Noob question: How is hot in MARS NB?

[grungero]

My NB rises up to 52c when full load! I know that's hot and that is why im asking if how hot is hot?

:confused::confused:

[HDCHOPPER]

when eye was using a 4 heat pipe cooler on the cpu (thermaltakeI1) the nb & cpu would be within 2c of each other uasually
mine only got up to 50c+ (nb) when using 1.6~1.7 v on it

for referance mine runs around 30c~40c at 100% cpu usage (orthos) with 4.0 445fsb at 9 multi

but eye also added a fan to my nb thiers 1 on both ends of the nb :D

and the whole comp is piped into the house ac

[Kinshou Kuma]

I have a thermaltake heatsink and fan on mine and it runs around 45-55c under load. This is at 1.53v with a 445fsb and 9.5 multi (4.2ghz). The ambient temp in the room is usually around 37-40c in the summer. yeah its friggin hot :( I sweat just sitting in my chair. Its my wife's fault for not letting me locate it outside the foyer -_-

52c is fine. I believe these NBs are rated up 100c by intel (scary huh) no ? or is that just the x38/48 chipsets.

[saaya]

50 degrees should be fine, but if you can get it down with an extra case fan, id put one in :D
and kinshou, 40 degrees ambient? damn!!! can you even oc at all with that temp?

[grungero]

Yah it's really hot in my room! But anyway, it a load temp not idle so it's ok right?

Damn crysis!

[HDCHOPPER]

ya 50c at load not all that bad

but like saaya says any ole fan just blowing on it does wonders

[grungero]

Hmmm, i realized that when my video card loads up, the heat rises above and may contact in mars nb right? Maybe that's one reason. :D

[HDCHOPPER]

hahahaaa ya that might do it

[grungero]

But it's not necessary to replace my video card's stock cooler right?

[HDCHOPPER]

necessary no but it's allways fun hahahahahaaa

but really if thiers metal to metal contact then it's best to simply slide a piece of thickish plastic between them at that spot ;) doesnt have to be big just enough to get the job done

[grungero]

Is is possible to put a direct 120 or 110mm fan behind the video card? Will it help reduce it's temperature?

[HDCHOPPER]

eye hooked (ty wraped) 3 amd (socket478 eye think) cpu fans end to end and set them on top of my card on full blast for a while all that happened was a 4c differance my card only runs around 44c anyways so took em off

but for an 8800 gt like yours it would of done better job for shure

[grungero]

http://www.fareastgizmos.com/entry_images/1006/05/untitled.jpg

I'll try this. :)

[HDCHOPPER]

ya seen them was wondreing how tough it is keeping the shape you put it into and cfm

[saaya]

nice, is it flexible?
let us know how it works, seems like a nice gadget to improve airflow in any system! :D

[grungero]

I haven't bought or tried it yet because it's out of stock here in my place. It sucks though. :(

Edit:

@saaya

Yes it is flexible. :D

[saaya]

hmmm zalman has a similar thing, it can be mounted on the vga/pci card slot space and has a fan you can rotate to cool any part of the board :)

[grungero]

Speaking of zalman, have you guys tried their fan controller product? Zalman MFC2, i think that's the product name.