Just out of curiosity... how hot are VRM chokes capable of tolerating. I'm playing around with overclocking a FX-8150 on a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3. The motherboard list has it as recommended, but the heatsink is somewhat small, and it does not cover the chokes. I have added fans on the VRM and northbridge heatsinks because there is little air movement in the case with the liquid cooling I use for the CPU.
The FX-8150 is a real current hog, and things really heat up in there at 4.4 GHz and 1.37V. (The CPU is perfectly fine and stable there, with a max temp of 49C). But if I run a high computational load,a few of the chokes can reach over 100C, which seems excessive. The hottest one was being measured in the following picture
I know some of these devices can handle really high temps, but I have no idea on the specs for this particular model. Inductors aren't active so they're not going to fail suddenly because of heat, but I'm sure there's a maximum there before the fail and go open circuit.
If I can find a small enough heatsink to put on them, I may do so, but otherwise, I may end up having to change the motherboard for something with a more robust VRM/choke cooling solution....
The FX-8150 is a real current hog, and things really heat up in there at 4.4 GHz and 1.37V. (The CPU is perfectly fine and stable there, with a max temp of 49C). But if I run a high computational load,a few of the chokes can reach over 100C, which seems excessive. The hottest one was being measured in the following picture
I know some of these devices can handle really high temps, but I have no idea on the specs for this particular model. Inductors aren't active so they're not going to fail suddenly because of heat, but I'm sure there's a maximum there before the fail and go open circuit.
If I can find a small enough heatsink to put on them, I may do so, but otherwise, I may end up having to change the motherboard for something with a more robust VRM/choke cooling solution....
before I bought UD5 I had been in a nightmare with three msi board for 1year, they all died. now I dont wanna lose UD5.
