nForce2 SPP Ultra 400 = 38c (Zalman Passive NB32J Cooler)
Athlon XP 3200+ = 40c (Swiftech MCX462-V w/ Panaflo M1a undervolted)
Motherboard is Abit NF7-S.
What do you think?
-Por
How are these temps?
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I know the Athlon is OK but I was wondering about my northbridge. I didn't bother to get temp readings with the stock fan so I'm not sure how good the Zalman is doing.einolu wrote:nothing wrong with that... Idles at 40 C are perfect, actually, any idle above 46 C for athlons is fine, so OC a bit if you want, or get a slower fan.
~EO
-Por
The 40° temp is just fine....... but it's not your northbridge.
The NF7 series boards don't have a northbridge temp sensor. The sensor you're referring to is actually located between the socket and the first RAM slot. It's labeled RT2 (RT1 is your CPU in the socket) you can see its location on page 3-12 of your User's Manual
The NF7 series boards don't have a northbridge temp sensor. The sensor you're referring to is actually located between the socket and the first RAM slot. It's labeled RT2 (RT1 is your CPU in the socket) you can see its location on page 3-12 of your User's Manual
Those temps are perfectly ok.
I currently have a lot higher temps on my HTPC. A few days ago I decided to flip the 80mm fan on the cpu heatsink (Thermalright SP-94) around so that it sucks air from the cpu rather than blowing on it. It improved my cpu temps under load by 3C and mb sensor1 temps by 5-7C but the mb sensor2 is now hovering near 50C under moderate load which is worrying me a bit since the Intel Active monitor has a default threshold of 50 on both motherboard sensors and the manual states a 50C operating temperature max for the motherboard.
To my knowledge the mb sensor2 is in the same place, between the ram and cpu socket, and the first sensor is on the opposite side of the socket (under the socket corner perhaps?). Funny really how there is almost a 15C difference in temps between those two.
Not sure how I will try to deal with the temps, not much you can can do in a cramped case. Probably have to see if switching to a 92mm fan would help any.
I currently have a lot higher temps on my HTPC. A few days ago I decided to flip the 80mm fan on the cpu heatsink (Thermalright SP-94) around so that it sucks air from the cpu rather than blowing on it. It improved my cpu temps under load by 3C and mb sensor1 temps by 5-7C but the mb sensor2 is now hovering near 50C under moderate load which is worrying me a bit since the Intel Active monitor has a default threshold of 50 on both motherboard sensors and the manual states a 50C operating temperature max for the motherboard.
To my knowledge the mb sensor2 is in the same place, between the ram and cpu socket, and the first sensor is on the opposite side of the socket (under the socket corner perhaps?). Funny really how there is almost a 15C difference in temps between those two.
Not sure how I will try to deal with the temps, not much you can can do in a cramped case. Probably have to see if switching to a 92mm fan would help any.