nForce MCP heat

[ApolloX75]

My EVGA 790i is hitting 67C on the north bridge and 65 on the south. I've seen this before and it usually kills the board outright not long after. Now I have a swiftech block for the MCP but I'm uncertain how I can keep the south and the vrm stack cool without the stock heatsink setup.

Ideas?

[pwn_intended]

those components pre-date my pc building knowledge, and I may be completely wrong, but 67 and 65 c seem like perfectly normal temps to me.....

[harrynowl]

Are you sure? Those MCP temps were pretty typical for nForce boards.

 

But you can usually buy little copper heatsinks that you can put on the board. You may want a small active cooling element e.g. a fan.

[ApolloX75]

This is the fourth in line from my old core2 days, the last three showed 65-67 temps and then spiked to 75+ before flaming out.

Edit: I have already changed the thermal paste to mx-2 since the board had been sitting for quite a while.

[pwuest2]

So the only way to make it cooler would be to get a different MCP coolers. Go on newegg and look at different coolers that you would prefer (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008004&IsNodeId=1). Or just get better cooling throughout the PC. Make sure its away from corners and cramped spaces so it can breath and have good air flow. Cleaning the fans out and filters, making sure the cables are managed correctly so they're not impeding air flow, or just get new fans in all. A compressed air can or duster is good. Use it in the cracks in the radiator on the motherboard to get any dust build up out of there, that helps allot. Basically that's all you can do other than buying a new motherboard with a better cooling system. 

[ApolloX75]

So the only way to make it cooler would be to get a different MCP coolers. Go on newegg and look at different coolers that you would prefer (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008004&IsNodeId=1). Or just get better cooling throughout the PC. Make sure its away from corners and cramped spaces so it can breath and have good air flow. Cleaning the fans out and filters, making sure the cables are managed correctly so they're not impeding air flow, or just get new fans in all. A compressed air can or duster is good. Use it in the cracks in the radiator on the motherboard to get any dust build up out of there, that helps allot. Basically that's all you can do other than buying a new motherboard with a better cooling system.

Its a "brand new" build so no dust to speak of. The Anidees AI6 is pretty efficient so far for air cooling since the rest of the system is running fine.

I did find some old posts for modifying the stock heatsink setup to use beefier fans. Maybe I'll fire up the dremel and have at it.