Think u have nuff heatsinks on ur 8rda? THINK AGAIN!!!

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ChimChim

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• May 18, 2003

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I'm sure this is old news for some, but u noobie overclockers (like me ) will find these thermal pictures of the epox 8rda VERY informative. Just goes to show u can't have too many heatsinks. Thanks to bubo for the contribution to all overclockers!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bubo/index.html

BTW, I think I WILL start having meetings for anyone addicted to overclocking and I WILL call it "Heatsinkers Anonymous". Being the first to join, I'll also be the president. Then I can say with pride, "I'm not only the president, I'm also a client!"

 

calvin

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• May 19, 2003

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Even more informative IMO is the ol finger test. A singed finger tip leaves a real impression, LOL.

 

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ChimChim

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• May 20, 2003

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Maybe, but then u can only 'test' it 10 times (20 if u include ur toes, more if u include 'other' body parts ).

 

drewthomas14

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• May 29, 2003

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i want to see some thermal pics of other motherboards. im sure the 8rda isnt the only one giving off a lot of heat.

 

Mark Larson

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• May 30, 2003

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More heatsinks? Hehe.... my EP-8RDA+ bone-stock is doing 210Mhz FSB all day, every day, since i got it.

 

DaveSauce

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• May 31, 2003

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wow, that's a very informative site, lol.....that's very interesting though. Now I'm considering getting some ramsinks for my mosfets, and getting an active northbridge cooler, rofl.

I think I'll get some heatsinks for those tiny resistors too, lol....

 

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blackhabit

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• May 31, 2003

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interesting it is

 

q149

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• May 31, 2003

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Man, those mosfets get SOOO hott. I have heatsinks on them and the vreg and the heatsinks get so hot you can't hold your finger on it. The SB gets hot as hell too, i got a heatsink on there and i doubt i could hold my finger it for more than second or two.

 

cV

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• Jun 1, 2003

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What q149 said, at 35C ambient it's nearly impossible to cool those things. I have a pin-fin heatsink on my nb with a 50mm delta fan and the heatsink is almost too hot to touch. I also have a huge section of a skived copper heatsink on the MOSFETs - which gets extremely hot despite having active cooling and 2x120mm exhaust fans right next to it.

The SB is rather easy to cool; just put a small HSF on it and it will remain near ambient.