On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:01:48 +0200, "Donkeyman"
<donkeyman.DeleteThis@tiscali.geentroep.nl> wrote:
>
>"Tomasz M. Sadowski" <te-es.DeleteThis@er-es-i.kropka.pe-el> schreef in bericht
>news:974223tcbnequfvvrqqhfm6ejlku3u5q6e@4ax.com...
>> Hi All --
>> I'm trying to pick a motherboard for building an Athlon 64x2 system,
>> and I'm currently hovering between the MSI K9N Platinum and Gigabyte
>> GA-M57. While the MSI board seems to score generally better and has a
>> few nice extras (like the second GbE port), I've heard numerous
>> reports on MCP overheating due to relatively small heatsink. The
>> latter does not seem to be much smaller than that on the other board,
>> so I'm wondering if I should be really concerned with that, especially
>> that I'm not going to seriously overclock the board (if at all). How
>> hot does the MCP heatsink get at stock voltages/frequencies?
>> I'm also wondering about the temperature of the VRM heatsink, since it
>> is close to a bunch of capacitors which definitely don't like being
>> heated up. How hot is that heatsink, and do you think that the heat
>> radiation would be serious enough to contribute to premature failure
>> of those caps?
>> Any comments will be greatly appreciated...
>> Best regards, Tomasz
>> --
>> Tomasz M. Sadowski
>> te-es.DeleteThis@er-es-i.kropka.pe-el (przeczytaj na glos)
>
>I can recommend you the MSI K9N Platinum. I tried 4(!!) pieces of Asus
>M2N-E. They all died after a few days or a few weeks. The MSI performs great
>and there is no sign of overheating.
>
Thanks for the information.
I got a K9N Platinum SLI and started it up yesterday, and the heatsink
gets indeed hot after a few minutes. As long as it does not affect
stability, it's probably OK, although having a piece of hot aluminum
inside the PC is not the most comforting feeling for me. I haven't
done much testing yet, and will not have time to do that soon, but I
will revisit the issue in a few weeks and will see how hot it gets in
normal use. I may swap it out for an old Zalman NB47J from my PC
junkyard, as the board seems to have matching mounting holes.
Best regards, Tomasz
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Tomasz M. Sadowski
te-es.DeleteThis@er-es-i.kropka.pe-el (przeczytaj na glos)
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