[SOLVED] Can VRMS be passively cooled?

[magzzy124]

My vrm temperatures are limiting my cpu overclock.
I cannot fit a fan on vrms because of the clearance issues.
But I am able to put on some heatsinks. Would that be enough to cool down my vrms?
What kind of difference would it make?

 

[kurdtnz]

I believe downward facing cpu air coolers can help keep vrm temps down by passing air over them while they keep the cpu cool.

 

[magzzy124]

I believe downward facing cpu air coolers can help keep vrm temps down by passing air over them while they keep the cpu cool.

I have a tower style cooler. I upgraded from stock..

 

[sizzling]

What cpu and motherboard do you have? Having VRM temperature issues might be a sign the motherboard is not good enough to overclock the cpu you have or at least with the level of overclocking you are trying to achieve.

 

[geofelt]

What is the make/model of your case?
What is the make/model of your motherboard?
What is the cpu you are trying to overclock?

If your case has good intake airflow, adding some heat sinks to the vrms might help.

 

[magzzy124]

What cpu and motherboard do you have? Having VRM temperature issues might be a sign the motherboard is not good enough to overclock the cpu you have or at least with the level of overclocking you are trying to achieve.

I do not know the model of a case... its a prebuild.
My motherboard is: Gygabyte f2f2a68hm-s1
My cpu is athlon x4 840.

I do not have intake fans. There is just no mounts for them.
But I can say that I have 1 exhaust fan and the vrms are right between that exhaust and a cpu fan.

 

[magzzy124]

What cpu and motherboard do you have? Having VRM temperature issues might be a sign the motherboard is not good enough to overclock the cpu you have or at least with the level of overclocking you are trying to achieve.

What cpu and motherboard do you have? Having VRM temperature issues might be a sign the motherboard is not good enough to overclock the cpu you have or at least with the level of overclocking you are trying to achieve.

My motherboard is: Gygabyte f2f2a68hm-s1
My cpu is athlon x4 840

High temps are probably because there is no heatsink on vrms... but I am trying to figure that out.

 

[geofelt]

Take the case covers off and direct a house fan at the innards.
Without a source of fresh case intake airflow, you have no hope of good cooling.

 

[sizzling]

Not familiar with that board but it looks to have a basic 4+1 VRM design with no heat sink so I would not expect it to do well with overclocking.

 

[magzzy124]

Not familiar with that board but it looks to have a basic 4+1 VRM design with no heat sink so I would not expect it to do well with overclocking.

Would heatsinks help? Even though there is not much airflow?

 

[magzzy124]

Take the case covers off and direct a house fan at the innards.
Without a source of fresh case intake airflow, you have no hope of good cooling.

I do not have a house fan... But I was just wondering if putting some heatsinks on vrms would help. Because its a really cheap thing to do...

 

[DSzymborski]

I do not have a house fan... But I was just wondering if putting some heatsinks on vrms would help. Because its a really cheap thing to do...

It could but realistically, you'll always be limited by the anemic VRMs. Cheap motherboards don't overclock well and cheap AMD motherboards of this era really don't overclock well.