VRM cooling m5a97 le r2.0

Spun Ducky

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I have this board with an amd FX 8100 and it doesn't have a VRM heatsink. I ordered a pack of the enzotech mos-c1 heatsinks. I am just unsure where of the vrms need to be covered by the cpu socket. So if anyone could do a pic I would be very happy.

I am also planning to use the excess thermal tape from the pack to add a few spare aluminum heatsinks as well to the vrm's with less importance.
 
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The large orange box is the most important... These are the Phases for the CPU VCore. The smaller box is for the chipset (I think). There are also similar mosfets over by the memory that you can put sinks on if you want, though they'll likely be fine as they are. Even most overclocking boards have them passively cooled.
 
Thanks worked like a charm no more throttling and was able to get a higher OC. I wouldn't have thought such little tiny things would help so much but damn you can tell by touching them the amount of heat.
 
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