Hi guys,
I've installed a closed-loop watercooler on my 8350 but now I'm having problems with voltage drops and FPS spikes (even when simply watching a video, for example). As you can see in the attached picture, cooling around the VRM is less than ideal:
So I'm thinking of switching my ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 board with 4+1 power phasing to a Gigabyte GA990FXA UD3 R5 with 8+2 power phasing. Apparently it's a known issue with ASRock 970 boards as they need active cooling for the components surrounding the CPU, so switching to a 990FXA board with a better VRM and included heatsink/heatpipe should (I think) solve the drops in VCore.
Just wondering if I can get any input to how effective this might be as well as other ideas for improvement.
Current PartPicker List: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FVP9Gf
Thanks all
I've installed a closed-loop watercooler on my 8350 but now I'm having problems with voltage drops and FPS spikes (even when simply watching a video, for example). As you can see in the attached picture, cooling around the VRM is less than ideal:
So I'm thinking of switching my ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 board with 4+1 power phasing to a Gigabyte GA990FXA UD3 R5 with 8+2 power phasing. Apparently it's a known issue with ASRock 970 boards as they need active cooling for the components surrounding the CPU, so switching to a 990FXA board with a better VRM and included heatsink/heatpipe should (I think) solve the drops in VCore.
Just wondering if I can get any input to how effective this might be as well as other ideas for improvement.
Current PartPicker List: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FVP9Gf
Thanks all
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