Quick question on the A7V333

[CBR600F4iRed]

HI all, I just have a quick question about my Asus A7v333 that i recently bought.

I installed an Xp1600 into it and Coolermaster HHC-001 that i used on my XP1800 with MSI Ultra board. The temp readout on the MSI is around 30-35C. so I expected the same results with the XP1600 if not less. To my suprise, the temp shot up to 58degree, and 63 with my aluminum heatsink on the A7V333. I updated the bios and still same problem, the temp is in the sixties.....is this normal???? I touch the heatsink,,its not that hot,,is the mobo just reading it wrong????

What temp do you all run with your A7v333 w/Xp1600, i would love to know. Thanks

James

 

[mechBgon]

The boards are calibrated differently. I have a 1600+ running at 166MHz bus on my A7V333-R (1750MHz) with an extra 0.05V on the voltage, and with a generic-ish all-aluminum Coolermaster heatsink with a medium-output 60mm fan, my temps read 55C at the on-CPU thermistor (according to MBM5) and 53C at the socket thermistor (although this used to be more like 60C before I RMA'ed the board and got a different BIOS as a result). High 60's are where I'd start worrying on the A7V333's.

edit: the temps I mentioned are with SETI@home running the CPU at 100% load. Case temperature is 29C.

 

[CBR600F4iRed]

I'm just use to seeing temp in the 30's with my Xp1800.....it pisses me off seeing high 50's and into the 60's.

 

[mechBgon]

The real core temperature is probably even higher. The things are spec'ed for either 85C or 90C maximum, depending on the particular CPU.