Asus ROG X670E Hero Chipset Temperature

[Orodruin]

I have an Asus ROG X670E Hero motherboard. When I check the chipset temperatures from HWInfo64 and Armory Crate, I get the following result;

 

Armoury Crate

Chipset 1: 70 Degrees

Chipset 2: 74 Degrees

 

HWInfo64

Chipset 1: 74 Degrees

Chipset 2: 78 Degrees

 

Are these temperatures normal?

I want to know the silicon temperature limit and what is the maximum degree that is dangerous.

 

I can change the thermal pads of the chipsets, but I don't want the card to be out of warranty, so I won't do it for now.

 

My power profile is set to medium in the power settings.

I thought about choosing the Maximum Power Saving option, but will I encounter USB power issues or similar things if I choose this setting?

[PDifolco]

Dunno why you don't get same temperatures in both apps, but even 80C is not an issue for chipset temp, I think it's good up to around 100C, and it will throttle the CPU if it gets too hot

[podkall]

33 minutes ago, Orodruin said:

I can change the thermal pads of the chipsets, but I don't want the card to be out of warranty, so I won't do it for now.

Chipset is not on GPU, it's on Motherboard, (unless you meant MB by saying card) they can take higher temps than 80C before they throttle, and thermal throttling stops them from reaching critical temps, they have a safeguard.

[Orodruin]

2 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Dunno why you don't get same temperatures in both apps, but even 80C is not an issue for chipset temp, I think it's good up to around 100C, and it will throttle the CPU if it gets too hot

I read this in a few places. But I still wanted to make sure and ask.

[Orodruin]

1 hour ago, podkall said:

Chipset is not on GPU, it's on Motherboard, (unless you meant MB by saying card) they can take higher temps than 80C before they throttle, and thermal throttling stops them from reaching critical temps, they have a safeguard.

So I don't need to worry about the motherboard chipset, right?
I thought it was getting a little too hot, I just wanted to make sure.

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, Orodruin said:

So I don't need to worry about the motherboard chipset, right?
I thought it was getting a little too hot, I just wanted to make sure.

They're fine, the VRMs are quite resilient, they should be, they regulate voltage and deliver power, if them being hot was a problem, Intel couldn't make space heaters.

 

And that's something Intel wouldn't allow. (even if we're talking about AMD here)

[leclod]

While I do agree with the others 70° is an ok temperature for a chip.

It still surprises me to have such an high temperature. I'm rather used to 40° on my mobo chipsets.

(Here the Sensors part of HWiNFO 64)

Edited November 8 by leclod

[JollyJamma]

21 hours ago, Orodruin said:

So I don't need to worry about the motherboard chipset, right?
I thought it was getting a little too hot, I just wanted to make sure.

70 degrees isn’t hot for a lot of components though. 
 

if you just want peace of mind, increase the airflow over your motherboard with a set of well placed fans but it won’t make a difference performance wise and isn’t worth worrying about. 
 

The old Nvidia chipset controllers (680i and 780i IIRC) back in the 2000’s ran really hot and were worth aiming a fan at.
 

I had one and touched it for the first time after running the PC for a while and I was really surprised at how hot they ran.