How hot is the northbridge supposed to be?

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• Aug 13, 2004

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How hot should the northbridge heatsink feel on the p4c800 E deluxe with no overclocker

 

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• Aug 15, 2004

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It should be warm to the touch as there is no fan on it, but its within spec or asus wouldnt of done it.

 

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The reason I put some AS 5 on there

 

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it will take effect after 48 hours

 

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been about 5 weeks

 

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I'm about to order a Thermalright NB-1 from Sidewinder soon.

The heatsink is just warm when idle, but it does get a little hot on load for the stock heatsink. That's at default FSB of 200MHz.