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Well, the first think to note is that 53-60+ celsius isn't uncommon for Athlon XPs. My 1900+ ran at 60 celsius idle before I got a Thermaltake Volcano 9+. I'd try to keep it under 70 celsius.
Buying a new CPU fan would probably solve the problem completely. Which CPU fan are you using right now? The stock ones don't work too well sometimes, and a lot of the third-party fans work much worse than the stock one.
Mine ran at 60+ celsius for almost a year. Unless it goes over 70 celsius, I'd just clean the dust off of the fan.
-Lasereth
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