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Appropriate NF4 Temps?

GoodRevrnd

GoodRevrnd

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SmartGuardian reads my chipset temp @ a whopping 55-60 idle, which seems pretty damn hot to me, especially considering my CPU idles around 29-33. I know these things are warm, but that doesn't seem quite right. Is this appropriate temp range for it? What would be definitely too hot? How much would a replacement HSF help, what's a good one?

And while I'm on the topic, what is the PWM IC reading in SmartGuardian?
 
yeah, that seems high.

are you sure its making good contact? those fans can kinda "rock" on the core. when poutting in your graphic card its easy to bump it and lift one edge off a bit.

i use as5 on mine before i install them in the case. currently i idle ~40c and load ~ 46c @ 2500 rpm.

you can always move your vga to the lower slot as well and run it at 8x. the performance difference is all but nothing in real world apps.

the PWMIC is the area between the cpu and the power connectors. it should be good up to 110c or so or until you see unexplained instability.

when i added my x2 i saw a big increase in the pwmic temps but its still only around 50-55c. if its a problem, most people position a low rpm fan to blow over the area. which you can also do for the chipset if you can't lower the temps in another way.
 
same with mine...

i pulled out the mobo to put on a ninja, and took a look at the hsf on the chipset. it's a piece of crap... the tim had come unstuck (it was a pad) and was making virtually no contact... cleaned it all off and put on some ceramique and stuck it back together... still damn hot 50c idle... pushing 70c cranked up...

pulled the thing back apart and took off the foam ring on the hsf, to see if maybe it was keeping the hsf away from the chip... no real difference...

what sux too is that the x800xl outputs its hot air right on top of the chipset cooler, so it can suck it right in!!!... i put a little shroud on the end of the board to move the hot air past the chipset hsf, and at it only goes up to about 65c now...

the x800xl goes right over the top of the chipset, so i wonder what other cooling is available...

i don't remember the thing being that hot... do u run 4 sticks of memory? that's the last change i made (4x512)... does the thing have to work extra hard with 4 slots in use? i just haven't gotten around to yanking the memory to see if it makes any difference...

pc is stable at 278x9, so it doesn't seem to be a problem... case cools pretty good, i have a stock a64 hsf 70mm fan blowing thru a ninja with the chip at 1.6v and max temp is 116f... and in the default bios settings the fan control says > 55c chipset fan on full... so i get a feeling they expect it to run warm...
 
i don't see why 4 sticks would matter as the memory controller is on the cpu but i could be wrong.

from what i understand, 60-65c is pushing the limit. thats just from reading dfi.street so nothing technical, just ind of a rule of thumb type thing.

cubeless, if you think its still not making good contact you could try using a couple fabric washers on the back to draw the fan tighter to the chip.

my 7800gtx jacked my temps up too (compared to my 6800gt). thats when i started running the card in the second slot. after getting the silencer, i put it back in the top slot.

the fan actually isn't that bad, its just in an unfortunate location. but like you said, the tim seems to be a hit or miss. i've had a couple boards that if i didn't apply the as5 before installation, i bet i would have needed to eventually.
 
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