I feel like such a fool! Got the system 2 years ago. For a few months now my CPU temp has been about 50-55 C at idle, and if I do anything like video encoding in Handbrake it would try for 100 C unless I throttled by running Tthrottle with a rule "Throttle when CPU is over 80", and set the minimum CPU to 20%. That way I got a temp graph like a sideways view of a saw blade, with the temp cycling between around 70 and 90. I read around the web "these CPUs run hot" and "stock cooler is junk" etc. Well, today I took the side off my case and wouldn't you know it, the heatsink was caked with dust. I got the vacuum cleaner out, and holding the fan stopped with my finger, sucked it all out. Now it's idling at 37 and when I encode, it flattens out at around 68. Like I said, I feel like a fool. Even running Prime95 it doesn't go over 80.