ROG Rampage VI Apex shows simple tweaks can tame X299 VRMs
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Roman "der8auer" Hartung recently cast shade on a handful of motherboards based on Intel's X299 chipset. According to the extreme overclocker, the boards' voltage-regulation circuits can hit temperatures as high as 105 C with a Core i9-7900X overclocked to a relatively modest 4.6 GHz. 105 C is the range in which many such circuits will begin to throttle the system for safety. Hartung also criticized the single eight-pin EPS +12V power connectors and current VRM heatsink designs on many X299 boards.
Now Hartung is back in a new video discussing how some simple changes on Asus' ROG Rampage VI Apex motherboard avoid these temperature and power limits. While his comments reflect ...