Initially when I set up my Athlon XP 2000+ system, the CPU temperature was 60 C...freakin hot...Later, the temp dropped to 57 C and at times to 53 C whilst the case temp is generally between 18 and 25 C....

Is this dangerous? The temp hasn't really incresed that much during gaming either ( i will recheck this)...

There is one case fan doing exhaust...

The same motherboard with a Duron 1.3 however was a mere 20 C(weird?)...

This is a Tbred ( B. I think)...