Watercooling motherboard voltage regulators

[causticVapor]

Indeed, could prove quite valuable in the future. A note to all nForce2 users - as you get into the 2.4GHz+ range, heatsinks tend not to cut it - active cooling is required to stave off fluctuation. Watercooling is ideal, but takes a little effort. It leads to lower capacitor, inductor, and consequent overall motherboard and CPU temperature as well. Here's how one guy did it.

http://www.overclockers.com/tips1104/

-cV

[diesel604]

Thanks for linking the article cV!

That was a good article. I love all the home made stuff

It'd be nice to see VR's all lined up squarely on the MB's *hint*hint* Manufacturers!

I saw some of the motherboard thermal scans and the VR's wow look like mini reactors!

[causticVapor]

Yeah, Peter will argue it, most of the cooling is done at the MOSFETs' metal plate bottoms, the top is just fluff, etc....

...but the sad fact is, this significantly helps everything, especially when pushing the regulators to the max