What is a safe motherboard temp?

[mavkam]

I'm getting a motherboard temp of 34C at Idle. This is bad right? Depending on how hot my apartment gets it can go up to 38C. I have plenty of fans but if the room temp is high Im just sending in hot air, right?

[It_The_Cow]

It depends on what the actual room temperature is when you measure the case/motherboard temperature. Obviously, the same reading would be best. There really isn't anything you can really do to lower the case temperature except lower the room temperature. I would personally give it about 5 degrees C of slack if I felt it had good airflow

[Monaco]

I think 30s are fine. My mobo temps seem to get to 35 max and stay there. They almost never fluctuate, at all. I got pretty much the same box as you, too-

soyo 6vba-133
Celeron at 8.5 x 115
and other crap

You can only get your case temp to room ambient usually, like It_the_Cow said. If it hits 40 I'd start to worry.

Remember that temperature is from 1 small thermistor somewhere on the board, not the whole board.

[William]

As far as I know, their is no unsafe motherboard temp unless it is outrageous(60C). The thing is though, that your heatsink can only cool so much based on the ambient(motherboard) temp. A case with good ventilation will be within 2-3C of the Room temp.

[mavkam]

Thanks. I appreciate all the replies.