A8N32

[cheesy01]

Hey all! Need some suggestions here. Have had my system running for 6 mos. and no probs with overheating until adding second 7800gt. Idle temps are cpu 41 mobo 45. I will run the F.E.A.R. performance test a few times to crank the system and temps spike to 51 cpu and 56 mobo. Updated bios to 1205 and pulled the guts out and rearranged components to help air flow. Have verified temps by sisandra, asus temp probe and bios temps. Here are specs of system, please advise.

x2 64 4200
2gb corsair
sony dvd-rw
pioneer dvd
WD 2500 sata 16mb buffer
3x scsi II drives in raid 0
tekram scsi controller
audigy sb
2x evga 7800st sli
enermax 600w
Lian-Li P60
2x 120 fans intake
1x 120 exhaust

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: cheesy01
Hey all! Need some suggestions here. Have had my system running for 6 mos. and no probs with overheating until adding second 7800gt. Idle temps are cpu 41 mobo 45. I will run the F.E.A.R. performance test a few times to crank the system and temps spike to 51 cpu and 56 mobo. Updated bios to 1205 and pulled the guts out and rearranged components to help air flow. Have verified temps by sisandra, asus temp probe and bios temps. Here are specs of system, please advise.

x2 64 4200
2gb corsair
sony dvd-rw
pioneer dvd
WD 2500 sata 16mb buffer
3x scsi II drives in raid 0
tekram scsi controller
audigy sb
2x evga 7800st sli
enermax 600w
Lian-Li P60
2x 120 fans intake
1x 120 exhaust

Well it seems that you have enough fans, i found that replacing the mobo's fans will help ALOT, but also try changing some of the cabling to some thing that allows for more air flow... Its just a theory but try and pm me if it works!

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: cheesy01
Hey all! Need some suggestions here. Have had my system running for 6 mos. and no probs with overheating until adding second 7800gt. Idle temps are cpu 41 mobo 45. I will run the F.E.A.R. performance test a few times to crank the system and temps spike to 51 cpu and 56 mobo. Updated bios to 1205 and pulled the guts out and rearranged components to help air flow. Have verified temps by sisandra, asus temp probe and bios temps. Here are specs of system, please advise.

x2 64 4200
2gb corsair
sony dvd-rw
pioneer dvd
WD 2500 sata 16mb buffer
3x scsi II drives in raid 0
tekram scsi controller
audigy sb
2x evga 7800st sli
enermax 600w
Lian-Li P60
2x 120 fans intake
1x 120 exhaust

Well it seems that you have enough fans, i found that replacing the mobo's fans will help ALOT, but also try changing some of the cabling to some thing that allows for more air flow... Its just a theory but try and pm me if it works!

Well its seems to have happened to another member as well....

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=37&threadid=1854121&enterthread=y

 

[cheesy01]

I read all the posts about heat issues and my cables are clean. Big volume of air fm exhaust and not THAT hot. At what point should I be concerned or think of alternate solutions?

 

[Operandi]

There isn?t anything wrong with those temps, if your system is running fine I wouldn?t worry about it.

 

[cheesy01]

What got me to tninking was when I was playing COR Butchers Bay cranked. Went to eat and left it sitting idle and started to play again and it was stuttering. Don't know if it was a buffering problem or what. Rearranged components and cleaned up wiring to be safe. This stuff isn't cheap like it was 5-6 years ago!

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: cheesy01
What got me to tninking was when I was playing COR Butchers Bay cranked. Went to eat and left it sitting idle and started to play again and it was stuttering. Don't know if it was a buffering problem or what. Rearranged components and cleaned up wiring to be safe. This stuff isn't cheap like it was 5-6 years ago!

Well I don't think high-end gear was any cheaper five years ago, with the exception of graphics cards.

Your temps are one the warm side but I wouldn't consider them to be overheating by any definition. I mean you are running power hungry components and they are going to run hotter. Unless you turn to water cooling there isn't any easy way around that.

What are the 6800's running at temp wise?

 

[Billb2]

Things to try. Update to the 1205 bios. some are reporting 10*c lower idle temps (does it throttle Vcore at idle?). Disconnect the floppy drive, again, some are reporting 5-7*c overall temp drops...I know, it sounds weird. I did a rather controlled test and did verify a 1*c drop. Also many video card fans exhaust onto the mobo near the case temp sensor (just below the south bridge) giving erroneous, elevated case temps.. The heat pipe ships with some protective clear plastic on the top surfaces of teh heat sinks, (not the side that contacts the heat source) and removing these has some effect on temps. Another trick is to install a small (40x10mm?) fan in a cutout in the MOBO holder, just under the CPU. This helps eliminate dead, hot air between the base plate and the MOBO. I run water and still have eight fans, not counting external rads, to cool this mother. But, all in all, the board does run hot.

 

[pkme2]

On that particular A8N32 mobo, it seems to run in that temp range as normal, according to earlier threads on AT.