Mekrel Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 Hi all, Am I right to be concerned about the temperature my NF4 chipset is at when idle? Obviously 43 degrees is not going to harm it but when I start to overclock the setup, it could lead to problems? Stock DFI chipset cooler by the way Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiugai Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 43 degrees is a good temperature. Shouldn't start to really worry until it starts getting up to 60... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldonko Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 That temp is normal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugp Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 w00t since it got colder outside and my window is opened...mine went from 44C to 35C... Room temp makes a difference as well...If you can mount a fan blowing over top of the chipset if you want it cooler... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hung Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 Hi all, Am I right to be concerned about the temperature my NF4 chipset is at when idle? Obviously 43 degrees is not going to harm it but when I start to overclock the setup, it could lead to problems? Stock DFI chipset cooler by the way Yes you are. It should be in the mid 30's when idle. The reason its not is that you have tweaked your fan in the bios to NOT-KICK-IN until a higher temp. Your chipset rpm is 3k when it should be 7k @ > 35c. Actually, the chipset fan isin't that hi a sqeal. Just set it to be max at all times, You'll never notice it. Hung Lo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMang Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 Yes you are. It should be in the mid 30's when idle. The reason its not is thatyou have tweaked your fan in the bios to NOT-KICK-IN until a higher temp. Your chipset rpm is 3k when it should be 7k @ > 35c. Actually, the chipset fan isin't that hi a sqeal. Just set it to be max at all times, You'll never notice it. Hung Lo Thats a joke, right? You'll never notice it? I've had 3 of these motherboards and all of them had an extremely loud, annoying hum during full operation. And 43 celcius is fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hung Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 Thats a joke, right? You'll never notice it? I've had 3 of these motherboards and all of them had an extremely loud, annoying hum during full operation. And 43 celcius is fine. I never joke, as 7k 40mm fans go, my sli-dr aint so bad. But I just bought it so maybe the fans an upgrade. I doesen't do more than 7k. When not using the machine it should be off. Either way you won't be there. 43c idle at 3k rpm means 7k when he clicks on anything on the desktop that fires up any os function. So any use of the machine bolts it to 7k, why use it? Shut it off. Why have it on at 43c when your not using it when you could have it at 34c and NOT use it? Tell u right now, there's no solution to this noise otherwise dfi would have it on thier chipset. A large fan blowing over the chipset won't make it cooler. The chipset doesen't have any "sail" profile to cool. Its an ic flat on the board, the only way to cool it is to have a heat sink and fan. I believe they will invent an after market heat pipe for this with very "small" pipes, that bend and angle away from the gpu card. Its a design flaw to put the chipset ic where it is, and as you've said, 3 of your mboards have this flaw. Were these flawed boards spanning over nf2,3,4? You could get a water cooled solution. The big fan blowing over the chipset won't cool it down at all. Hung Lo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman012 Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 Mine idles at 45 with the chipset fan at 3000rpm, and it doesn't change at all unless I put it under serious load - this is at 1.6V. The chipset fan is extremely loud at maximum RPM, and I couldn't put up with it at all running all the time that way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrouch Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 my chipset gets extremly hot because the HS on my x800 dumps hot air directly on top of the chipset fan. Im plannin on buying a replacement and setting it with as5. Heres the link to the one im gonna buy, its actually a tad lower than the stock one so there shouldnt be any clearance problems. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835110107 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekrel Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 Well I ignored all of your advice and took the chipset heatsink and fan off. Well not because I didn't believe you, just wanted to look at the nf4 chipset, kinda looks like a athlon XP chip lol. I was not surprised to see that there was no contact at all on the chipset and the thermal paste looked very poor. Obviously when your mass producing boards, they cant lavish out on AS5 So I cleaned them both up and applied a nice thin layer of AS5. My chipset now idles at 38 degrees I have set the DFI chipset fan to full what when it hits 41 degrees. At full what the chipset fan is loud! Its got the same kind of screech the beginning of an air raid siren has lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bungle Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 temps my chipset imho also gets extremly hot in idlemode. here my temps so can some1 pls definitely say what are good and what are bad temps? thx. greetz mr.bungle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltdown Posted November 9, 2005 Posted November 9, 2005 I believe the chipset is rated to be ok for temps up to 60c, mine currently idles at 43c and goes up to 49c under load (my fan doesn't kick in fully until 50c so i don't have to put up with the noise!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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