Don't forget to set the BIOS to run the CPU under either Intel POR or manually set the CPU's PL1 & PL2 states to one of the following PL1 125W=PL2 125W or PL1 125W=PL2 253W (preferably the former).

@Darth-SF

12 күн бұрын

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind!

the backplate on your motherboard has absolutely nothing to do with your VRM lol😂😂 it's literally is only for stability/flexing of the Mobo and cooling of the "Motherboard" of itself. But nothing about that backplate is doing anything to your VRM's

@Darth-SF

12 күн бұрын

There are thermal pads between the plate and the board, located underneath the VRMs. Since the VRMs are SMT components, they directly contact the PC board and will quickly heat up this area of the board when under a heavy processing load. The top heatsinks of course do the majority of the work, but having the backplate act as a heat spreader with contact focused in this area helps to cool the board, and in turn the VRMs above. This also helps to reduce heating/cooling strain on the solder joints, which is one of the biggest killers of poorly cooled PC boards in laptops, game consoles and some cheaper prebuilt desktops.