Hey everyone, I've noticed that, with AI Suite Thermal Radar, the vcore temp is actually the VRM's above the CPU socket. During Prime95 stress testing, they eventually get up to and fluctuate between 80-96°C depending on the FFT size. I have two 140mm fans in the front (intake), a 140mm at the bottom (intake), and a 140mm at the back (exhaust). My CPU cooler is the H100i exhausting air out the top with two 120mm fans.
CPU: 3930K @ 4.6Ghz
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB)
Digi-Power page:
LLC: Medium (25%)
Everything else: Auto/default
OC page:
OC type: Auto
BCLK: 100
Turbo: 46
DDR: 1600Mhz
VCORE: offset + 0.010
VCCSA: 1.1v
VTTCPU: 1.1v
Everything else: Auto/default
So with my voltages being very reasonable and my LLC only at Medium, why are my VRM's getting so hot? Is there a setting in Digi-Power that, when left on Auto cranks up a voltage that makes the VRM's run extra hot? I would think I have great cooling in my case with all the fans. My VCCSA temp only gets into the mid-70's max. So what gives with my VRM (Vcore) temp hitting 96° at times? It actually got up to 98° once and I noticed that my CPU throttled to 3.2Ghz briefly and then back up to 4.6Ghz. It did this a few times until I stopped Prime. My actual cpu core temps were in the low 70's at that point.
I've noticed that with gaming, 3d rendering, video encoding, compositing, etc....the VRM's never get above 80° - only with Prime95. So should I even worry about it?
CPU: 3930K @ 4.6Ghz
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance (4x4GB)
Digi-Power page:
LLC: Medium (25%)
Everything else: Auto/default
OC page:
OC type: Auto
BCLK: 100
Turbo: 46
DDR: 1600Mhz
VCORE: offset + 0.010
VCCSA: 1.1v
VTTCPU: 1.1v
Everything else: Auto/default
So with my voltages being very reasonable and my LLC only at Medium, why are my VRM's getting so hot? Is there a setting in Digi-Power that, when left on Auto cranks up a voltage that makes the VRM's run extra hot? I would think I have great cooling in my case with all the fans. My VCCSA temp only gets into the mid-70's max. So what gives with my VRM (Vcore) temp hitting 96° at times? It actually got up to 98° once and I noticed that my CPU throttled to 3.2Ghz briefly and then back up to 4.6Ghz. It did this a few times until I stopped Prime. My actual cpu core temps were in the low 70's at that point.
I've noticed that with gaming, 3d rendering, video encoding, compositing, etc....the VRM's never get above 80° - only with Prime95. So should I even worry about it?
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