Asus Sabertooth Z77 SATA6gb high temps?

pwn_l33t · Jul 5, 2013

In my ASUS AI Suite Thermal Radar program its saying after only 2 hours into Farcry 3 that the temp has reached 50c. :fou:

I was wondering if this is normal?
And also am I looking at the controller heat or the hard drive?
Please help before I melt my tax return build. -_-

aredflyingbird · Jul 5, 2013

pwn_l33t :

Is you HDD receiving any air from the front intake fan?

pwn_l33t · Jul 5, 2013

aredflyingbird :

Yes I even bought the brand name Nzxt 140mm fan for $16, and I bought the optional additional top 200mm fan for my nzxt phantom.

Someone Somewhere · Jul 5, 2013

50℃ is fine. 75℃+ is where you really start to worry. 2 hours should be enough to reach thermal stability, so it's not really an 'only'.

At a guess it's the MB's third-party SATA controller - the HDD would come under it's brand name, and the chipset would be labeled chipset or some such.

You'll get better speeds by hooking it up to one of the chipset's SATA 6Gb/s ports.

aredflyingbird · Jul 5, 2013

pwn_l33t :

aredflyingbird :

Yes I even bought the brand name Nzxt 140mm fan for $16, and I bought the optional additional top 200mm fan for my nzxt phantom.

May I see a picture where the HDD is located?

Someone Somewhere · Jul 5, 2013

Also one of the AI suite would be useful.

pwn_l33t · Jul 5, 2013

aredflyingbird :

Lower right, there is a 140mm fan on the front of the case also. And I added an additional fan to the radiator block since I took this picture.

Someone Somewhere · Jul 5, 2013

Nothing wrong there - it should be fine.

I'd suggest running your CPU power cable behind the motherboard tray though.

pwn_l33t · Jul 5, 2013

Someone Somewhere :

and for sure I will pass threw that cord once I get some more zips ftw
its not at 50c since ive had nothing running but you get the idea =D

Someone Somewhere · Jul 5, 2013

I'd say you're fine - 50℃ isn't going to hurt it. At a guess, this just means I was right about the plastic cover being somewhat stupid.

aredflyingbird · Jul 5, 2013

pwn_l33t :

aredflyingbird :

Lower right, there is a 140mm fan on the front of the case also. And I added an additional fan to the radiator block since I took this picture.

Hmmm, I suggest moving the SSD to another slot, it looks like it touching the hard drive's PCB producing much more heat.

Someone Somewhere · Jul 5, 2013

Yeah, missed that. But it's the controller that's hot, so that won't fix it.

FYI: it won't produce more heat, but it will get hotter due to reduced cooling/airflow.

pwn_l33t · Jul 5, 2013

aredflyingbird :

pwn_l33t :

Hmmm, I suggest moving the SSD to another slot, it looks like it touching the hard drive's PCB producing much more heat.

ok cool I'll drop it just to do it, I might as well. Anything helps.

pwn_l33t · Jul 5, 2013

Someone Somewhere :

And nice thank for the input, I guess the controller gets around 50. Better that than the hard drive for sure 50c would burn it out in no time lol.
The strange thing is on the side of the NZXT case there is an additional 2 120mm fans pulling in air right over the controller. I guess Ill reverse one to pull some hot air off of it.

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