The chipset heat sink becomes excessively warm during overclocking.
The chipset heat sink becomes excessively warm during overclocking.
I have an i5-6400 overclocked to 4.3 at 1.35V which is fully stable, but the chipset heatsink is becoming extremely hot. I’ve noticed it’s so warm that it feels uncomfortable to touch, especially when holding it for a short time. Before someone assumes it’s just a heatsink meant for cooling, I wanted to ask if this is normal and why it might be heating up so much. If not, what can I do to help reduce the temperature?
My setup includes:
Intel i5-6400
16GB Gskill Ripjaws
GTX 970 SC
EVGA 750W Supernova 80+Bronze
Gigabyte GA-Z170 HD3P revision 1
2 Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
ADATA Premier 240GB SP550
4 Deepcool TF120
CoolerMaster Hyper H110I GTX
Corsair 780T Case
Optical Drive
It seems fine overall, but you're worried about the chip getting warm to the touch. Without any signs of overheating, it's hard to know what to do.
well i thinks it's clear, the chipset is built for a certain voltage range. if you go overclock... more voltage means more heat.
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if it gets too high, you might need to keep overclocking and don't worry about money, you could try boosting your chipset as well. if you have a customizable wc loop, that would be useful.
by the way, what's your motherboard? that could help, some models have design issues or factory problems.
Well, I think it's clear—the chipset is built for a certain voltage range. If you go overclocking, more voltage means more heat. 😱
If it gets too hot, you might want to keep overclocking and not worry about money, but you could try boosting the chipset itself. If you have a customizable water cooling loop, that could help.
By the way, what’s your motherboard? That would be useful, as some models have design issues or factory problems.
I wouldn’t know where to begin with chipset overclocking, and honestly, I don’t see much benefit or a good risk-reward ratio for such a high setting. (Please check if I’m wrong!)
Also, your motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P revision 1, which I’m thinking about upgrading soon.
Thanks!
There's no good reason to overclock a chipset. It in no way would affect processing power. Even something like a graphics card isn't limited by the chipset speed (and the main one is talking to the CPU directly; that's the x16 PCIe v3 on the top left). The chipset is basically for storage devices, network, audio. (And the motherboard is fine. I don't know why you'd replace it.)
photonboy: There's no good reason to overclock a chipset. It in no way would affect processing power. Even something like a graphics card isn't limited by the chipset speed (and the main one is talking to the CPU directly). I suppose if you were some extreme overclocker it would be a thing, but not for the average person. (And the motherboard is fine. I don't know why you'd replace it.) I was considering upgrading it for better overlocking of the CPU and support of SLI for Nvidia but i am not so sure now because by the time that i can afford sli i could have also just purchased the new 1070, or considering the possible recoup of my old 970 i may even be able to get the 1080 that is going to be coming out soon which is said to be the same performance as a titan x so i see no need for it now (the 1070 is said to equal the titan x and the 1080 is said to way outperform it or at least that is what i gathered from the release information) Thanks for your input on my problem! Jason H