CPU temps lower than mobo temps?

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My Asus P4P800 reports CPU temps at 33 degrees C and mobo temps at 43 degrees C.

How can the CPU run cooler than the mobo itself. Northbridge is only lukewarm.

 

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• Jul 11, 2003

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It's possible. If you are using water cooling on the CPU. What kind of cooling are you using? What temps are you looking at? (BIOS or Windows based program)

 

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Air cooling - Thermatake Spark-7 HSF

Temps are low both in BIOS and Asus PC Probe utility

BIOS version is 1008

 

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Im not totally sure but it may mean that you have a great heatsink and excellent conductivity between the cpu/hs. the heat is leaving the cpu and going outside, eg the mobo.

 

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Derivative, that would be cool (literally).

How much are u getting with u'r 2.4C?

 

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Hi, im getting the same results as you with the p4p. My cpu is about 8 c less than my mb and im running stock cooling. I'm overclocking to 230 (215 to 235) fsb 5/4 divider.

 

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Is your chip from Costa Rica or Malay?

Mine is from Costa Rica. Waiting for some Malay ones to arrive.

 

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In one of my systems the motherboard temp is usually higher than the CPU temp. It just depends on where they put the sensor. If it's near the VRM, it's going to get hot.