Best Answer: 60 degrees can be degrading for a CPU, although I've seen CPUs work fine at 75 degrees. Try to keep it under 50 degrees whenever possible. If you have to, buy a better CPU cooler. The thermaltake big typhoon or zalman cnps 9700 are good buys - they're lower your CPU temperature by about 10 degrees. The stock CPU coolers are often cheap pieces of junk.