Amazed by Motherboard upgrade oc abilities!

harris1986

harris1986

harris1986

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Just want to say how amazed i am at my recent motherboard upgrade from a Asus A8n sli-deluxe to a DFI Lanparty Sli-DR, and in the short time i've had it up and running my ram has gone from running 2-3-2-5 1T timings to now running 2-2-2-8 1T and speeds are up from 200mhz to 215mhz and i'm still playing, stability at 2.8ghz on the cpu seems a lot more stable and feels asthough it has a lot more headroom, so i will look at trying for 3ghz at the weekend aswell as pushing my ram further!

The only thing that disapointed me was that my cpu and system idle temps are a lot higher than previously, i used to idle at around 28c system and 32c cpu now my system idles at 39c and my cpu at 36c, this could be due to the fact that my arctic freezer 64 pro is facing toward the bottom of my case, where as before it was facing toward the front of my case pulling the air through and out of my 120mm exhaust fan!
 
harris1986 said:
The only thing that disapointed me was that my cpu and system idle temps are a lot higher than previously, i used to idle at around 28c system and 32c cpu now my system idles at 39c and my cpu at 36c, this could be due to the fact that my arctic freezer 64 pro is facing toward the bottom of my case, where as before it was facing toward the front of my case pulling the air through and out of my 120mm exhaust fan!
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Or it could be down to the fact that the temperatures are reading wrong.
 
possibly, but nvidia monitor, and bios are reporting the same temps? will download smartguardian and speedfan and see what these say but i honestly can't see them saying any different?
 
ahh kk, well i'l keep a eye on it, only have 1.45v running through my 148 atm so will try for 3ghz :) and keep a close eye on the temps. BRING ON THE BIG 3 GIG :D
 
Most centrally heated rooms are going to have an ambient temerature of 20+c, add to this the heat produced by the compnents inside your case and you should expect to see temps in the 30's at idle. As for cpu temps, a64's are rated around 80 watts so I like to compare the heat output from that to sticking your hand on an equivalent light bulb! Maybe not exactly the same but you get the idea. Heatsinks do an impressive job. To have lower temps you need more air through the case which means more noise. We each have to find a compromise that we find acceptable.
 
thanks for that IzaLearnin what temps are you receiving? it's not the actualy temp that's the problem more so the difference in just changeing my motherboard
 
All those programs will get their info from the boards sensors so there's no surprise there. I do think the DFI boards report higher than actual temps but I have never used a probe to check them as I don't have one! Nice to speak to you again by the way! I remember the name but forget what we discussed before. Senility creeping up on me!
 
Try turning off the radiators in your room whilst your computer is on :) Both of my machines do a fine job of keeping the room warm and converting cold air into warm, both idle @ around 30 deg c for cpu and M/B
 
If you are using the same cooler you used on the Asus then almost certainly your DFI temps are out, but how far out it's hard to say without a probe of some kind being used.

Does anyone know of a more accurate/non motherboard mounted method of measuring cpu heat?
 
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