H370M-ITX/ac + i7-8700nonK = VR thermal throttling

May 9, 2018
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I've recently made my first build:
H370M-ITX / ac
i7-8700nonK
thermaltake V1 case
Cryorig M9i
2x8 G.Skill Ripjaws V 3000
1050Ti

I've got a problem with CPU throttling. When 8700 power draw is over 140W for few seconds throttling occurs. XTU says it's throttling due to VRM thermals. So I've set cpu offset -0.1V it stable, power draw is lower, but still during stress test or encoding, it's over 140W. IMO, V1 case has not a bad airflow (intake: 1x200mm and out: 2x80mm). Heatsink during throttling on vrm is hot, but not burning hot. Blowing another fan on vrm section helps but not much. Is there anyway to overcome this?

Here

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8587/asrock-h370m-itx-ac-intel-h370-motherboard-review/index.html

test setup had a i5-8400 and author did not mention about any problems. In fact he said:

The H370M-ITX / AC's VRM is very good and will handle any CPU in a mini-ITX system.

But I believe 8400 has considerable lower power draw, so he didn't notice any problems. Please comment and give me some advices.

CPU temp during stress test (AIDA64 CPU+FPU) is around 88C.
Maybe bigger cooler eg. Cryorig H7 + delid, would lower temp that is given from CPU into motherboard (and into VRMs that are close to cpu socket). What you think?
 
Custom VRM cooling perhaps?
Or you can lower max turbo boost settings in BIOS.

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