It's what they should've done from the start. While it may not throttle out of the box, it definitely gets uncomfortably hot on most of the first gen boards, because heatsinks are build for form not function.
Personally I have a 80mm fan hovering over my VRMs which is a bit ugly, but it does keep it nice and cool. Not having to do that would've been nice, but definitely not replacing the board on account of that.
Huh...so VRMs are getting really hot during overclocking because of unexpectedly high power demand from the CPU. The solution here, sticking bigger heatsinks on the VRMs, is okay, but is there a better option like maybe using more efficient voltage regulation that isn't as prone to making a ton of heat. I mean, I get it that 200+W is a lot of power to manage in a tiny physical area so heat is expected, but there's gotta be a better way that isn't crazy expensive.
The heatsinks on the VRMs are big enough, it's just that they are designed for looks and have extremely bad surface area to function well.
In fact, the new designs are still bad. There is definitely more surface area and better air flow that can be cranked out of those heatsinks. Sure, the design looks like it has a major improvement in surface area, but once those RAM slots are populated, there's going to be a lot of problem with airflow over the VRM heatsinks.
Is your main focus "a better way"? Or "a better way which isn't crazy expensive"? Because I don't think the heat-sink is all that expensive, as for whatever there's a "better" way, well, if the heat-sink cut it and cost less then maybe they feel that's the best way. If the VRM could be made more efficient at a higher cost then maybe you think that's better but it would be more expensive. So it depends I guess. As for being more efficient, sure, but at some time you've reached as efficient as they can be made right now.
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MajGenRelativity - Thursday, November 9, 2017 - link
Well, this is an interesting solution. It's all the motherboard manufacturers can do I guessnevcairiel - Thursday, November 9, 2017 - link
It's what they should've done from the start. While it may not throttle out of the box, it definitely gets uncomfortably hot on most of the first gen boards, because heatsinks are build for form not function.Personally I have a 80mm fan hovering over my VRMs which is a bit ugly, but it does keep it nice and cool. Not having to do that would've been nice, but definitely not replacing the board on account of that.
Lukart - Saturday, November 18, 2017 - link
I would say at least Asrock did something about it and came out public. Others might have just try to sell their model as it is. Kudos To AR.PeachNCream - Thursday, November 9, 2017 - link
Huh...so VRMs are getting really hot during overclocking because of unexpectedly high power demand from the CPU. The solution here, sticking bigger heatsinks on the VRMs, is okay, but is there a better option like maybe using more efficient voltage regulation that isn't as prone to making a ton of heat. I mean, I get it that 200+W is a lot of power to manage in a tiny physical area so heat is expected, but there's gotta be a better way that isn't crazy expensive.meacupla - Thursday, November 9, 2017 - link
The heatsinks on the VRMs are big enough, it's just that they are designed for looks and have extremely bad surface area to function well.In fact, the new designs are still bad. There is definitely more surface area and better air flow that can be cranked out of those heatsinks.
Sure, the design looks like it has a major improvement in surface area, but once those RAM slots are populated, there's going to be a lot of problem with airflow over the VRM heatsinks.
aliquis - Thursday, November 9, 2017 - link
Is your main focus "a better way"?Or "a better way which isn't crazy expensive"?
Because I don't think the heat-sink is all that expensive, as for whatever there's a "better" way, well, if the heat-sink cut it and cost less then maybe they feel that's the best way. If the VRM could be made more efficient at a higher cost then maybe you think that's better but it would be more expensive. So it depends I guess.
As for being more efficient, sure, but at some time you've reached as efficient as they can be made right now.
ZeDestructor - Friday, November 10, 2017 - link
Yeah, there is: it's called actively cooling your VRMs. a small 80mm blower on a small fin-stack should be more than capable to keep things cool, like some of Asus' old 775 boards: http://www.ixbt.com/mainboard/asus/asus-p5n32-sli-... ; or you can go and fit a heatpipe and move the heat to a somewhere fanned, like on the X79 Sabertooth: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/9...