Is this temp normal? 8320

fx8320 and coolermaster hyper 212+ at ~60c at full load, stock clock

this reading is coming from Cupid hardwaremonitor, looking at reading from the motherboard section , not cpu as it's reading 10-15c colder

if this is irregular i'll take the cooler off and try re-applying the thermal paste

What is your ambient temps pal? You could try re-applying the TIM, only need a very small amount (the pea size recommendation is way too much imho).

about 80f/26c room temp

About right, maybe a little high.

i'm also wondering which temps i should be looking at in hw monitor

motherboard>temperatures>cpu or cpu>temperatures>package

if it's the former i won't be overclocking at all, if it's the latter i might be able to oc a few hundred megahertz

make sure the heat sink is facing the back of the case and that that assbackwards orentation everyone likes to put it in where it blows out at the top, make sure the screws won't tighten anymore, if they make weird feeling that's just the springs keep turning until it doesn't want to

yeah, all that's set up correct