Will vrm heatsinks help overclocking

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Hello , I am planing to overclock when my cooler master hyper 212 evo arrives ( ordered from a local shop ) and I came across a guy that said that vrm heatsinks are very helpfull when coming to overclocking , is that true ? And if it's true , does each motherboard have specific vrm heatsink design or will everything do fine ?
My motherboard : MSI FM2-A75MA-E35
My cpu ( if that helps anyway ) : AMD Athlon x4 750k

Any help apreciated :)
 
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They do. The differences between which are often less important than that the components are high quality, that cooling has been taken into account (including the heatsink existing in the first place).

Beyond that, if you have trouble understanding heatsink benefits and effectiveness, etc.... you may want to be conservative in your overclock until you build more experience with thermal management.
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Potentially, yes. One of the key aspects of the components in the VRM system's longevity is the operating temperature. For example some of the best in the industry are certified for 12,000 hours at 105 degrees C. But at an operating temperature of 60 C those same components would be expected to last more than a million.

To help deal with the heat, the motherboard designers can add the heatsink to help with heat dissipation.

The other key thing you can do is think about how you get air in that area of your case. With some people going to CLCs, the local fan from the CPU is no longer nearby to blow on the capacitors. If you are using one, make sure your chassis has good airflow being directed to that area by the case fans.
 
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Wayne Anderson

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They do. The differences between which are often less important than that the components are high quality, that cooling has been taken into account (including the heatsink existing in the first place).

Beyond that, if you have trouble understanding heatsink benefits and effectiveness, etc.... you may want to be conservative in your overclock until you build more experience with thermal management.
 
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