i agree with ^. make sure in your bios that "smart fan" or whatever your mobo manufacturer calls it is turned OFF and you have it set to 100% i myself have my cpu watercooled and the fans are on a rheostat. mostly because if i run them wide open it sounds like a 747 and i can hear it through my Razer HP-1 canz. i would make sure that your fan is spinning at idle to make sure you do inadvertently cause a meltdown.