pantsaregood
Senior member
I recently blew a motherboard overclocking. RMA'd it for the same board.
I had a 125W Phenom X4 9750 running at ~1.5v, which, by my calculation, should have been running around 165W. The board blew during a Prime95 run.
The board in question was a Biostar TA790X. 4+1 power plane with "low RDS," though I'm not entirely sure what that means as of now.
165W is incredibly high for a 125W board. I've been thinking about dropping an X6 in my board when I get some spare cash. They're 125W max, but I want to know if pushing to 135-140W is going to have the same effect on a Thuban.
MOSFETs definitely need some cooling. There weren't even heatsinks on the things.
I had a 125W Phenom X4 9750 running at ~1.5v, which, by my calculation, should have been running around 165W. The board blew during a Prime95 run.
The board in question was a Biostar TA790X. 4+1 power plane with "low RDS," though I'm not entirely sure what that means as of now.
165W is incredibly high for a 125W board. I've been thinking about dropping an X6 in my board when I get some spare cash. They're 125W max, but I want to know if pushing to 135-140W is going to have the same effect on a Thuban.
MOSFETs definitely need some cooling. There weren't even heatsinks on the things.
