Is 73°C normal for Asus RT-AC68U CPU?

[xiaokai]

Hi

Quick small question, are these temperatures normal for an Asus RT-AC68U
2.4 GHz: 49°C
5 GHz: 50°C
CPU: 73°C
Its running 24/7 for 17 days so far. With around 11 to 15 clients connected.
Connected to a VPN server.
Ambient temperature is around 22°C

Thanks

Xiao

 

[Blinkyz]

Hi

Quick small question, are these temperatures normal for an Asus RT-AC68U
2.4 GHz: 49°C
5 GHz: 50°C
CPU: 73°C
Its running 24/7 for 17 days so far. With around 11 to 15 clients connected.
Connected to a VPN server.
Ambient temperature is around 22°C

Thanks

Xiao

Yes normal
My 68 u with 6 devices hooked
2.4ghz= 47 C (idle)
5 GHZ=disable
Cpu=72(idle)

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Hi

Quick small question, are these temperatures normal for an Asus RT-AC68U
2.4 GHz: 49°C
5 GHz: 50°C
CPU: 73°C
Its running 24/7 for 17 days so far. With around 11 to 15 clients connected.
Connected to a VPN server.
Ambient temperature is around 22°C

Thanks

Xiao

Normal.. Your lucky others have there routers much hotter.

 

[cuterhei]

You are so lucky. My AC68U is so hot that I had to cool it in front of an electric fan:
已开机时间 6 天 20 时 2 分 46 秒
Temperatures 2.4 GHz: 49°C - 5 GHz: disabled - CPU: 78°C
CPU
CPU Model ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) - (Cores: 2)
CPU Frequency 800 MHz
CPU Load Average (1, 5, 15 mins) 0.16, 0.05, 0.06
Memory
Total 249.75 MB
Free 191.22 MB
Buffers 2.44 MB
Swap usage 0.01 / 512.00 MB
Internal Storage

 

[joegreat]

Hi,

My AC68U is always somewhere between 80-90° degrees - as no problem with this temps, so and not cooling needed!

I run Transmission on the router with 1 core always at 100% load and the 2nd on below 50% - again: No problem with this temp as the CPU is build to survive even higher temps - I recall that everything below 125° is OK.

With kind regards
Joe

 

[talent]

normal values! i had to use a fan to lower temperatures. manage to get them down from 86 to 71 with a 9v fan.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Hi,

My AC68U is always somewhere between 80-90° degrees - as no problem with this temps, so and not cooling needed!

I run Transmission on the router with 1 core always at 100% load and the 2nd on below 50% - again: No problem with this temp as the CPU is build to survive even higher temps - I recall that everything below 125° is OK.

With kind regards
Joe

Though it may be true that the CPU itself can handle those high temps the componets around the CPU can not and can fail. Asus has done a very poor job on the heat sinks and venting of the router they should not get that hot and need active cooling. The Neatgear R-7000 uses the same or very similar duel core chip and the router runs much cooler only around 60c with no active cooling.

 

[talent]

Though it may be true that the CPU itself can handle those high temps the componets around the CPU can not and can fail. Asus has done a very poor job on the heat sinks and venting of the router they should not get that hot and need active cooling. The Neatgear R-7000 uses the same or very similar duel core chip and the router runs much cooler only around 60c with no active cooling.

I must agree with you about these high temps. While it seems like it work fine within this temperature i sincirely dont feel safe having such high temperatures for many time.

 

[kvic]

Though it may be true that the CPU itself can handle those high temps the componets around the CPU can not and can fail. Asus has done a very poor job on the heat sinks and venting of the router they should not get that hot and need active cooling. The Neatgear R-7000 uses the same or very similar duel core chip and the router runs much cooler only around 60c with no active cooling.

Really? I should have heard it earlier. Or else I won't add two little fans to my AC56U. R7000 PCB board: 6182_11_netgear_nighthawk_r7000_ac1900_smart_wi_fi_router_review_full.jpg

It's indicative to a solution for better AC56U/AC68U heat dissipation. Replace the tiny thermal pad in Asus with bigger ones if not a single giant pad