Nvidia 570 chipset temperature too high?

[fwibbler]

Hi,

I've recently tried two different motherboards based on the nvidia 570
chipset, the Abit KN9 Ultra and the MSI K9N Platinum.

Both of these boards use passive heat syncs to cool the chipset but they
both get really hot.
Too hot IMO.
Both of these boards have been tested in an Antec P160 case with 2 120mm
fans (1 drawing air in across hard drives, 1 sucking air out at the back)
Needless to say I've never had cooling problems with anything in this case
before now.

The Abit boards chipset temperature reaches between 55 and 60 centigrade and
is hot when touched with a finger.

The MSI boards chipset temperature reaches the heights of 75 to 78
centigrade and burns any finger that touches it (trust me, I know!)

Surely these temps are far too high?

Anyone have any thoughts?
Cheers!

 

[John Doe]

Hi,

I've recently tried two different motherboards based on the nvidia
570 chipset, the Abit KN9 Ultra and the MSI K9N Platinum.

Both of these boards use passive heat syncs to cool the chipset but
they both get really hot.
Too hot IMO.
Both of these boards have been tested in an Antec P160 case with 2
120mm fans (1 drawing air in across hard drives, 1 sucking air out
at the back) Needless to say I've never had cooling problems with
anything in this case before now.

Yeah, having an intake fan on the hard drives is great IMO.

Zalman puts fans on a metal arm that mounts on the add-in card rack.
It's for cooling the center of your case like where the mainboard
chipset is. They're cheap, and I have in fact purchased two of them.
Seems like it's good for mainboards that use passive chipset cooling.

Good luck.

 

[housetrained]

Hi,

I've recently tried two different motherboards based on the nvidia 570
chipset, the Abit KN9 Ultra and the MSI K9N Platinum.

Both of these boards use passive heat syncs to cool the chipset but they
both get really hot.
Too hot IMO.
Both of these boards have been tested in an Antec P160 case with 2 120mm
fans (1 drawing air in across hard drives, 1 sucking air out at the back)
Needless to say I've never had cooling problems with anything in this case
before now.

The Abit boards chipset temperature reaches between 55 and 60 centigrade
and
is hot when touched with a finger.

The MSI boards chipset temperature reaches the heights of 75 to 78
centigrade and burns any finger that touches it (trust me, I know!)

Surely these temps are far too high?

Anyone have any thoughts?
Cheers!

What do you use to cool the CPU?
Sometimes the heat pipe type blow air sideways from front to rear and the
front & rear fans create an airflow that completely misses the MB.
Try running with the side removed and the rear fan blowing inwards. Does
this cure the problem. If so, try with the side on.

 

[peter]

I run 2 motherboards with Passive Cooling....the Abit AN8SLI and a
GigabyteN650SLI-DS4.
The passive cooling on the Abit is very similar if not the same as yours and
with the stock AMD heatsink/Fan combo it got a little on the warm side.This
was easily solved by the use of a Thermalright HeatSink with a Panaflo
120mmFan.The air is pushed down towards the CPU where it deflects over the
Heatsink and out the back over the IO shield....this keeps things a lot
cooler.Oh ..that was in an Antec P160 case with the same fan setup.I moved
this to a different case (Raidmax) with the same fan setup and it still runs
cool.
As for your MSI board ..there are now fans that can be attached to the
inside of the case and pointed at a specific object in the case.Do a little
online "shopping" and I am sure you will find what I mean.The MSI passive
cooling does not seem to be of the same "radiator" design as the Abits.Maybe
even check the MSI website for fans that might be available from them to fit
your specific mobo.
peter

 

[h2o]

The MSI boards chipset temperature reaches the heights of 75 to 78
centigrade and burns any finger that touches it (trust me, I know!)

Surely these temps are far too high?

Anyone have any thoughts?
Cheers!

These days you should look into water cooling. Too many things need
extra cooling these days. All the extra heatsinks and fans look
silly on one board. When it starts to look stupid, it's time to go
to water cooling.

 

[Chris Hill]

Hi,

I've recently tried two different motherboards based on the nvidia 570
chipset, the Abit KN9 Ultra and the MSI K9N Platinum.

Both of these boards use passive heat syncs to cool the chipset but they
both get really hot.
Too hot IMO.
Both of these boards have been tested in an Antec P160 case with 2 120mm
fans (1 drawing air in across hard drives, 1 sucking air out at the back)
Needless to say I've never had cooling problems with anything in this case
before now.

The Abit boards chipset temperature reaches between 55 and 60 centigrade and
is hot when touched with a finger.

And this is a problem how? Have you checked to see what the
manufacturer might say about it. I wouldn't worry about that very
much, unless running high bandwidth network or usb activities pushes
it a lot higher.