scarey thing...

I was playing a game and I smelled something burning. I immediately shut my game off and checked my CPU temp. It was at 52. I went down and smelled near my fan. No burning smell. Now the smell is gone and my CPU temp is at 49. There's no way my CPU could smoke at 52, could it??

What kind of heat sink do you have. What kind of thermal past do you have. what kind of processor do you have.

it's...

an AMD athalon xp 1800+. Running an ecs k7s5a motherboard and a coolermaster hcc-003 (copper base with aluminum fins. Using thermal paste). Running win xp pro.