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40c is acceptable, you won't get much cooler then that with traditional heatsink and fans. Intel recommends their pentium 4 processor to operate at 34c, but what do they know. They provide you with a standard fan and heatsink and expect their CPU to operate at a degree that requires liquid cooling to sustain. I don't know how you can get 30c with just a stock cooler. What processor do you have?