Is it safe for 4.5 ghz using a mobo M5A97 LE 2.0?

EDSDUH · Feb 12, 2017

Hello I have an AMD fx- 6350 processor and managed to keep it stable at 4.5 GHz and with 1.480v vcore the default is 1.38 with 4.2GHz. In motherboard BIOS says the limit for vcore increase is 1.80. I have a corsair H60 water cooler.
I wonder if the VRMs of this motherboard (4 + 2) supports this configuration without damaging it.
Thank you.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 12, 2017

There are no heatsinks on the VRM , that board will fail quickly when used for overclocking. H60 doesn't help MUCH either as it doesn't help cool the VRM.

lakimens · Feb 12, 2017

The VRM's aren't cooled, but if you can monitor their temperatures and make sure they're within the safe range(which I don't know), then it's fine.
Otherwise, maybe try pointing a fan at them?

bgunner · Feb 12, 2017

That motherboard is known for throttling because of the VRM overheating so overclocking is out of he question on that motherboard. Like SR-71 mentioned, that motherboard has no heatsinks on the VRM so they will overheat with overclocking. Even if you put heat sinks on them with out airflow across them you will still have big issues.

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