Ignore that arse. You made a good PC and now you need to overclock it.

+1

might ask a friend to cme over and we'll use therma paste and replace the fan

HUZZ FRIKKIN ZAH

Finally! I bought this:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=207_23_769&products_id=15449

i had a few problems installing. Firstly, the room for maneuvering was tiny.. so it was difficult to put it in. I had trouble putting the heatsink on, as there was no guide to sho9w me where the middle was, only the holes for the nails. But then, one of the nails fell down, and i had to remove the heatsink, and replace it. The problem with that was that it was preapplied stuff, and i didn't replace it after REMOVING the heatsink. But i did put it back in roughly the same position, so i guess, after checking the temp stats, it's fine!!

apparently, the idle temps i'm getting are still too hot, but i call humbug...

i think 40 at idle should be fine for now, i doubt many programs and games i'll use will absolutely use all of my i7950.

I'd rather not now, but maybe i should reseat it and apply new thermal paste sometime, seeing as i did remove and then replace it, without reapplying paste? I think though, that that's a fairly normal temp for my cooler..

I don't think they're humbug as you didn't reapply the thermal paste after removing and putting the heatsink back on. I seriously recommend that you do re-apply the thermal paste as it'll save you a lot of headaches along the way.

hmm yeah, the actual CPU is about 30 degrees, the cores all idle around 40. For now it should be fine, but due to the fact it's hanging sideways, in maybe half a year i'll reapply it, considering th temps are actually kind of even