I wouldn't fell comfortable with VRM @ 100+ 24/7. When they fail they fail big.
Most of the time unless a card is defective it will crash before it can sustain core temps that permanently damage it. Not so with VRM. They can provide stable power (and thus prevent a crash which would save them) right up till the end.
Topic: VRM temperatures - page 2. (Read 6369 times)
I see lots of 58x0 and 69x0 cards overclocked to the moon. Im curious what temperatures you guys are getting on the VRM s and whether or not that worries you?
I got a 5850 with accelero twin turbo cooler, using the stock cooler plate for ram and vrm cooling. I have zero problems keeping the GPU cool, below 50C in fact, but I dont have the balls to overvolt it to push my clock beyond ~850 MHz because even at stock voltage, at those speeds VRM temperatures go towards 90C.
Im thinking of getting one of those thermal take VRM V5 coolers just for the VRMs, but perhaps Im worrying for nothing. Are you mad overclockers not having 100+C VRM temps ?
I got a 5850 with accelero twin turbo cooler, using the stock cooler plate for ram and vrm cooling. I have zero problems keeping the GPU cool, below 50C in fact, but I dont have the balls to overvolt it to push my clock beyond ~850 MHz because even at stock voltage, at those speeds VRM temperatures go towards 90C.
Im thinking of getting one of those thermal take VRM V5 coolers just for the VRMs, but perhaps Im worrying for nothing. Are you mad overclockers not having 100+C VRM temps ?
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