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Chipset overheating(AM3+)

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So recently I have been running into this issue with my motherboard, during long gaming sessions I have been noticing my north bridge overheating, at first it was "fixed" by me adding another exhaust fan in the top radiator mount of my case but that only delayed the issue by another couple hours now. Then I lowered my overclock and voltage(4.4ghz @ 1.36v) but even that hasn't fixed the issue. 

 

My CPU will thermal throttle down to 1400mhz from 4.4ghz(was 4.5ghz) and this is very annoying during gaming as I will drop from 130fps to 25fps. 

 

I was thinking about buying a better motherboard but I could also try selling my components on Craigslist or something and getting enough money to upgrade to ryzen.

 

Should I sell and upgrade or buy a used motherboard on eBay or something. I also know this is a north bridge issue cause HWmonitor is telling me my north bridge is around 70-75c with light activity and gaming it easily gets up to 100c(throttle point) while my CPU on the other is sitting around 50c. I kind of fixed this issue by opening my case and blowing a desk fan on my system but that isn't a long term solution. I also still have my wraith cooler if anyone thinks that would help cool the chipset down any. 

 

My specs are MSI 970a SLI Krait motherboard, FX8370, PNY anarchy 1866mhz 16gb ram, Corsair CX650M, GTX1060 6GB, Zalman CNPS 10x optima. 

 

 

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Seems like heat sink on the north bridge got loose / thermal compound dried/bad thermal pads?

 

I don't think buying another AM3 mobo is a good choice since Ryzen's out. You should get Ryzen if you can't repair the mobo yourself.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Seems like heat sink on the north bridge got loose / thermal compound dried/bad thermal pads?

 

I don't think buying another AM3 mobo is a good choice since Ryzen's out. You should get Ryzen if you can't repair the mobo yourself.

I can check that but I doubt that's the reason(motherboard is less than a year old) cause when sitting in bios the chipset is at 30-37c. It's only in windows that's where my chipset is hot. Also by idling I meant browsing the web and such(probably should have said that), letting the computer sit around will bring the temps down to low 60s

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Just now, luigi90210 said:

I can check that but I doubt that's the reason(motherboard is less than a year old) cause when sitting in bios the chipset is at 30-37c. It's only in windows that's where my chipset is hot. Also by idling I meant browsing the web and such(probably should have said that), letting the computer sit around will bring the temps down to low 60s

Did you do anything that stopped the CPU from going to idle speeds then?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Im having hte same problem u are, but i am using an asus m5a99fx pro r2.0 and i changed to my old 6350 and the temp issue stoped. The motherboard cant handle the VRM's. Its what i have found out im trying to locate a board that will. I also have ryzen and if your looking to upgrade go 1800x or 1700x and if you have the money thread ripper is amazing.

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On 9/23/2017 at 4:29 PM, Jefftomshuford said:

Im having hte same problem u are, but i am using an asus m5a99fx pro r2.0 and i changed to my old 6350 and the temp issue stoped. The motherboard cant handle the VRM's. Its what i have found out im trying to locate a board that will. I also have ryzen and if your looking to upgrade go 1800x or 1700x and if you have the money thread ripper is amazing.

lol im necroing a necrod thread

anyhow i already upgraded to the ryzen 1400 and its a night and day difference, i plan on getting a 1700x eventually but the 8350 to the r5 1400 was well worth the jump, if you can sell your components id do it and buy ryzen

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