I have the same setup (Celeron D 2.6 GHz, pundit R, 7200 RPM HD, SBLive) and I get a about 49 C at maximum CPU, and the fan speed goes up to 2800 RPM or so. I tried to put arctic silver on, but it didn't really seem to help much.
One thing that I found helps is to make sure the IDE cable from the HD and CDROM drive is tucked away underneath the hard drive and not obstructing the PSU fan. This probably increases the HD temperature, but it allows the air flow to be better.
In general, I agree with the responses to this post: the celeron D just generates way too much heat to be run quietly in the Pundit-R.
Since I finally got my Pundit running, I can compare the temperatures. I put old Northwood core Celeron 2.0 GHz into it and it keeps CPU at 34C when idle. Very nice. More interestingly (and not so nice), the Q-Fan control does not seem to work. The fan spins at 1850-1950 RPM whole the time, regardless of the CPU temperature. When I disable Q-Fan, it jumps up to noisy 3500 and remains there.
What may be wrong? If I run intensive tasks, I get about 51C at the cpu .. and the fan is still quiet .. not very safe, I guess.
BTW, how low can the fan speed go in your Q-fan mode?
Best regards
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