Temperature reading from the PCH sensor.
Temperature reading from the PCH sensor.
My motherboard is an MSI B560M Bazooka... The CPU temps sit at 62°C and the PCH at 66°C. I own two M.2 NVMe drives, one using CPU lanes and another on a different chipset lane. I was playing Last of Us while running hwinfo in the background. Power usage from the CPU reached 150W with a temperature of 72°C. The room temperature is 24°C. I understand PCH temps are typical, but issues arise when they reach 80-100°C. However, since the ambient temperature isn’t hot, it’s still around 66°C. Could it be the second M.2 NVMe that’s causing the heat? I didn’t have standoffs or screws to secure the second drive, so it used a Keenon tape (it has a 250°C limit). Is this tape contributing to the high temps? It just holds the drives in place and doesn’t cover any capacitors. The processor is an i7-11700F with power limits disabled. My motherboard is an MSI B560M Bazooka. GPU is an RTX 6700 XT.
PCH tends to heat up. I use an Aourus Master X570 and it stays stable around 72°C most of the time. It spikes during gameplay but usually stays under 80°C, which is fine. Above 80°C feels too high, and over 90°C is critical. What I learned online when setting up the rig a few years back is useful. Most reports were a while ago, but now better components and design mean they handle it much better. My setup has a somewhat awkward board layout because the GPU blocks roughly half of the air intake for the PCH.