Motherboard Temp
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impuresoul2k3
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Motherboard Temp
Everyone talks about their cpu temp, but no one talks about the motherboard. What's a good temp for the motherboard to be at? what's too high?
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Well you never really measure the motherboard temp. The 2nd temp sensor is usually the case temperature (although some very premium mobos may also have a northbridge chipset temp sensor).
Case temp doesn't really matter. The case temp varies depending on where you measure it - and it's always warmer at the top of the case.The case temp will be affected by how well your case ventilates and how much heat is produced by the drives, video card, CPU, etc.
Case temp will always be lower than the CPU temp. You'll never have a situation where the case temp is too high and the CPU is okay.
The most important temps to worry about are the CPU temp and the GPU (graphics processor) temp. The mobo chipset temp is important only if it has a fan on it and it fails. I prefer to replace the chipset fan with a non-fan Zalman heatsink and never have to worry about it.
Case temp doesn't really matter. The case temp varies depending on where you measure it - and it's always warmer at the top of the case.The case temp will be affected by how well your case ventilates and how much heat is produced by the drives, video card, CPU, etc.
Case temp will always be lower than the CPU temp. You'll never have a situation where the case temp is too high and the CPU is okay.
The most important temps to worry about are the CPU temp and the GPU (graphics processor) temp. The mobo chipset temp is important only if it has a fan on it and it fails. I prefer to replace the chipset fan with a non-fan Zalman heatsink and never have to worry about it.
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impuresoul2k3
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Thanks for clearing up the mis-information, but just to be sure, I can completely ignore the second sensor in ASUS Probe
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I have same question really - using ASUS Probe on . . . .
MotherBoard: A8N32-SLI-DELUX
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ Socket 939 1MB
I get 47C CPU and 49C Motherboard temp under no load. Under load both go up over 50C but the Motherboard is always 2-4C higher temp than the CPU. This seems wrong to me.
MotherBoard: A8N32-SLI-DELUX
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ Socket 939 1MB
I get 47C CPU and 49C Motherboard temp under no load. Under load both go up over 50C but the Motherboard is always 2-4C higher temp than the CPU. This seems wrong to me.