everest is brilliant if u have never seen it, check it out.
in the main window there is a icon called
sensors (i think...), just click that and it will show all the temps. (including cpu gpu northbridge hard drives and more)
probably the best tool just for testing cpu temps is TAT:
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...ysis_Tool.html
sometimes the BIOS temps can be misleading, often it shows the cpu temp but not the actual core/die temps.
however 60 is pretty hot for a core2, they are very cool running chips. i know they are different chips but my mate's 6300 runs about 30 degrees at stock, and my x6800 runs about 50 degrees with extra voltage going to it. they should not freeze though at 60 degrees :/ had mine lock up when i put 1.6 volts through it and did a stress test, it went to 85 degrees in about 2 seconds and froze
