Motherboard Temp Concerns

[rthomas4455]

I have an MSI 970 Gaming AM3+ Motherboard and an FX-8350 CPU and in CPUID HW Monitor my TMPIN1 is reading around 60 C while i'm gaming. Just wondering if that is too high of a temp or if I shouldn't worry. I am also pretty sure that is the NB temp reader but im not sure. Thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

HWMonitor is not a good source for temps.

 

[Thelps]

According to some quick research TMPIN1 represents your Motherboard's Northbridge (not the CPU's 'Northbridge' should it have one).

60°c is a tolerable temperature for a Northbridge and you shouldn't experience problems or increased component wear at that temperature. There are options such as specific Northbridge cooling units should you wish to reduce the temperature. You could also simply point a case fan directly at the Northbridge or examine your case's airflow to see if you could improve that somehow.

Apparently MSI are notorious for having "poor thermal design" on their Motherboards. I can corroborate that with my Gigabyte board's Northbridge at 33°c.

However, ultimately, 60°c is still a very tolerable temperature, and shouldn't be cause for concern.

 

[i7Baby]

And AMD sensors don't always seem to work properly.

Try using the Click Bios 4 software that came with your motherboard

 

[DanZGaming]

60C is good if u get around the 70's thats a bit hot when gaming but 50-60 should be fine.

 

[i7Baby]

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