High VRM temps on GA-AX370-Gaming 5

[RyanOCallaghan]

My Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming 5's VRM MOS temperature, as reported by HWiNFO, tend to stick around the 75-80 degrees celcius while the CPU is under full load running a stress test like Prime95 or OCCT.

System specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X @ 3.70 GHz, 1.25v VCore, 1.00V SoC
Cooler Master Masterliquid 240
GA-AX370-Gaming 5
Samsung 960 EVO 1TB
32GB RAM @ 2400 MHz C12 1.30V
Corsair RM850x
GTX 1080 (MSI Gaming X+ 8GB @ 11GB/s)
Cooler Master Mastercase Pro 5


The CPU itself maxed at about 62 degrees celcius (Tdie, which seems to be the actual temp after 20C offset) while running OCCT, and I'm especially concerned about this due to my voltages being set relatively low.

So, is the motherboard VRM temperature around 80 C normal, or is it worrisome, considering this is intended to be a 24/7 system for the long term?

Thanks

 

[Dunlop0078]

That's probably normal, most VRMs are designed to handle 105c or more. The gaming 5 has a decent VRM and your voltages aren't that high so I would say that temp is normal. Try to find a review that lists what their VRM temp was under load and compare it to yours if you want.

 

[ohenryy]

Looks like the best VRMs are from Asrock and MSI, at least on the B350 line up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGrxhf_xZWI

 

[Soul_keeper]

I have the same issue on my gaming 7
These heatsinks they use are all for looks, they don't really cool anything imo. As mentioned above, they are speced for these high temps, but it is concerning still.

Otherwise the vrm design on the gaming 5/7 boards is pretty good.

 

[ghemanth]

My Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming 5's VRM MOS temperature, as reported by HWiNFO, tend to stick around the 75-80 degrees celcius while the CPU is under full load running a stress test like Prime95 or OCCT.

System specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X @ 3.70 GHz, 1.25v VCore, 1.00V SoC
Cooler Master Masterliquid 240
GA-AX370-Gaming 5
Samsung 960 EVO 1TB
32GB RAM @ 2400 MHz C12 1.30V
Corsair RM850x
GTX 1080 (MSI Gaming X+ 8GB @ 11GB/s)
Cooler Master Mastercase Pro 5


The CPU itself maxed at about 62 degrees celcius (Tdie, which seems to be the actual temp after 20C offset) while running OCCT, and I'm especially concerned about this due to my voltages being set relatively low.

So, is the motherboard VRM temperature around 80 C normal, or is it worrisome, considering this is intended to be a 24/7 system for the long term?

Thanks

hello...
Dont know if this topic still helps you or not but the fact goin on today is VRM is a complete mess with almost all the Z370 boards for my knowledge and among all the brands Asus managed upto 48-50c VRM temperature while Gigabyte n MSI hit to almost 80. This is due to hungry 8th gen processors and you can blame intel for that and while the board vrm quality is poor and it affected the performance while the Asus is managed well with their quality.

some say every board has high temps issue but my experience showed asus deal better in vrm and some said there is actually not much heatsinks available for aorus boards to control the vrm temps.

edit: 80c will not damage anything yet but its definitely a fail from board quality