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so On both my 390xs, the main heatsink does not touch the vrms.

I am only using a aio for the TOP card, as it gets much hotter than the bottom one.

Since with the stock cooler does not actively cool the vrms with hearsinks, and only uses fans to cool it, is it ok for me to not get heatsinks for the vrms when a fan from the g10 bracket is blowing wind at it?

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Yes. 

 

Get some thermal pads and cheap heatsinks

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2 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

Yes. 

 

Get some thermal pads and cheap heatsinks

so i should have heatsinks on the vrms even though the stock heatsink doesnt cool it?

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1 hour ago, Bajantechnician said:

so i should have heatsinks on the vrms even though the stock heatsink doesnt cool it?

If the card already has a faceplate or heatsink on the vrms, then you don't need to add anything extra.

 

I am pretty sure that the 390x strix has vrm heatsinks so you should be fine to just install the NZXT G10 as normal without worrying about VRMs.

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7 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

If the card already has a faceplate or heatsink on the vrms, then you don't need to add anything extra.

 

I am pretty sure that the 390x strix has vrm heatsinks so you should be fine to just install the NZXT G10 as normal without worrying about VRMs.

It does not have vrm heatsinks

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Just now, Bajantechnician said:

It does not have vrm heatsinks

How do you know?

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Just now, Bajantechnician said:

I took off the stock cooler

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Hmmm it's probably screwed or attached to the cooler itself :/

 

You may as well just buy VRM heatsinks then.

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8 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

Hmmm it's probably screwed or attached to the cooler itself :/

 

You may as well just buy VRM heatsinks then.

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

 

 

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9 minutes ago, CarterDavison said:

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1 hour ago, Bajantechnician said:

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If you type in "PCB" no one will take a picture of attachments..

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