Mobo power circuitry @ 118C!!!?

[Decibel]

The power circuitry has always been the hottest spot in my system, but today after doing some stability testing (prime95 x2 and rthdribl) I went back and checked the high/low logs from mbm5 and saw that it peaked at 118 degrees C.

How much of a problem is this?

This is in an open SB65G2 with a p4 3.2c @ 3.6ghz and an external PSU. So nothing is blocking them from all of the cooler air in my room. Of course nothing is actively pushing air across them either...

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[ryuji]

thats far too hot, and the same reason why i cannot run my mobo without the otes, the pwm gets to ~65-70C without the otes put a fan blowing at them and you will be all set

 

[Rtstrider]

What's otes?