Temp for NB?

[Nights_L]

Greeting everyone
simple question again..what's the safe temperature for Northbridge?
We say that we should keep CPU below 50C (AMD), then what's the temperature I should keep below, for NB ?

 

[pat]

Naah...50C is not to hot for a cpu. 50C is hot, but doesnt even burn your hand...Normal body temps is 37 and sometime 40 some with fever. I would say 65C for max stable CPU operation.

As for NB, I guess it depend of chipset brand.

-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!

 

[Nights_L]

my nForce2 is usually at 35C
the other VIA KT333 is usually around 40C

both get a little higher when running sth intensive..
just wondering if 40C is a safe temperature
As for cpu..yeah, i agree that about 65C is for max stable cpu operation

 

[endyen]

What are you using to measure those temps? I have used an infrared thermometer on a few NBs. They tend to run hotter with higher fsb. With a 200mhz fsb, NBs average about 65c. The hottest item on the board is usually the vregs. They often go above 70c.

 

[Nights_L]

Isn't the "motherboard" temperature in BIOS for NB's temperature?
oops..then I've been wrong for longtime.. :redface:

 

[ChipDeath]

I'd always assumed that too! :redface:

So... What IS the 'System temp' then? and why did replacing my NB cooler bring it down by a couple of degrees?

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