ASRock X79 Extreme9 High Voltage regulator temperatures

Anyone else have a ASRock X79 Extreme 9 to confirm this?

Voltage regulator 1 is sitting at 75c, and VR 2 at a more acceptable 26c....

I was wondering if I have a bad heatsink attachment, or if this is normal.

It all began because my board is throttling my CPU under load and I believe it's the VRM protection that is responsible. :/

Welcome to the X79 platform...gotta keep those cool, especially when overclocking.

Yeah... it has a large heatsink, even heat pipe.... what I am wondering however is if I have a flaky board, a badly mounted heatsink, or, if this is actually the normal temperature of the Extreme9's Voltage Regulator. I can't find anything anywhere online about it, just the reviews on what a good board it is for overclocking. Seems counter productive to have a good stable O/C, good temperatures, but being throttled down to lower performance when you need your CPU due to either a defect or maybe a bad design.

Without information, I can't tell. Board's new and I'm not quite ready to start ripping it apart and disassembling it. I'd rather find out if it's a problem or not, whether it needs RMA or not. Can hope, anyway.

Take the vrm heatsink off is about the only way to see if its making good contact.

Seems high. Sensor could be wrong. Touch the heatsink, you will be able to tell if it is 75C pretty quick lol.

Eldonko said:

Seems high. Sensor could be wrong. Touch the heatsink, you will be able to tell if it is 75C pretty quick lol.

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Yeah, it seems much hotter to the touch.