I feel like my iMac is running WAY too hot.

[Jack Flash]

System has been completely idle for maybe 4 hours. What temperatures are considered normal?

 

[RayK]

Check the activity monitor for processes that are eating CPU. Using 100% of CPU. Also try canned air n the compuelter. That really hot.

 

[dolphin842]

Those are roughly the idle temps I get in my 17" Core Duo iMac. Especially at 83 degrees ambient, those internal temps are about as good as you can get without ramping up the fans.

 

[jodelli]

If those are Fahrenheit they're relatively normal temps.

 

[shakir]

if those were celcius, how does he survive with an 83 degree celcius surrounding

 

[Richard.John]

He could be a hot vent dwelling microbe.

 

[GR33NIE]

Hmm that is running pretty hot!

 

[m1stake]

Why do all these programs let you choose between F and C? Always set it to C. Core shutdown starts at 100C, those are normal temps.

 

[joelw135]

System has been completely idle for maybe 4 hours. What temperatures are considered normal?

Here is what mine says, and it is only warm to the touch. (Left upper corner)
HD=128 f
CPU-A=101 f
CPU Heatsink=99 f
GPU=126 f
GPU Diode=137 f
GPU Heatsink=121 f
Ambient=70 f

 

[jodelli]

if those were celcius, how does he survive with an 83 degree celcius surrounding

Just a cold day in hell.