should I worry about these temps?

[ChaosphereIX]

i have an A8n32-SLI D and my motherboard is apparently really hot. The mobo temp sensor is showing at least 45 idle and around 58 after hours of gaming. I am watercooling my CPU, and have great airflow in the case, but it is my SLI 7900GTX that are the problem. I am under the understanding that the temp sensor for the mobo is near the SB, which is all but hidden by my two blast-furnace video cards. The actual chipset is really cool to the touch, thanks to a 120 yate blowing on the nb and a 80 vantec on the vreg (where theoretically all the heatpipe heat ends up anyway). At full load the vreg and nb are barely warm to the touch, yet my mobo temp sensor is showing almost 60 load. Should I just ignore this sensor, as it is clearly bieng heated by my video cards, and just worry about cooling the actual heatsinks?

I am worried my mobo will crap out on me if it constantly is going to be near 50 degrees.

TIA

[zanzabar]

it should be ok at 50 u should worry at 65, and the south bridge or the north bridge dont put that much heat out on the amd boards

[ChaosphereIX]

it should be ok at 50 u should worry at 65, and the south bridge or the north bridge dont put that much heat out on the amd boards

ok thanks

[stealth]

i have an A8n32-SLI D and my motherboard is apparently really hot. The mobo temp sensor is showing at least 45 idle and around 58 after hours of gaming.

Use the optional fan which came with the mobo,my opinion is that anything over 50ºC isn't good for the board.

Take the side panel out and put a big house fan to blow in there,if temps drop then you need to improve ventilation in your case.

stealth

[ChaosphereIX]

Use the optional fan which came with the mobo,my opinion is that anything over 50ºC isn't good for the board.

Take the side panel out and put a big house fan to blow in there,if temps drop then you need to improve ventilation in your case.

stealth

thanks for the advice stealth, but there is no way I am using that inefficient racket maker that is the additional fan - all it makes is noise - I have a vantec 80mm on it and all the heatsinks are cool to the touch, even during Oblivion - it is my graphics cards that are heating the sensor - not the chipsets - their heatsinks are only warm to the touch - and it is this situation whether the side panel is on or not...the case already has many, many extra fans...damn 7900gtx heaters....

[AgentGOD]

Actually, the 130nm Opteron 150 is Socket 940 (DON'T CONFUSE WITH AM2).

[ChaosphereIX]

Actually, the 130nm Opteron 150 is Socket 940 (DON'T CONFUSE WITH AM2).

im confused...I have a 90nm Opteron 165, socket 939