Motherboard is COOKING itself when attempting to overclock

[EagleX112]

MSI Bazooka B450M AM4

Ryzen 7 2700

Be Quiet! Air Cooler

3 Case Fans

GTX 970

500W PSU

My max overclocking ability- 3.85GHz @ 1.295V

 

I definitely feel like I can push this chip farther. It only gets up to about 70C under the stress test. However, in AIDA64 my motherboard temps climb steadily until failure at anything about my current overclock. Even at my current, the MB sits at around 85C. I am not to sure what can get hot on a motherboard and how I could go about fixing it. Any help is appreciated!

 

-Noah

[Coolmaster]

That motherboard is pretty low end, it has a pretty small heatsink on the VRM. I wouldn't expect it to overclock that high.

[RONOTHAN##]

5 minutes ago, EagleX112 said:

I am not to sure what can get hot on a motherboard and how I could go about fixing it.

Generally you don't want the VRM temp sensor to get above 100C, since that's where most of the components in a VRM top out 

 

To fix it, just buy a 40mm fan and point it directly at the VRM heatsink, airflow fixes all temp problems.