AMD Phenom II X4 965 overheating problems

Hi all! This is my first post I recently built a computer with the AMD Phenom II X4 965 cpu and it seems to be idling hot, at around 41 C. When I play games, it'll hit 60 C, which according to AMD is bad because 62 C is the max. I tried to turn the amd quiet n cool off to see if that would help, but it would idle even higher at around 50 C.
The CPU is in an Antec 300 and I am pretty sure I have a good fan system going. Two fans at the front lower bottom of my case which are sucking in air (intake). One fan on top of the case and one at the back top of the case, which both are blowing air out (exhaust).
I was wondering if anyone had any idea how to lower this high idle temperature or why my cpu has such a high temperature?
I was thinking it could be my cables being in the way of my fans at the bottom of my case, but it seems that many cables wouldn't affect airflow.

Note: I have been using HW Monitor to view my temperatures

Are you using the stock heat sink and fan that came with the CPU? They aren't the best at cooling. I would suggest investing in a decent aftermarket heat sink and fan. As far as your idle and load temps, 41 is a bit high, but tolerable and expected with a stock heat sink (I'm assuming of course that you're using the stock one). 60 degrees load is completely realistic, and it could easily get a lot higher. You usually want to start worrying when you are starting to stray consistently into around 70's or 80's. Assuming you're using the stock heat sink, my recommendation is to buy a decent quality aftermarket one.

Buy one of these
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler for All Intel/AMD CPU's
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coo [...] 56-1366-am


Remove stock cooler
Clean top of CPU thoroughly
Apply tim sparingly
Fit new cooler properly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_GcngCr_Vs

Id recommend AS5 thermal compound and to spread it around instead of just leaving a blob in the middle of the CPU (best way from my own experiences).