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Safe Temperature for Modern Motherboard under load?

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July 16, 2014 9:14:44 AM

Hey,

I run a OEM Motherboard (it isn't available to consumers, as it's custom to Acer)

Though for reference, it's a motherboard that is compatible with Haswell (I run a 4770) so that should give you an idea of the type/grade of motherboard that it is.

I'm just wondering what would be considered a good max temp under full gaming load? It seems to peak @ 60c. It's idle @ 30 degrees, and on most games under load is between 50 and 60 degrees.

I've searched the net, but unless I'm being quite silly, there aren't many threads of motherboard temps.

Cheers

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July 16, 2014 9:16:55 AM

Forgive me guys, somehow posted this in graphics. /head desk. Will delete and re post in MB.

Soz once again
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July 16, 2014 9:18:14 AM

Ok, I can't delete it - I'll leave it here so as to not re post and spam the forum.
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July 16, 2014 9:57:15 AM

It depends on the airflow inside the case, quality of components and presence of heatsink on VRMs and chipsets.
I'd say that those temps are awfuly hot for a motherboard. I have an Asus M6 Hero and it sits on 30° C on heavy loads, even my old FM2 A85 mobo wouldn't reach more than 40° C in a poorly cooled chassis.
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July 16, 2014 11:06:18 AM

Thank's for your reply. Oh really, that isn't good! My GTX 770, core i7 4770 and SSD are all at acceptable temps (after researching) it's just I cant get a thread that verifies if 60 degrees C is ''okay'' and won't hurt or decrease the life the board.

But if you're telling me that your Asus runs at 30 degrees under load I have to say...flip me.

Taking into account all other components are more than fine, and my case does have good airflow - would 60 degrees harm a board under say, 3 hours of heavy gaming? Final question here.
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July 16, 2014 11:15:48 AM

rowlands111 said:
Thank's for your reply. Oh really, that isn't good! My GTX 770, core i7 4770 and SSD are all at acceptable temps (after researching) it's just I cant get a thread that verifies if 60 degrees C is ''okay'' and won't hurt or decrease the life the board.

But if you're telling me that your Asus runs at 30 degrees under load I have to say...flip me.

Taking into account all other components are more than fine, and my case does have good airflow - would 60 degrees harm a board under say, 3 hours of heavy gaming? Final question here.


I couldn't really tell since I dont know the quality of the VRMs, capacitors and chokes on the motherboard. Then again, temps of motherboard/cpu inside notebooks tend to be that high and the boards are oem, so I dont think you will burn anything as long as you stay within the 60° C wall, 70° C would be daring.
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July 16, 2014 11:27:07 AM

Thanks again, I know what you mean. ''70° C would be daring'' - Lmao!
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