Dell 4700 chipsets burn my finger..

[Inscape]

My case felt pretty warm to the touch so I took the case off and toucked the southbridge and northbridge chips and they burned my finger. The northbrindge has a passive heatsink and the south has nothing on it. It's 100% stable, but shouldn't they be cool to the touch?

 

[DlStreamnet]

No. Get some cooling on the one that hasn't. Make sure that it has lots of air flow around the passive cooler.

It should still be hot to touch but still get some proper cooling on there or risk fucking up your system/decreasing the mobos life.

 

[rush24t3]

Don't worry about it; you likely have a 2-year (if not longer) warranty, and Dell specifically engineered the 4700 in the way they did. If it dies, it dies, you send it back and they replace it, or you hoof it to an authorized repair agent. Just backup your data once a week and enjoy the PC.