Do all Asus boards run hot?

[CoasterGuy]

In the last two weeks I have built 3 new systems as follows...

Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe
AMD AM2 4200+
2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
Stock AMD fan

Gigabyte P965-DS3
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
Stock Intel fan

Asus P5B
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
Stock Intel fan

Now here's the deal.... I have not overclocked any of these setups but the two Asus MB show CPU temps for the AMD at 65c and the Intel at 60c

The Gigabyte board that matches the Asus setup reports temps of 32c - 38c

Is it normal for Asus boards to read so much higher? While running I have touched the heatsinks on the two Asus CPU's and they are barely warm. Do you guys think that the Asus boards just incorrectly report the temp?

 

[acegazda]

the gigabyte's heatpipes are massive. The asus' are more low profile. heatpipes in general run hotter, unless you have very good airflow in your case. 80+ cfm.

 

[CoasterGuy]

Only the Asus M2N-SLI DLX has heatpipes, the other two just have heatsinks on everything, no fans or heatpipes.

I just don't get it. All three have identical PS's, drives, video cards etc.

 

[cmrmrc]

i have an m2n32-sli and it is running 40c....what program did you use?

 

[CoasterGuy]

I am reading the temps in BIOS and Asus Probe or Gigabyte's Easy Tune.

 

[Midnight Man]

Originally posted by: CoasterGuy
I am reading the temps in BIOS and Asus Probe or Gigabyte's Easy Tune.

In which case, you're being subjected to the differing temperature probes on each respective mainboard - and it's fairly common to see not insignificant differences.

Best way to tell what your system is really running like is to grab a digital thermometer and toss a couple of probes in similar locations around each system, then close them back up again, and run something like Prime to stress the CPU (don't forget to run 2 instances of Prime for Conroe/Allendale)