Normal/Safe Northbridge Operating Temperature?

unco_tomato · 20th January 2010, 7:43 PM

hey guys,

Just wondering if there is a ball park figure for safe NB temps,

At the moment running 2121FSB (530x9.5), I'm getting ~90C on my NB after 15 minutes Prime / OCCT etc but it stays there for 15hours+ and wont climb any higher, so i'm wondering what they are designed to take....

At stock voltages and 1600FSB it sits on ~80C-85C on full load so i'm thinking im safe but thought i'd make sure, however there is little no info on the net about safe NB temps. I have seen people say dont let it go over 65C...

EDIT: I was confused due to HW Monitor displaying a bogus TMPIN0 temp. I check everest and my MB temp is 57C load. and then AUX (same as TMPIN0) reads 90C odd. I checked Everest to see what Aux was measuring and it says it can often be a buggy temp reading or a pin reading wither CPU or MB temps ar different places as there is no universal place for the pin to measure temps.

So after a bit of reading and confusion, It sems its a reading of something else.... but I have no idea what....

20th January 2010, 7:43 PM	#1
unco_tomato Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NSW Posts: 324	Normal/Safe Northbridge Operating Temperature? hey guys, Just wondering if there is a ball park figure for safe NB temps, At the moment running 2121FSB (530x9.5), I'm getting ~90C on my NB after 15 minutes Prime / OCCT etc but it stays there for 15hours+ and wont climb any higher, so i'm wondering what they are designed to take.... At stock voltages and 1600FSB it sits on ~80C-85C on full load so i'm thinking im safe but thought i'd make sure, however there is little no info on the net about safe NB temps. I have seen people say dont let it go over 65C... EDIT: I was confused due to HW Monitor displaying a bogus TMPIN0 temp. I check everest and my MB temp is 57C load. and then AUX (same as TMPIN0) reads 90C odd. I checked Everest to see what Aux was measuring and it says it can often be a buggy temp reading or a pin reading wither CPU or MB temps ar different places as there is no universal place for the pin to measure temps. So after a bit of reading and confusion, It sems its a reading of something else.... but I have no idea what.... __________________ Intel i7 3960X @ 4.8GHz - Gigabyte OC HD7970 CrossFire - 32GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1.86GHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme - Enermax 1500W - SilverStone TJ11 - EK Supreme HF CPU Block - Koolance 7970 Blocks - Dual SR1 360 Radiators - Swiftech MCP655 Pump - EK 250 X2 Res - Dell U2711 - 10TB Storage - OCZ Revo 3 240GB (Steam) - Corsair Force GT 3 120GB (OS+BF3) Last edited by unco_tomato; 20th January 2010 at 8:15 PM.