motherboard at 45c

[dbarton]

I have a dual core ASUS that seems to hit 45c as MB temp with CPU at 29.

I have no issues, but wonder if that's fine?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Yeah, it is OK, and the accuracy of the reading is often dubious.

 

[dbarton]

Is there a temp that I should set my alarm to warm me of a real problem?

50?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: dbarton

Is there a temp that I should set my alarm to warm me of a real problem?

50?

I use stability as my guideline. The summer months are coming, so if you start experiencing stability issues, I'd consider a better cooling solution. Adding some good thermal compound to the present chipset heatsink can be a good move too.

 

[AstroGuardian]

DAPUNISHER is abolutely right. But i think there is no need to change thermal compound. 50c is a normal temp for a NB chip. If the thermal compound was bad it would already heat up to 60 or more. That is of course if you are not using some old VIA chipset 🙂

 

[dbarton]

No, this is a new machine, so just getting handle on whats the norm.

right now it says:
cpu 34
mobo 40

 

[TC91]

my p5q reports a mobo temp of about 63c...

 

[dbarton]

Hmm, I also have a P5Q but it never goes over 45.
What makes yours get so high?

 

[TC91]

I think it might be the sensor but I'm not sure. It goes as high as 70c during gaming. Is this the nb temp? If so then I guess it could be why, the nb heatsink is scorching hot whenever I touch it regardless of idle or load. It's been rock solid ever since I got it so I think it should be ok, your temps of 45c shouldnt be an issue imo.

 

[AstroGuardian]

There is one thing i remember. My old 965P and nForce4 were running extremely hot. I remember sensors showing arround 65c for both but my laser thermal meter showed like 75c on the base of the heatsing. I did overclock, i did play with raising the temps to 95c and more by putting cotton around (i think i was crazy back then)and never had problems with stability.

Bottom line, sensors are inacurate, NB chips are far more resistant to temp than CPUs. Applies also for GPUs.