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<blockquote data-quote="kszabo" data-source="post: 246913" data-attributes="member: 61646">780G NB TemperatureIt looks like there is a confusion about how hot the Northbridge of the 780G chipset (NB, where the onboard IGP is) can become. Some search results of mine:- the 780G is the only chipset on the market with 55 nm production technology. It means lowest thermal production compared to Intel or nVidia -&gt; they must be even hotter- there are overclock reports of +90% GPU frequency without instability issues -&gt; stock speed should mean no heat problems at all- read this thread: <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13396686#post13396686" target="_blank">The Official Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H RS780 mATX Thread - Page 26 - AVS Forum</a>side 26-27-28: people are reporting incorrect temperature readings with AMD overdrive (82 °C). Some even measured the NB temperature with infrared and mercury thermometer (35-40°C). A guy measured NB=ambient_temperature+11 °C watching 1080 HDTV with EasyTune5 Pro utility.I guess the NB temperature is not an issue of the Gigabyte board.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kszabo, post: 246913, member: 61646"] [b]780G NB Temperature[/b] It looks like there is a confusion about how hot the Northbridge of the 780G chipset (NB, where the onboard IGP is) can become. Some search results of mine: - the 780G is the only chipset on the market with 55 nm production technology. It means lowest thermal production compared to Intel or nVidia -> they must be even hotter - there are overclock reports of +90% GPU frequency without instability issues -> stock speed should mean no heat problems at all - read this thread: [url=http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13396686#post13396686]The Official Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H RS780 mATX Thread - Page 26 - AVS Forum[/url] side 26-27-28: people are reporting incorrect temperature readings with AMD overdrive (82 °C). Some even measured the NB temperature with infrared and mercury thermometer (35-40°C). A guy measured NB=ambient_temperature+11 °C watching 1080 HDTV with EasyTune5 Pro utility. I guess the NB temperature is not an issue of the Gigabyte board. [/QUOTE]

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