what temp should it be

[deankenny]

my chipset temp shows 51c is that too high??

 

[Burgerbob]

WAAAYYY too high. Mine is at a steady 25-30.

 

[deankenny]

how do i get it lower????
its got its own fan on it

 

[Burgerbob]

Get a northbridge cooler for it, look on Newegg.

 

[thealmightyone]

To be honest, that's "not WAAAYYY too high". I would say a tad high, though. Just get a 80mm fan, blowing air at the heatsink on the chipset. That does the trick.

Buying big chipset coolers can get in the way of your CPU cooler, or prevent you from having a SLI/Crossfire setup, and are only needed for heavy overclockers.

 

[deankenny]

well it at 50 when games being played and stays at about 45 when not thats ok isnt it?

 

[bflat450]

should be fine