power mod for a board,is it possible?

shant · 02-12-11, 06:51 PM

was wondering if its possible removing the 4 pin power and adding an 8 pin one to the board, will i benefit? will i get better oc? does it take the load? does it need more power phases? if it needs extra chips, is it possible adding them?

basically what im trying to do is
do a power mod on this GA-EP45T-UD3LR and make it like this GA-EP45-UD3R

Mario1 · 02-14-11, 06:57 AM

I'm pretty sure you won't need more voltage, thus won't need to do this complicated and virtually impossible thing.
Actually all them powerful PCs on the market never need more than 400w of total power, unless you're stressing CPU & GPU at the same time.
So yeah, I'm quite not sure why do you want to do such a thing.
The effort and the cost of it (probably making a new PCB for the motherboard, unsoldering & soldering back the components, chipset reball and etc) will be waaay more than a new motherboard.
Oh well, that's what I think, I may be wrong, but from my point of view its pointless.

shant · 02-14-11, 08:19 AM

im trying to get more oc, if its something easy like adding a few stuff why not, but f i have to unsolder lots of thing and resolder new ones then it is truly a waste of time, though is it possible?

Mario1 · 02-14-11, 04:40 PM

Well the motherboard got designed and made that way in 1st place, so I'm pretty sure that if you have the skills and the gear you need you can do it.
But yes -it isn't worth it, waste of time and money.
For a better OC you could always do a BSEL & VID mod.
You won't benefit from an 8 pin CPU power connector as far as oc goes.

4GHZ_or_bust · 02-15-11, 04:22 PM

Putting an 8 pin plug won't make much of a difference on mobo that already have 4 pin connector. You'd only be redistributing the current across 8 wires instead of 4 from PSU and be less likely to get warm under heavy load with extreme overclocking but the power bottleneck would still be the 4 pin connector on the mobo itself and some of the power regulator chips.

IMO not worth it.

shant · 03-06-11, 11:47 AM

sorry for the noobness what wahts a BSEL & VID mod?

hank123 · 03-06-11, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shant

sorry for the noobness what wahts a BSEL & VID mod?

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=499340

shant · 03-07-11, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hank123

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=499340

ive seen this before

which one is this? the vid mod? or the other one?

arcanise · 03-07-11, 07:20 PM

thats the BSEL mod, the VID mod in my opinion is a bit trickier

shant · 03-08-11, 11:12 AM

is the vid mod is the one where you have to short out something on the motherboard with a pencil right?
and whats the advantage of the vid?

arcanise · 03-08-11, 08:22 PM

IIRC VID mod is more of a stability thing than a clock boost

shant · 03-09-11, 09:08 AM

ill google it, thanks

02-12-11, 06:51 PM	Thread Starter #1
shant Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lebanon	power mod for a board,is it possible? was wondering if its possible removing the 4 pin power and adding an 8 pin one to the board, will i benefit? will i get better oc? does it take the load? does it need more power phases? if it needs extra chips, is it possible adding them? basically what im trying to do is do a power mod on this GA-EP45T-UD3LR and make it like this GA-EP45-UD3R __________________ 3770k l 4.5Ghz l 1.26vcore Maximus V Extreme 2x2GB Patriot Sector 5 2133Mhz+2x2 2400mhz,all running @ 1866mhz 2x WD Caviar Black 64mb/1TB(raid 0) + Seagate 500GB Backup Drive Evga Gtx 460 ee Xfx 650W psu Black Edition Hafx
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02-14-11, 06:57 AM	#2
Mario1 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pleven, Bulgaria	I'm pretty sure you won't need more voltage, thus won't need to do this complicated and virtually impossible thing. Actually all them powerful PCs on the market never need more than 400w of total power, unless you're stressing CPU & GPU at the same time. So yeah, I'm quite not sure why do you want to do such a thing. The effort and the cost of it (probably making a new PCB for the motherboard, unsoldering & soldering back the components, chipset reball and etc) will be waaay more than a new motherboard. Oh well, that's what I think, I may be wrong, but from my point of view its pointless. __________________ Dis is mai Pee-Cee; MB: Gigabyte 990FXA-D3 (rev 1.x) CPU: Phenom II X4 850 (stock clocks, undervolted @ 1,3v) CPU Cooler; Box AM2 cooler RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance & 1x2GB Corsair XMS3 @ 804mhz 9-9-9-24 1T CR Graphics card: HD3650 1GB DDR2 (400/400, runs at x4 for some weird reason) HDD: WesternDigital Caviar Black 1TB, SATA III, 64MB Cache PSU:Corsair CX430 Case: CoolerMaster Elite 430 (3x 120mm Thermaltake intake fans; 1 front, 1 side, 1 bot. 3x 120mm Thermaltake exhaust fans; 2 top, 1 back)
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02-14-11, 08:19 AM	Thread Starter #3
shant Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lebanon	im trying to get more oc, if its something easy like adding a few stuff why not, but f i have to unsolder lots of thing and resolder new ones then it is truly a waste of time, though is it possible? __________________ 3770k l 4.5Ghz l 1.26vcore Maximus V Extreme 2x2GB Patriot Sector 5 2133Mhz+2x2 2400mhz,all running @ 1866mhz 2x WD Caviar Black 64mb/1TB(raid 0) + Seagate 500GB Backup Drive Evga Gtx 460 ee Xfx 650W psu Black Edition Hafx
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02-14-11, 04:40 PM	#4
Mario1 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pleven, Bulgaria	Well the motherboard got designed and made that way in 1st place, so I'm pretty sure that if you have the skills and the gear you need you can do it. But yes -it isn't worth it, waste of time and money. For a better OC you could always do a BSEL & VID mod. You won't benefit from an 8 pin CPU power connector as far as oc goes. __________________ Dis is mai Pee-Cee; MB: Gigabyte 990FXA-D3 (rev 1.x) CPU: Phenom II X4 850 (stock clocks, undervolted @ 1,3v) CPU Cooler; Box AM2 cooler RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance & 1x2GB Corsair XMS3 @ 804mhz 9-9-9-24 1T CR Graphics card: HD3650 1GB DDR2 (400/400, runs at x4 for some weird reason) HDD: WesternDigital Caviar Black 1TB, SATA III, 64MB Cache PSU:Corsair CX430 Case: CoolerMaster Elite 430 (3x 120mm Thermaltake intake fans; 1 front, 1 side, 1 bot. 3x 120mm Thermaltake exhaust fans; 2 top, 1 back)
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4GHZ_or_bust Now 6GHz or Bust! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Michigan	Putting an 8 pin plug won't make much of a difference on mobo that already have 4 pin connector. You'd only be redistributing the current across 8 wires instead of 4 from PSU and be less likely to get warm under heavy load with extreme overclocking but the power bottleneck would still be the 4 pin connector on the mobo itself and some of the power regulator chips. IMO not worth it. __________________ space for rent
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03-06-11, 11:47 AM	Thread Starter #6
shant Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lebanon	sorry for the noobness what wahts a BSEL & VID mod? __________________ 3770k l 4.5Ghz l 1.26vcore Maximus V Extreme 2x2GB Patriot Sector 5 2133Mhz+2x2 2400mhz,all running @ 1866mhz 2x WD Caviar Black 64mb/1TB(raid 0) + Seagate 500GB Backup Drive Evga Gtx 460 ee Xfx 650W psu Black Edition Hafx
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03-08-11, 11:12 AM	Thread Starter #10
shant Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lebanon	is the vid mod is the one where you have to short out something on the motherboard with a pencil right? and whats the advantage of the vid? __________________ 3770k l 4.5Ghz l 1.26vcore Maximus V Extreme 2x2GB Patriot Sector 5 2133Mhz+2x2 2400mhz,all running @ 1866mhz 2x WD Caviar Black 64mb/1TB(raid 0) + Seagate 500GB Backup Drive Evga Gtx 460 ee Xfx 650W psu Black Edition Hafx
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03-09-11, 09:08 AM	Thread Starter #12
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