8K7A Temp (too high or just wrong?)

[darkjester]

I just put together my 1.2GHz 8K7A system (w/ a Volcano 5 and Arctic Silver II) into my Enlight mid-tower (w/ 1 front chasis intake) last night, and I was worried about temperature because cooling is such an issue nowadays. So I downloaded MBProbe, ran it, and it started yelling at me about my motherboard temperature being too hot (51.3 C). BUT, my CPU temperature was lower (high 30's to low/mid 40's).

Are MBProbe's default sensor settings (motherboard then CPU) wrong? Should I switch the first sensor to be the CPU and the second sensor to be the motherboard?

Also, I'm going to try MBM5 today and see what that gives me, but I vaguely remember hearing/reading that the default sensors settings MIGHT have to be swapped there, too. Anybody know if this is accurate?

If the settings are correct by default, how can I reduce the temps to within a decent range? What is a decent range?

Thanks in advance for all the help!

 

[SpaceRanger]

Well.. Like I had seen in previous posts, the 8K7A isn't really going to give you an accurate core temp because the probe on the mobo doesn't touch the chip. All it seems to be doing is measuring the air under the CPU. Now a 1.2 chip could heat the air under the CPU to 51 easily (being that my 1.33Ghz @ 1600 is running at 53C and that is with PLENTY of case ventilation as well). The AMD CPU is rated to run at as high as 90C, so I wouldn't be too concerned.

 

[Dulanic]

The 51.3 is your CPU temp, the high 30's is your northbridge temp, there is a 3rd sensor for air temp, but I dont se MBProbe... just use MBM5 its better anyways. And thoose temps are fine.

 

[darkjester]

Thanks for the help! I can stop worrying now... and I'll grab MBM5 as soon as I get home.

Thanks again! 🙂