nForce 3 / 4 NB Temperatures

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:30 pm

I have 3 questions for anyone with an nForce or 4 board.

1, What board/chipset do you have, cooling etc.

2, What temperature does it run at idle and under load.

3, What software are you using to minitor the temperature.

I have an MSI K8N Neo 2, nForce 3 Ultra, Passive Low profile heatsink taken from an MSI K8N Neo 1 board, I am monitoring temps using the MSI Corecentre software, but It does not tell me the temp for the Northbridge.

Does anyone have any suggestions for temperature monitoring software.

Regards Andy

ilh · Post by **ilh** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:44 pm

1. DFI Ultra-D, nF4 Ultra. Cooling is passive Zalman NB47J with a nearby Zalman VF700 on a VGA that moves some air through it.

2. With a case temperature of about 31C, my nF4 is at about 45C at load. Idle was a little bit cooler, but frankly I don't think the nF4 temperature varies a whole lot by CPU load. It isn't in the critical path between the CPU and memory. Heavy GPU activity might bump it up a couple degrees C, although for me this is more due to the fact that the VGA is hotter and the VF700 output air is hotter.

3. ITE SmartGuardian that came with the board.

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:18 pm

Thanks ilh.

Doesnt anyone else here have an nForce 3 or 4 board.

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:49 am

1. DFI NF4 Ultra-D, stock cooler with Arctic Silver 5 (because NONE of the other heatsinks will fit, regardlesss how how mutilated/modified, when using ZM80D as a heatpipe on the vga card in the upper 16X slot)

2. 40C idle, 43C load (after a long time)

3. MBM5 and/or SpeedFan

Blappo · Post by **Blappo** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:13 am

1. DFI NF4 Ultra-D, stock cooler (I have a NB47J, but there is no point installing it until I quiet down my video card). Stock video card HSF, no front fan.

2. Ambient temp near 19ºC, 44ºC idle and 47ºC load with the fan at approx 4500RPM. After playing with the fan controller in the BIOS, 46ºC idle and 48ºC load with fan at approx 2400-2700RPM. Load was tested with CPUBurn although I think RTHDRIBL gets higher temps (probably due to the video card heating up the chipset).

3. Speedfan

bobov · Post by **bobov** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:42 am

1. Gigabyte K8N Ultra-9 nForce 4 Ultra MB, stock heatsink, VGA card is a Gigabyte Radeon X800XL fanless. Zalman FB123+Yate Loon D12SL-12 @ 5V, blow some air on the X800XL and the MB heatsink. My CPU is winchester 3500+ runs at 2200MHz @ 1.3V, 28C idle and 38C load.

2. Ambient temp is ~ 20C. speedfan tell two temperatures, one is 43C, the other is 69~70C. I'm not sure which one is the NB temperature. The NB heatsink is pretty hot.

3. Speedfan

Chart · Post by **Chart** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:56 am

1. MSI K8N Neo Platinum, NF3 250GB with watercooling also in the NB, maybe not so necessary but i had extra block so why not

2. 35-37 C, depending on water temperature. Strangely, CPU is usually below 30 C @ 940 MHz when idling and 45 C at full load @ 2350 MHz

3. I use MBM to monitor temperatures

Jan Kivar · Post by **Jan Kivar** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:55 am

1. MSI K8N Neo Platinum, with the original fanless HS on the chipset.

2. Seems to run stably at 44-46°C regardless of idle/load.

3. MBM/SpeedFan.

Cheers,

Jan

andyb · Post by **andyb** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:42 pm

Thanks everyone.

Jan, your system is the closest to mine.

MBM screwed up for me, I am using Core Centre, and Speed Fan.

Core Centre doest say anything for NB Temp, and nothing for the fan, as I swapped it fo the one one my K8N NEO 1.

Speedfan gives me an unidentified emp of 5 C (that wasnt a typo, 5 C).

CPU, System, HDD 0, HDD 1 accounted for. weird stuff.

Are there any more programs out there.???

Regards Andy

fjf · Post by **fjf** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:10 am

I have an a8n-sli deluxe and the temps speedfan reads do not change if I stop the nforce4 chip fan, and I can feel it heats up. Seems it does not have any sensor.

Regards

maxxxim · Post by **maxxxim** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:32 am

nForce 4 doesn't have any sensor on chipset. I have Chaintech VNF4Ultra (nForce4 Ultra); using CoolerMaster Aerogate II temp sensor on chipset. Stock Fanless HS on the chipset; without modding temp was 62°C; made duct from VGA cooler to chipset (Zalman ZM80C-HP with Nexus 92x92 & 7V), now temp is 41°C.

Jan Kivar · Post by **Jan Kivar** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:11 am

Sorry for the late reply.

I also have one temperature reading, which varies from 17-22°C. I have no idea what it measures, if anything. Visible both in MBM and SpeedFan.

Cheers,

Jan

GUNNER · Post by **GUNNER** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:57 am

I have a Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe with the stock chipset fan replaced by a NB47J and a temp probe inserted into the middle of the NB47s fins. My readings have been 50-54C.

This is not a load figure. I just built the machine a couple days ago and am still tweaking and installing. The AS5 is also still curing under the HS. I'll post again after I can run PRIME95, or something, and get past the ~200hr curing mark.

There is a 120mm fan inside the case blowing it that general direction, so it would probably be a bit higher without that.

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