Motherboard VRM cooling

[GordonFreemanInTheFlesh]

I like those too, and they way you wrote it makes it sound like a very manly PC cooler - very performance oriented.

Well it would be interesting to put a temp probe on it. Maybe it isn't a big deal if its actually under 80c especially with some heatsinks and a bit of airflow on it.


Do you remember the mix ratio?

I think I know a better way though, using normal paste with some high heat silicone adhesive on the corners!

 

[sLowEnd]

Well aparently he touched them and it left a burn mark on two of his fingers, I had told him to use a down blowing cooler but instead he got the Arctic A35x co :/

What are the actual temperatures he's getting? Numbers. Human flesh has very different thermal tolerances than VRMs.

Edit: Something very painful for your friend could be chill AF for the VRMs. You can't say definitively that the VRMs are getting too hot just on the basis that it was able to burn your friend.

 

[eidairaman1]

Let him burn it up then tell him he should of listened and not been an idiot.

 

[BetrayerX]

Got a fancy chassis that forced me to get an AIO because the tower cooler wont fit. Now I feel the VRMs quite warm and I'm also looking into options, so please, keep posting ideas. Thanks.

 

[Shrek]

A fan to blow air on the VRMs?

 

[A Computer Guy]

Got a fancy chassis that forced me to get an AIO because the tower cooler wont fit. Now I feel the VRMs quite warm and I'm also looking into options, so please, keep posting ideas. Thanks.

To my understanding If your VRM's are sitting below 80c with respectable load then you don't really need to do much except ensure you have good airflow.

 

[BetrayerX]

To my understanding If your VRM's are sitting below 80c with respectable load then you don't really need to do much except ensure you have good airflow.

Agreed, but the heatsink gets rather toasty if you touch it, and the good airflow in my room is a fan and I live on the caribbean which is experiencing record highs as we speak. Was going to get an inverter A/C for my room, but my car decided that I didn't have to. ^_^

 

[GordonFreemanInTheFlesh]

Agreed, but the heatsink gets rather toasty if you touch it, and the good airflow in my room is a fan and I live on the caribbean which is experiencing record highs as we speak. Was going to get an inverter A/C for my room, but my car decided that I didn't have to. ^_^

I recommend you order a big aluminium heatsink from China cut it into shape [hacksaw works well enaugh] and lay a bead of Arctic MX-6 across the VRM bank also adding some high temp silicone adhesive to the corners to keep the heatsink from moving is an excellent idea that I got recently from someone here!
You could make custom holes to the custom heatsink that corrospond to your stock MB heatsink but since my friend's MB doesn't have such mounting holes we were forced to use High temp silicone adhesive to keep it in place!
BTW we saw a 29°C difference, and the choppiness that he was feeling before while doing heavy gaming simply vanished!

This is the product that we used and apparently such extruded heatsinks are designed for industrial applications such as rectifier cooling etc long story short we got 1meter of heatsink and it was the best 25€ ever spent!

http://imgur.com/a/Z4PJERK

We had a lot of fun while doing this mod and I'm sure many people out there will also experience the joy of modding stuff.
Anyhow this thread was a joyride for sure!
Thank you to everyone who participated!

 

[A Computer Guy]

I recommend you order a big aluminium heatsink from China cut it into shape [hacksaw works well enaugh] and lay a bead of Arctic MX-6 across the VRM bank also adding some high temp silicone adhesive to the corners to keep the heatsink from moving is an excellent idea that I got recently from someone here!
You could make custom holes to the custom heatsink that corrospond to your stock MB heatsink but since my friend's MB doesn't have such mounting holes we were forced to use High temp silicone adhesive to keep it in place!
BTW we saw a 29°C difference, and the choppiness that he was feeling before while doing heavy gaming simply vanished!

This is the product that we used and apparently such extruded heatsinks are designed for industrial applications such as rectifier cooling etc long story short we got 1meter of heatsink and it was the best 25€ ever spent!

http://imgur.com/a/Z4PJERK

We had a lot of fun while doing this mod and I'm sure many people out there will also experience the joy of modding stuff.
Anyhow this thread was a joyride for sure!
Thank you to everyone who participated!

I don't suppose you have a link (or more precise part name/number) for that heatsink ? What was the temp before you used the heatsink, inquiring minds want to know?

 

[BetrayerX]

I recommend you order a big aluminium heatsink from China cut it into shape [hacksaw works well enaugh] and lay a bead of Arctic MX-6 across the VRM bank also adding some high temp silicone adhesive to the corners to keep the heatsink from moving is an excellent idea that I got recently from someone here!
You could make custom holes to the custom heatsink that corrospond to your stock MB heatsink but since my friend's MB doesn't have such mounting holes we were forced to use High temp silicone adhesive to keep it in place!
BTW we saw a 29°C difference, and the choppiness that he was feeling before while doing heavy gaming simply vanished!

This is the product that we used and apparently such extruded heatsinks are designed for industrial applications such as rectifier cooling etc long story short we got 1meter of heatsink and it was the best 25€ ever spent!

http://imgur.com/a/Z4PJERK

We had a lot of fun while doing this mod and I'm sure many people out there will also experience the joy of modding stuff.
Anyhow this thread was a joyride for sure!
Thank you to everyone who participated!

Thanks, I got a few aluminium heatsinks around and to be honest I was hoping to see a cool mod I could buy. Again, having a nice case with a getto mod, well, I hope you get the idea.

I actually slapped a small fan and yes it helped. I wish it at least was white (to fit with the theme), but it wasn't so bad.

 

[GordonFreemanInTheFlesh]

I don't suppose you have a link (or more precise part name/number) for that heatsink ? What was the temp before you used the heatsink, inquiring minds want to know?

Sure, here you go.
We actually had to convince the dude to send a "Sample"

This product is no longer available.

This product is no longer available.

m.alibaba.com

Edit:
Also the temperature of the vrm fluctuated between 95°C and 111°C before the mod!
Right now it's about 73° -77°C which we think it's a very big improvement!

 

[mechtech]

I have a chunk of aluminum pin fin on the shelf collecting dust. It would probably work well due to the fact that air can get through it from any direction.

edit - chipset temps

 

[eidairaman1]

I have a chunk of aluminum pin fin on the shelf collecting dust. It would probably work well due to the fact that air can get through it from any direction.

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edit - chipset temps
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They work well just dust trapping was an issue

Sure, here you go.
We actually had to convince the dude to send a "Sample"

This product is no longer available.

This product is no longer available.

m.alibaba.com

Edit:
Also the temperature of the vrm fluctuated between 95°C and 111°C before the mod!
Right now it's about 73° -77°C which we think it's a very big improvement!

Sounds like the problem is solved, next time its good idea to buy a board with the heatsinks included

 

[GordonFreemanInTheFlesh]

They work well just dust trapping was an issue


Sounds like the problem is solved, next time its good idea to buy a board with the heatsinks included

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