I already know that this mobo isn't the best for overclocking but since I have it I decided to see what it can do.With stock settings I took the temp of the vrm area with from the back of the motherboard with a laser temp gun and got a max temp reading of 65.5c. I mickey moused a fan over the vrm area which dropped the temps to 53.3c.
When trying to overclock to 4.3 I kept freezing up the computer and i would see the vcore displayed in cpuz would drop to 1.2something (forgot to write down the number). I took off both side panels and and even pointed a 6'' cool breeze fan directly at the vrm area on the backside of the motherboard. I should of taken a pic and posted it up because it looked hilarious, trying to cool my comp with a house fan lol. Once I had my fancy set up I was able to run prime95 for about 10 mins before a core would stop working, with a voltage of 1.425 in bios and a vcore reading of 1.344 in cpuz and ai suite II while running prime. The vrm temp reading was at 52.7c at the back of the mobo. I think the vcore voltage isn't stable so here come my question. If i add heat sinks and a second fan to lower the vrm/fets temps will I be able to squeeze out more voltage out of them? If not will I be able to get a more steady supply of what it is putting out? I'm overclocking the computer listed in my sig. Thanks in advance!
When trying to overclock to 4.3 I kept freezing up the computer and i would see the vcore displayed in cpuz would drop to 1.2something (forgot to write down the number). I took off both side panels and and even pointed a 6'' cool breeze fan directly at the vrm area on the backside of the motherboard. I should of taken a pic and posted it up because it looked hilarious, trying to cool my comp with a house fan lol. Once I had my fancy set up I was able to run prime95 for about 10 mins before a core would stop working, with a voltage of 1.425 in bios and a vcore reading of 1.344 in cpuz and ai suite II while running prime. The vrm temp reading was at 52.7c at the back of the mobo. I think the vcore voltage isn't stable so here come my question. If i add heat sinks and a second fan to lower the vrm/fets temps will I be able to squeeze out more voltage out of them? If not will I be able to get a more steady supply of what it is putting out? I'm overclocking the computer listed in my sig. Thanks in advance!