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VRM Cooling suggestions

ToothlessFury
By ToothlessFury
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Hello everyone,

 

I need some cooling advice from you guys.

 

The problem

I have noticed a CPU throttling issues while stress testing.
The CPU temps are at 55C and the cooler is seated properly, so it can't be that.
Upon touching the VRM pasive cooler, one of them is quite hot (like a coffee mug).

 

So I would like to ask you for the best coolingt solution

I thought that it would be best to buy a few more airflow fans, but I am not shure where to place them, so I ask for your advice.

 

Also I would very much appreciate if you hinted me what fans do you think would be the best for the job. Thank you.

 

The setup looks like this (also in the attachments):

System setup image

  • The red circle is the overheating VRM cooler
  • The blue boxes are installed fans

System info:

  • Case: Fractal design define S
  • MB: ASUS Strix X370-F
  • CPU cooler: Artic freezer 33

 

Thank you all for help.

  • The red circle is the overheating VRM cooler
  • The blue boxes are installed fans

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Place a small case fan on top of the CPU cooler if possible to blow the VRMs.

 

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CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Have you tried lowering the fan on the heatsink?

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