Okay, I haven't been playing Skyrim for awhile. People do say the max temp for my CPU is 62 degrees Celsius.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274612-28-what-safe-core-temperature-phenom-processor-fami
I was getting a max temp of 68 degrees Celsius before I stopped playing Skyrim. I don't play...
I hate to admit it, but I'm a real noob when working with computer hardware. I'll go with cleaning the inside of my computer first and see if that helps. Re-applying the T.I.M. ...I have no idea how to do that, so I won't do that unless I deem it to be something that should be done.
How much...
I noticed a fan running louder than usual lately (2 weeks ago) when I play Skyrim (it is the only PC game I've been playing since the beginning of this year). I thought it might be the GPU fan, so I installed HWMonitor to look at GPU temperatures. Turns out the GPU temperatures are fine, but I'm...