooler.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=Noct...w=1280&bih=628

There are many new brand brands and models that I haven't researched. One would just have to Google or Bing cpu coolers and get all kinds of reviews.

Note: When doing your search keep in mind how much room you have to install a cooler.

Replacing the heat sink and fan is an option, but first I'm going to replace the heat sink compound and see what happens to the temps. Haven't had an opportunity to do that yet, though.

Barman58 said:

If there is no untoward processor use then it is possible It may be a fault in the fan or controller .

Which controller would I replace? I'm looking into this option, among others.

Thanks.