VRM cooler?

WhyAlwaysMe · December 15, 2017

I recently bought a new cooler for my ryzen 5 1500x on my b350-f. I upgraded from the spire to the hyper 212x. After upgrading, I noticed I could hit 3.9 ghz@1.35v stable albeit before the upgrade I could not. Could this be a problem with vrm cooling and if so, how should I fix this.

Skiiwee29 · December 15, 2017

Not an issue with the VRM cooling at all... VRM cooling is not an issue except on X299 and the higher core chips.

Ginger_ · December 15, 2017

1.35 is basically stock, the x variants will even boost up to just under 1.5, and the b350-f has a good vrm heatsink anyway. So, no, the only limiter your experiencing is the cpu temp linked to whatever cooler you have attached.

WhyAlwaysMe · December 15, 2017

2 hours ago, legacy99 said:

Not an issue with the VRM cooling at all... VRM cooling is not an issue except on X299 and the higher core chips.

2 hours ago, Ginger137 said:

1.35 is basically stock, the x variants will even boost up to just under 1.5, and the b350-f has a good vrm heatsink anyway. So, no, the only limiter your experiencing is the cpu temp linked to whatever cooler you have attached.

Thanks a bunch! On another forum, someone said the b350-f had bad vrm heatsinks and predicted it could be the bottleneck. I doubted it and I think rightfully so.