yalor, stuck with 3M thermal tape

once Vcore >1.5V the PWM include those caps shoot up >80C
If running long hours sure the mobo will kong very soon (those were not solid caps bro)!

If I put a 120mm fans on top, PWM + caps easily will drop 20C
Last time using CM Germin II with 2x120mm fans mobo temp not that serious....
If using WC I will put a fan on top of PWM side, no $$$ to change mobo liau

eh how u check your caps temp? i din touch mine before...i scad will same like u hot hot caps

nothing serious lah bro, actually I tried 412HTTx8.5=3510MHz, can run memtest and boot into Vista safe mode.

Normal mode Vista crash....CPU temp too high@1.6V
Later will try WC.

I believe many mid-end mobo can do >400HTT nowadays

I think you mean the Power MOSFETS..its not possible to heatsink capacitors..
And if you put enough current through them that they need heatsinks, even solid state caps will arc & blow up..

he is right...I put heatsinks on both MOSFETs and CAPs as well
On top of CAPs the metal casing expose right? I just stick Heatsinks with thermal tape on it.....

Make sure to use better quality thermal tape as we dun want the HS drop halfway and short the mobo

Close to useless putting HS on top of caps..too little contact area to make much difference..
Anyway, PWMs produce less than 40W heat even with 200W processors, a small medium speed fan blowing on them is enough already.

May be u are right but since I got many extra HS I still prefer to stick it on the CAPs too

Without fan and HS I can't even touch my hand on top of those caps for 10sec if OC kaw2 + full load (should be >65C).
Now with HS attached and fan blowing, I can leave my hand on top of caps as long as I want even full load (below 55C).

While, the caps won't spoilt overnight even running >65C.
If my memory serves me right, I read some articles stated that the lifespan of Electrolyte CAPs will drop 10-20% with every increase of about 10 to 20C.
Even later I change mobo with Solid CAPs, I will do this as well as cooling mod is one of my interest, just like OC
Love to do some simple mods to bring down heats whenever possible

Those high temp on CAP i think is the heats generated by PWM and transfer to CAPs via PCB/ convection.

This post has been edited by ongbs: Jan 1 2008, 08:09 PM

evryone here is so technical..it makes me wonder..who am i?huhu...
planning to change my mobo..anyone hve any suggestion?..would like to prefer atx mobo..but can oc just like the ta690g did.

How bout Biostar TA770 A2+??

-pWs-

that mobo got max 2.9vdimm
and can stick to 5x HT multiplier till end of the world

haha same like me pws,just now stable at 3.2 then 3.3 cannot pulak anybody help us

btw how to check PWM temp on dfi mobo?what software?

ta 770?have anyone try it b4?how much?

3.2GHz not enuf yet??

So you want to be white mouse??

-pWs-

i believe no PWM temp sensor built-in on our DFI model. Me just use thermal probe to measures

biostar ta770 promoter?

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Added on January 1, 2008, 9:21 pmshould put some recommended mobo and price on the main page.


This post has been edited by DevilMan: Jan 1 2008, 09:21 PM

you sponsor me half or buy my current mobo then i try and tell you results ^^

currently in a very very very very disappointed mood.

Bought my MSI K9A2 today, just finish got everything up and running and even lapped my F3 and planning to push my proc further where my previous board limits me.

As usual, most of us sick overclockers here, the first thing you do when u boot up will be hitting the "del" key, i was no exception. Was happy to see LOTS of overclocking setting, but... wtf the max vcore is only 1.48!!!

Crap, if they dont release any new bios to improve this, ill be dammed. RM5xx mobo only to get max 1.4v....

pity bro

Aiyo, only 1.48Vcore max ah?
Why u never check the BIOS setting before buying this mobo huh?

so sorry to hear that
1.48v is too handicap for a high end mobo
what about vdimm? what's the max vdimm for that mobo?

I thought it is nice to have MSI K9A2, but turn out so limited Vcore.

-pWs-