P5W DH Deluxe temps.

davegriffiths · 8 Nov 2006 at 18:53

i was just installing BF2 onto my new pc, and i opened up asus probe to have a look and it starts making that *submarine diving* sounds

the mobo temp is 45*
the cpu fan is 803 ish rpm
and the fan on the side of the case is 2200 odd rpm

is this bad??

:confused:

edit: looked at speedfan too and it says the same 45* nut it has a green tick next to it :confused:

also... speedfan has a 'AUX' temp whick is 72* :eek:

james_earl · 8 Nov 2006 at 20:43

I read a guide on Xs that went through preparing you P5W for conroe but the thread is unavailable. basically take the stupid covers off the mobo Heat sinks and remove their thermal compound and put arctic silver on them. a lot of people have small low rev fans pointing directly at the heatsinks or in one guys case he has 40mm fans on the heat sinks

davegriffiths · 8 Nov 2006 at 21:00

what temps should i be looking for on the mobo?

i just came off bf2 playing in all medium settings and it was still on 45* seems stable there...

is that too hot tho?

chris74 · 8 Nov 2006 at 21:01

Yeah i have these temps too.

I read the above website and took the covers off and applied AS5 but its the same thing 45-50 degrees idle to fully load.

Also with speedfan my aux is really hot but if i turn fan3 speed from 37% down to say 20% it reports the temperature being -48!

Something aint right but it never causes any probs for me and ive an overclocked 6300.

Chris

Mordor · 8 Nov 2006 at 22:15

The thread for preparing the p5w is http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106563

Asus support answered someone on XS that normal temps for the nb on the p5w was 40-55 and within that range there is absolutely nothing to worry about. I changed my nb and sb heatsinks to zalmans and my mb temps are around 45 in a water cooled case with all the fans on 5v.

Matrix · 9 Nov 2006 at 08:47

Mordor said:
The thread for preparing the p5w is http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106563

Asus support answered someone on XS that normal temps for the nb on the p5w was 40-55 and within that range there is absolutely nothing to worry about. I changed my nb and sb heatsinks to zalmans and my mb temps are around 45 in a water cooled case with all the fans on 5v.

I looked at some of that thread and it worried about all the problesm that the board seems to have i get mine today with a E6600 and i'm very worried about it!
I just know something is goign to go wrong with it when i set it up :rolleyes:

kevpuk · 9 Nov 2006 at 10:25

Matrix said:
I looked at some of that thread and it worried about all the problesm that the board seems to have i get mine today with a E6600 and i'm very worried about it!
I just know something is goign to go wrong with it when i set it up

Should be fine - with luck, you may well be getting a later revision.....which may mean improved build

TBH, the temps were a little higher than I am used to on a mobo, but I found it easy to remove the NB & SB heatsinks, clean up and then AS5 them. Temps dropped aroound 7-10C

I think the P5W-DH is a fine board, only have issues with its bad RAM timing ability at higher FSB clocks

Matrix · 9 Nov 2006 at 10:32

kevpuk said:
Should be fine - with luck, you may well be getting a later revision.....which may mean improved build

TBH, the temps were a little higher than I am used to on a mobo, but I found it easy to remove the NB & SB heatsinks, clean up and then AS5 them. Temps dropped aroound 7-10C

I think the P5W-DH is a fine board, only have issues with its bad RAM timing ability at higher FSB clocks

Ok mate thanks i've bought GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) so i'm hoping that will run well as it's meant too..

BubbySoup · 9 Nov 2006 at 12:48

I've had one of these boards since they were released. Built a w/c system around it but forgot to do anything about the NB/SB heatsinks. System was primed and is now run 24/7 and mobo temps regularly get up to 56 when gaming.

Not had one lock up or crash as of yet. I was like :eek:

when I first saw the temps, but what with the problems I had getting the board up and running with Conroe in the first place, I was of the mind that if it blew up or whatever I would just get a different board.

However, several months on I am now perfectly happy with the board and it continues to perform 100% stable, if a little toasty :rolleyes:

davegriffiths · 9 Nov 2006 at 18:31

well.. ive just been playing bf2 online for 2 hours

as soon as i came off, i opened pc probe and the mobo was reading 41.. and that was on all high settings....

Mordor · 10 Nov 2006 at 11:16

Another good thread to look at so you are aware of some of the quirks the p5w has is http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110193

I have had the p5w for a few months now, and am very happy with. It has been very stable, good performance and without any major problems for me. It has a few things that I would have preferred a little different, but all motherboards usually have some quirks and design features that one might prefer in a different manner, but overall the p5w is not bad. IMO :-)

Matrix · 10 Nov 2006 at 11:28

Mordor said:
Another good thread to look at so you are aware of some of the quirks the p5w has is http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110193

I have had the p5w for a few months now, and am very happy with. It has been very stable, good performance and without any major problems for me. It has a few things that I would have preferred a little different, but all motherboards usually have some quirks and design features that one might prefer in a different manner, but overall the p5w is not bad. IMO

Mordor please check this out you might be able to help me out i've got problems with this baord atm

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17650366

Thanks.