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Tobias S.
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The Z370 F has some beefy VRM heat sinks, so I doubt it's necessary. Also, GamersNexus tested VRM cooling both with and without activw cooling, and found no real difference, so since 5GHz isn't really an extreme overclock for coffee lake, I don't think that would be necessary.

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Do i need a 40x40mm or 50x50mm fan on my ASUS Z370-F MB to cool the VMS when i am overclocking my cpu to 5ghz  while its delidded?

CPU: i7-8700K@5ghz

Motherboard: ASUS Z370-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB DDR4 3000Mhz Corsair Vengeance

GPU: ASUS ROG STRIX 1080Ti OC

Case: DARK BASE 900

Storage 1.: 2 TB HDD of Toshiba

Storage 2.:  SAMSUNG 860 EVO  250 GB SSD

PSU: 650W Straight Power 11

Display(s): ASUS VX228(H)

Cooling: SILENT LOOP 360

Keyboard: ASUS STRIX FLARE

Mouse:  ASUS ROG GLADIUS 2

Sound: Sennheiser Game Zero

Operating System: Windows 10

 

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i don't think you will really need either... you should be fine without it. 

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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The Z370 F has some beefy VRM heat sinks, so I doubt it's necessary. Also, GamersNexus tested VRM cooling both with and without activw cooling, and found no real difference, so since 5GHz isn't really an extreme overclock for coffee lake, I don't think that would be necessary.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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Does it come with that little bracket for a fan too? Just went through the manual for my board and realized what it was for. Guess that's the issue with lo/mid range boards, nothing but passive compared to active or block options.

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16 hours ago, TH3R34P3R said:

i don't think you will really need either... you should be fine without it. 

Yeah i thought the same, but just saw i had the braket and thought i might need that but it already has some airflow about the heatsinks and they are beefy

CPU: i7-8700K@5ghz

Motherboard: ASUS Z370-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB DDR4 3000Mhz Corsair Vengeance

GPU: ASUS ROG STRIX 1080Ti OC

Case: DARK BASE 900

Storage 1.: 2 TB HDD of Toshiba

Storage 2.:  SAMSUNG 860 EVO  250 GB SSD

PSU: 650W Straight Power 11

Display(s): ASUS VX228(H)

Cooling: SILENT LOOP 360

Keyboard: ASUS STRIX FLARE

Mouse:  ASUS ROG GLADIUS 2

Sound: Sennheiser Game Zero

Operating System: Windows 10

 

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