Asus M4A78-E Heat Issue....

Hello all I'm new to write but have been reading great things on this site for some time now! I have always come here when in distress, but my question is why would my system temp be 39c at idle? my cpu temp is 28c... only thing i can think of is my new Zotac GTX 275 amp edition card is producing heat but not sure, my temps were much lower when i had my ati XFX 4850 system temp was only 30c at idle i put my hand on north bridge and south and they physically will warmer so why would the system be working harder i just dont get it? thanks for your help people i do appreciate it!!!

just to clarify....OLD cpu/ system temp 28c idle 38c on load system temp 30c idle 35c on load btw these numbers was also when OCing


NEW cpu/ system temp... 28c idle 38 load system temp 39 idle and 49 on load ???????


here are my specs

CPU- AMD 720BE oc @ 3.6 Stable prime95 8hrs

MoBo- M4A78-E

MEM- OCZ DDR2 800mhz 8gig 5-4-4-15 @ 2.1v

Vcard- Zotac GTX 275 Amp Edition core 702 mem 2520 shader 1512

CASE- Coolermaster 690 ce Nvidia Edition x6 120mm fans @ 1900 rpm x1 ( 80mm fan goes behind mobo )

PSU- Ultra 750w single rail 45amp

SCREEN- 24" 2ms Sceptre rez 1920 x 1200

SOUND- Logitech Z5500

Ty for the quick response!... yeah i took off the north bridge and south bridge last night to discover that the factory thermal grease was totally burnt up! omg for now on i will replace all of my mother board thermal grease for my own! i get a max system temp of 40c now still seems a bit high but atleast its alot lower.... thanks for your feed back bro!

I agree i will never go asus again....going with Gigabyte!!!! seems they get better OCing with cpu's any ways

what bios are you running? i here that can make a difference with temps also, personally i dont see how but i'm going to flash a new bios and let you know if that helps at all.....btw i will be going intel next build only because i like the fact with many high end boards you have the option of either ati or nvidia you can run crossfire or sli i love the idea of that!!!!!