Turn it off, unless you're doing something like encoding music or torrenting stuff. Leaving it on for no reason uses extra electricity that most of us pay for and wears out components.
There is something seriously wrong with your Vista install ShawnD1 because my system boots into Vista in <...
I have a Intel Core 2 Q6600 too. 60C sounds too hot for idle. Mine idles at 34C and maxes out around 55C with all cores fully loaded (never happens in real use) in my SFF system (Silverstone NT-06 Lite cooled by PSU fan).
If you reseat the stock heatsink make sure to clean off the bottom of...
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