CPU/Mobo Too Much Temps on ASUS Rampage III Extreme

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JayMathers

JayMathers

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Hi People
Just want to ask the current ASUS Rampage III Extreme Users, the tempratures they get at normal use.

My issue is that my R3E does have Temperature at MOSFET being 67 degrees & 58 Degrees at normal use. Is it OK is what i want to know. Yesterday i nearly burned my thumb while setting up Temprature Probe on the MOSFET HEAT-SINKS.

Setup
i7 930
ASUS Rampage III Extreme
6 x 2GB Gskill @ 1600MHz
2x5850
Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000.
Using a Noctua NH-14 on the i7.
 
Change the digital pwm frequency from the default 1000 .. for regular running the digital pwm's dont need to be running those clocks..
 
normal, tends to run quite hot.

On-board cooling isn’t that great in our opinion – IOH idle temps with ASUS’s heatsink and fan combo are up in the 60s at stock voltages (high for a board without NF200s). Overclock higher and you will hit 70 Celsius plus quite easily in a case. Ordinarily we are not overly concerned about temps although in this instance high temperatures on the IOH can be a hindrance because the QPI bus starts to throttle when temps go too high. This also limits the board’s stability at high BCLK unless you provide copious amounts of additional airflow across the heatsink assembly. The whole situation is not helped by ASUS’s choice of thermal interface material; it’s thick yellow bubble gum type stuff. A simple change out of TIM on the IOH to Artic Silver Ceramique lowered the IOH idle/load temps by seven Celsius and encouraged the board to POST past 215 BCLK.
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