What is the optimal motherboard/System temperature?

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Anybody know what is the optimal motherboard temperature? Currently my System Temperature has C. 35 to C.45 temperature (Speccy software shows). So is it normal or abnormal situation?
 
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Hello!
Anybody know what is the optimal motherboard temperature? Currently my System Temperature has 35 to 45 temperature (Speccy software shows). So is it normal or abnormal situation?


F or C?

Which Intel Mobo?
 

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Hello!
Anybody know what is the optimal motherboard temperature? Currently my System Temperature has 35 to 45 temperature (Speccy software shows). So is it normal or abnormal situation?

The optimum is as cold as you can get it! :)

What are your ambient temperatures? If your machine is in a room that is about 20°C warm, then various machine temperatures around 35...45° C are acceptable.

Not sure what you mean by "System Temperature".

For specific temperatures of chips etc, you need more information.

Regards....Mike Connor
 

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Hello!
Anybody know what is the optimal motherboard temperature? Currently my System Temperature has 35 to 45 temperature (Speccy software shows). So is it normal or abnormal situation?

Try to get your temps as low as you can go, but not so low as to result in condensation (which I've seen done before).

The time of year and amount of airflow through your rig plays a major role in gauging your temps. In the summertime, where ambient heat from the air is generally warmer, I try to keep my idle temps between 30C and 40C. Come winter time, that range drops to about 25C to 35C, because the cooler air temps help a bit.

I follow this rule. If your cpu maker states that the max safe temp before shutdown is 70C, then try to keep your own max temps at least about half that, which gives you some room to play with should your have problems with a fan or something...
 

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Hello!
Anybody know what is the optimal motherboard temperature? Currently my System Temperature has 35 to 45 temperature (Speccy software shows). So is it normal or abnormal situation?


F or C?

Which Intel Mobo?

They are "c".
Mother board is "Intel Corporation DG31PR (J3E1)"
 

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Hello!
Anybody know what is the optimal motherboard temperature? Currently my System Temperature has 35 to 45 temperature (Speccy software shows). So is it normal or abnormal situation?

The optimum is as cold as you can get it! :)

What are your ambient temperatures? If your machine is in a room that is about 20°C warm, then various machine temperatures around 35...45° C are acceptable.

Not sure what you mean by "System Temperature".

For specific temperatures of chips etc, you need more information.

Regards....Mike Connor

"System Temperature". mean motherboard temperature.
 

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How to i position CPU cooling fans for better exhaust ? My CPU has 2 fans one for get outside cool air other for exhaust hot air on CPU. So how do i position them?
 

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I'm in a tropical country. So our normal room temperature is 20c to 30c.
 

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As heat rises then if your case has a top exhausting fan then if possible please orient the CPU cooler to flow cool air in and out towards the top exhaust. Likely you will not have this fan but will have the traditional rear facing exhaust fan, then please draw air over the CPU from the right to the left and out the rear case exhaust fan.
 

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System Temprature usually refers to the PWM area. At least in my experience.
Sometimess it may refer to the ambient temp inside the case.

The rest are self explanitory .. CPU / Chipset etc.

If yours is indeed refering to the PWM, youll need to check MOBO specs to find its temp rang. But I would say as long as it stays under 50-55C its fine. Likely has a bit more headroom than that. But if its saying under 45C, completely normal.
 

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How to i position CPU cooling fans for better exhaust ? My CPU has 2 fans one for get outside cool air other for exhaust hot air on CPU. So how do i position them?

If you are referring to 2 fans on your CPU heatsink, you would want both of them to move air toward the rear. That would likely mean that the one toward the front of the case would blow air through the heatsink fans and the other one would suck air from the heatsink fins.

If you are referring to your case rather than your CPU heatsink, you generally want fans on the front side of the case to blow air into the case and fans on the backside of the case to suck air out.
 

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A picture would be worth a thousand words here as I'm not familiar with your case. It sounds like the case has the traditional front intake fan and one rear facing, you then have the stock intel cooler fan which blows down over the CPU with case air. But this is a guess. Please clarify and if possible provide a picture of the inside front, inside mobo, inside rear and inside case top.
 

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System Temprature usually refers to the PWM area. At least in my experience.
Sometimess it may refer to the ambient temp inside the case.

The rest are self explanitory .. CPU / Chipset etc.

If yours is indeed refering to the PWM, youll need to check MOBO specs to find its temp rang. But I would say as long as it stays under 50-55C its fine. Likely has a bit more headroom than that. But if its saying under 45C, completely normal.

Can you please tell me what is "PWM area"?
 

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Are there any minimum speed of CPU cooling fans? How do i check speed of CPU fan before buy them?
 

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When you say "CPU fan", do you mean the CPU itself? Or do you mean case fans?

The rpm of any fan is usually given in its description and usually is anywhere from 500 rpm on up.

In electronics, PWM normally refers to phase width modulation, but I don't know exactly where that is within a PC.
 

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System Temprature usually refers to the PWM area. At least in my experience.
Sometimess it may refer to the ambient temp inside the case.

The rest are self explanitory .. CPU / Chipset etc.

If yours is indeed refering to the PWM, youll need to check MOBO specs to find its temp rang. But I would say as long as it stays under 50-55C its fine. Likely has a bit more headroom than that. But if its saying under 45C, completely normal.

Can you please tell me what is "PWM area"?


Its the mosfets on your board that controls voltages. Typically all around the CPU socket.
Some motherboards may actually have Heatsinks here as well.


Getting airflow in this area should bring that system temp down a bit, but as I mentioned earlier, if that is indeed what its refering to, you completely normal.

Most decent CPU air coolers will actuually blow some air down in the area, or help pull hot air away.
 

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