Hi all, I am a bit worried about the rather hot Z68 chipset in my desktop. I can feel with my fingers the heatsink being 45-50C which I think is a bit on the high side. I cannot find any temp.reading corresponding to the Z68 in my attached pic.... when blowing cold air on the chipset heatsink. Have I missed something..?...Please advise...Thank you..!
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
Try HWINFO. It will show you every sensor available on the motherboard. If it's not in there it doesn't exist.
I no longer have a Gigabyte Z68 board so I can't look for myself to see what's available.Maximus 8 Hero/6700K @ 4.8/4x4GB LPX @ 3200 15-17-17-36 CR1
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
WOW, many thanks boondocks for that info which made my day.....! Installed HWinFO64 and yes indeed, it found the PCH/Z68 sensor right away and as you can see my "fingertip sensor" was rather accurate. That PCH temp was missed by both BIOS/TouchBIOS and SpeedFan in my hands(my fault..?)
OK next step was to borrow my wifes hairdryer again and blow ambient(20C) air on the Z68 heatsink and voila..!!..PCH temp immedietely(10-20seconds) dropped from 49C down to 44C but NOT ANY FURTHER..?!..it just stopped there..!
Apparently the chipset is so busy even at idle that it produces enough heat to keep the sensor at 44C regardless of my cooling efforts..?! Or the thermal connection between the heatsink and PCH/sensor is less than ideal.
Maybe I should consider upgrading the Z68 heatsink..?
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
Yeah, you're OK on temp.Maximus 8 Hero/6700K @ 4.8/4x4GB LPX @ 3200 15-17-17-36 CR1
Case Labs SM8 w/dual pedestals / Custom water w/ acrylic pipe / Light box
PowerColor 390Xw/EK block / Samsung 840 Pro 256GBx2 RAID 0 / 128GBx1 SSD's | 3 HDD's / DVD burner
Dual Aquaero 5 Pro controllers for pumps & fans / FC9 for led's only 2xD5 pwm w/Bitspower tops - MCP35x2 - 3x480 rads/1x240 rad/AP15 fans / EK supremcy
Seasonic Platinum 1000w custom fabbed/sleeved psu wiring by me
Wifes: Z77X-UD5H / 3770K w/c with Raystorm copper block & 2 Rads/ Kingston HyperX RAM / Switch 810 case/ PowerColor AX7950 w/EK block
HTPC: Z68 Pro3 M / 2105
SOLD:Z97X-UD5H /4790K/F11b mod BIOS/[email protected] 4x4GB Kingston Genesis KHX24C11X3K4 2400 RAM 11-13-13-30
SOLD:Z87X-UD5H /4770K
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
anything under 65 degrees is fine.... from my readings on other boards it is designed to have a max of 90-100 degrees but you wouldn't want it to play there at all.... anything near 65 degree I'd plan on either adding a fan to it or replace the head sink for something beefier.
VinMain Rig
OS = Win10-64Bit
CPU = Ryzen 1700x Overclocked to 4Ghz with custom water-cooling loop
Mem = 16GB RAM @ 3200Mhz
MB = Asus ROG C6H
GPU = Asus 1080Ti ROG Strix
HD = 512GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
PSU = EVGA SuperNOVA 1300w
Case = Cooler Master HAF-X 945
HTPC / Home Server
OS = Win7 64Bit running XBMC HTPC Front end with Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine with 12GB ram assigned for homer server
CPU = i7-980X @ 3.5Ghz CoolerMasster Hyper 212 Evo
Mem = 24GB RAM
MB = Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 v1.0 with F6 Bios
GPU = EVGA nVidia GT210
HD = 2x PNY 120GB Raid 0 (OS)
Storage = 8TB WD Black Storage
PSU = Corsair TX750
Case = Define R5
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
It's unlikely that the sensor is stuck but that can happen, and when a sensor sticks it doesn't move... yours changed when you put a heat gun to it. also the sensor is installed within the PCH so the temperature on the outside surface of the heat sink is not at all related to the temperature from within PCH. if the PCH temperature is not increasing then I'd say the heat sink is doing it's job.
if you want to test anything I'd replace the heat sink with either a smaller one or a larger one and see the temperature change at that point.
but imo if the temperature can be changed, and is under 60-65 degrees I wouldn't think or pay any attention to it.
VinMain Rig
OS = Win10-64Bit
CPU = Ryzen 1700x Overclocked to 4Ghz with custom water-cooling loop
Mem = 16GB RAM @ 3200Mhz
MB = Asus ROG C6H
GPU = Asus 1080Ti ROG Strix
HD = 512GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
PSU = EVGA SuperNOVA 1300w
Case = Cooler Master HAF-X 945
HTPC / Home Server
OS = Win7 64Bit running XBMC HTPC Front end with Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine with 12GB ram assigned for homer server
CPU = i7-980X @ 3.5Ghz CoolerMasster Hyper 212 Evo
Mem = 24GB RAM
MB = Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 v1.0 with F6 Bios
GPU = EVGA nVidia GT210
HD = 2x PNY 120GB Raid 0 (OS)
Storage = 8TB WD Black Storage
PSU = Corsair TX750
Case = Define R5
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
Originally posted by Vinster View Post....
if you want to test anything I'd replace the heat sink with either a smaller one or a larger one and see the temperature change at that point....
Vin
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
OK, took out the mobo today and replaced the stock low profile heatsink with another one from my scrap box which has a much smaller "footprint". This still means more fin area and less transmission of heat to the neighbouring components on the mobo. I was of course curious as to the new PCH temp and to my delight the PCH now runs 5-6C cooler.....!! As I write this reply HWinFO64 shows PCH at 44C compared to 49-51C with the stock heatsink..!!..and still passive..!!..
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
if looks good. the only thing is if you ever want to put in a beefy GPU on there you can only used the second PCIe port...
VinMain Rig
OS = Win10-64Bit
CPU = Ryzen 1700x Overclocked to 4Ghz with custom water-cooling loop
Mem = 16GB RAM @ 3200Mhz
MB = Asus ROG C6H
GPU = Asus 1080Ti ROG Strix
HD = 512GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
PSU = EVGA SuperNOVA 1300w
Case = Cooler Master HAF-X 945
HTPC / Home Server
OS = Win7 64Bit running XBMC HTPC Front end with Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine with 12GB ram assigned for homer server
CPU = i7-980X @ 3.5Ghz CoolerMasster Hyper 212 Evo
Mem = 24GB RAM
MB = Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 v1.0 with F6 Bios
GPU = EVGA nVidia GT210
HD = 2x PNY 120GB Raid 0 (OS)
Storage = 8TB WD Black Storage
PSU = Corsair TX750
Case = Define R5
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
no, nothing I know of would would stress the PCH....... CPU, VRM, RAM, HD... no problem... PCH... you got me?
VinMain Rig
OS = Win10-64Bit
CPU = Ryzen 1700x Overclocked to 4Ghz with custom water-cooling loop
Mem = 16GB RAM @ 3200Mhz
MB = Asus ROG C6H
GPU = Asus 1080Ti ROG Strix
HD = 512GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
PSU = EVGA SuperNOVA 1300w
Case = Cooler Master HAF-X 945
HTPC / Home Server
OS = Win7 64Bit running XBMC HTPC Front end with Windows Server 2012 Virtual Machine with 12GB ram assigned for homer server
CPU = i7-980X @ 3.5Ghz CoolerMasster Hyper 212 Evo
Mem = 24GB RAM
MB = Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 v1.0 with F6 Bios
GPU = EVGA nVidia GT210
HD = 2x PNY 120GB Raid 0 (OS)
Storage = 8TB WD Black Storage
PSU = Corsair TX750
Case = Define R5
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Re: How can I measure Z68 chipset temperature..?
Originally posted by Vinster View Postno, nothing I know of would would stress the PCH....... CPU, VRM, RAM, HD... no problem... PCH... you got me?
Vin
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