I've got an Asus motherboard with onboard (Nvidia 6150) graphics, and the northbridge heatsink gets rather toasty to touch. The hottest I've seen in on the Asus Probe is 39oC, which after a quick reboot is a little bit lower in bios.
How hot should 39oC feel? I can't really keep my fingers on it, but bios and Asus Probe seem to agree, and there's no sign of instability so it can't be that hot can it be?
It's a passive heatsink, but it's clipped on rather than the standard holes so I couldn't really upgrade it easily. Am I just having overly sensitive hands or should I consider some thermal glue stuff and a Zalman northbridge cooler?
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but I wouldn't expect my hands to be too much cooler that 37 - unless I put them in the fridge for couple of hours ... or the oven, gas mark 5 until golden brown ... maybe I am


