Motherboard temperatures.

[DeanMcDonald]

Hey, recently after upgrading my PCS machine to some higher end parts, my motherboard temperature has been reaching over 60 degrees when playing games and is at about 45-48 degrees idle. Is this unusually high? If so, would buying a new case with better airflow be a decent option? Or would adding in a few more case fans fix the issue. (I'll list my specs below)

Case: InWin Mana 136 Black
MoBo: ASUS M5A78L
CPU: AMD FX-8350 3.5Ghz
GPU: Sapphire HD 7970 OC
RAM: Kingston Hyper-X 8Gb
PSU: Corsair CX600M

Thanks in advance.

 

[keynes]

What are you using to monitor the temps? are you overclocking your cpu?

 

[DeanMcDonald]

I've been using a program called 'Speccy'. It gives the temperatures of most components and it seems to be reliable. And no, my CPU and GPU are at stock speeds

 

[ubuysa]

I realise that yours is a desktop and not a laptop (which get hotter) but my Optimus IV (i7 CPU) idles at similar temps to your desktop. Personally I wouldn't be worried about those temps.

 

[YAMAHA]

Case and fans can have a big effect on temps, my mobo idles at 27c and cpu idles at 29-30c, higest temp recorded on my cpu (so far...lol) is 55c playing Crysis 3, most games it never gets above 50c

 

[moosEh]

Try another program like HWMonitor as some programs can provide a false reading.