Does the z68 (chip with v8 heat sink) on the motherboard get hot? I'm a bit confused here. On my board it seems to become very warm (hot to the touch) so I was a bit concern. From intel site the operating range seems to be up to 100C. Anyways I was a bit concern so I email asrock support and they said it should not be hot and should have a max temp of 35 Farenheit (which would be frigid) so I should return the board.
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I am NOT using a dedicated gpu; but rather 2500k's as my gpu. This is also the only chip on the board that is extremely hot (cpu is around 35C - peak 60C when running prime95).
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Here is my note and asrock response:
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Also the chip labeled v8 (Z68) gets extremely hot (I would guess 70C or 80C but have no method to measure). Is this normal?
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Their response:
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When you mentioned extremely hot ,is when we recommended to return it , the motherboard chips does not get hot to the point the way you described.
the range is from 35 to 45 Farenheit .