Hi,
I have an old AM3+ ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 Motherboard which has been causing my problems since I bought it about 5 years ago - I get lag spikes and CPU temp drops every 10-15s when playing high-end games despite my CPU / GPU etc. being able to handle them. Recently I have figured out that the problem is almost definitely to do with the VRM throttling - the motherboard (for some reason) has no VRM heatsinks at all despite being advertised as a gaming mobo.
Could someone walk me through the process of installing custom heatsinks and whether it's likely to work on this motherboard - is there anything else that might help wrt fan setup / airflow in general / etc.? Or am I doomed and should I just wait until I can upgrade my motherboard...
I have an old AM3+ ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 Motherboard which has been causing my problems since I bought it about 5 years ago - I get lag spikes and CPU temp drops every 10-15s when playing high-end games despite my CPU / GPU etc. being able to handle them. Recently I have figured out that the problem is almost definitely to do with the VRM throttling - the motherboard (for some reason) has no VRM heatsinks at all despite being advertised as a gaming mobo.
Could someone walk me through the process of installing custom heatsinks and whether it's likely to work on this motherboard - is there anything else that might help wrt fan setup / airflow in general / etc.? Or am I doomed and should I just wait until I can upgrade my motherboard...