Motherboard heating up to 60C while gaming

Aldringos · Mar 24, 2014

My rig:

- GA-970A-UD3P mobo
- FX 8320 cpu
- R9 270X

I have 3 case fans(one intake on the side panel, and two exhaust, one top and one on the back), and my gaming temps are something between 40-50c for the cpu, 45-60c for the graphic card, and(and this what i'm afraid of) 50-60c for the motherboard. My room temperature is around 20c.
What could be the problem?

jtsmith1287 · Mar 24, 2014

I dig some digging on that motherboard and found another thread where someone had the same issue. I then found a table detailing information on power usage and whatnot and your board *shouldn't* be experiencing temps that high. The suggested diagnostic steps are to check the onboard heatsink and ensure that it's attached properly. Others have had an issue with this. You can clean and reapply thermal paste and remount if you remove the board from your case. Here's a link to the other thread.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1382267/ga-970a-ud3-overheating

Good luck!

DonQuixoteMC · Mar 24, 2014

Can you post a screenshot of the temperature readings?

Tom Tancredi · Mar 24, 2014

REALLY? 60C is a problem? Since when? If your not near 80c (as the rule went) your doing good, and if your over 80C then your in trouble. But systems (unless your using refrigerant liquid cooling systems) 40-50c, 45-60c, 50-60c all considered 'cool' if not 'normal' these days.

James Mason · Mar 24, 2014

I would actually say his case isn't well ventilated enough, he only has 1 intake and two exhaust fans.

Aldringos · Mar 24, 2014

These are the temps after 30 minutes of Bioshock Infinite

http://i.imgur.com/5jX5vGB.png

AshyCFC · Mar 24, 2014

your temps are fine, I don't understand.

Tom Tancredi · Mar 24, 2014

@AshyCFC - EXACTLY. I am not understanding what everyone is going on about? You all expecting single digit C ?

Aldringos · Mar 24, 2014

@Tom Tancredi - Well of course not single digit, but maybe something like 45-50C on full load, i'm just a little concerned since this is my first built

Tom Tancredi · Mar 24, 2014

Really your over stressing about it, your not doing anything wrong and infact you should make a youtube video to show all those other posts on here saying "is 100C bad for my computer?" how to build a computer right.

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 24, 2014

Do you have an aftermarket cooler?

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 24, 2014

Your temps are fine , the FX8320 won't throttle and shutdown until it hits 70 degrees.

Tom Tancredi · Mar 24, 2014

@MOD : Uhm why would a FX8320 shutdown on such a low (70C) temp? I know over 80C, that makes sense, but 70C was considered perfectly fine for a day and a age. Are we now bumping down into the 30s-40s now with these "NexGen" systems?

Dark Lord of Tech · Mar 24, 2014

The FX CHIPS will throttle around 70 degrees and shutdown , best to keep them around 62 degrees.

Aldringos · Mar 24, 2014

@MOD - No i have an Hyper 212 Evo

DonQuixoteMC · Mar 24, 2014

You're fine. The Motherboard spec that's near 60C is your CPU socket. You have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Aldringos · Mar 24, 2014

But Aida64 says it's the mobo itself, i'm afraid of some overheating problem with the northbridge :/

DonQuixoteMC · Mar 24, 2014

Aldringos :

Just judging by HWMonitor, you're completely safe. The Socket is technically part of the motherboard, so maybe that's why Aida thinks it's the motherboard?

Aldringos · Mar 24, 2014

I really hope that's the case

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