Hey guys,
I just got the X58 FTW3 off ebay, it was quite expensive (for this old piece of hardware) but it was completely new with all the stickers on it and the accessories still sealed so I was willing to pay the extra bucks.
However, the Northbridge temps are totally not okay. I overclocked my X5650 to 3,5 GHz, which is running fine, but 4 GHz was absolutely not possible. So I checked the temps and noticed that NB temps are idling at 80-85° C @3,5 GHz and even go up to 90-100° C under load ! I thought well, the TIM is at least 6 years old, so I replaced it with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut (one of the best TIMs on the market I guess) and put it all back together. Still hovering around 80 ° C ..
I bought a Noiseblocker XM-2 and screwed it on the heatsink, now with all the fans in my case running at 100% (which is loud !! damn) I get around 65° C. With everything at 50% it's still around 70° C. While writing this post, no stress testing !
What the heck is happening ? Is the stock heatsink really that bad ? I mean this board was advertised for
dat OC but I don't see that happening with temps like that. Beforehand I had a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R, which is ugly as hell but I got 4 GHz rock stable (with a considerably smaller aftermarket heatsink on the NB, giving me around 50-60 ° C under full load) ..
Or is it the mounting pressure ? I read that many folks had similar issues because of loose screws. I think I tightened them well enough, but I didn't use much force since I didn't want to break my motherboard ..
My last resort would be adding a northbridge cooler block to my Alphacool Eisbaer 280 but I would like to avoid that (cost factor and I think the stock one looks cool :D).
Anyway, suggestions are much appreciated.
Thanks in advance, have a good one.
post edited by perkyagnostic - 2017/11/11 13:19:02