Question about VRM from ASRock B450 MOSFET

[Tesla92]

Hello there,Im glad that still exist forum to talk with people who have the same kind of dissease,as is about overclocking,working on cards/motherboards etc.
Im new here so be kind to me
Well as I mentioned,I have a motherboard ASRock B450 Steel legend,which is mining right now,with ryzen5 2600X on it.
After some days of working I was noticed that VRM (4+2) Is getting too hot,and I have liquid cooler to cpu,so no air to cooling VRM I guess.(Can I read with some program temperature of VRM?)
So I see that for VRM used MOSFET SM4337 which is 30V 55A and I have IRF3505 which is 55V and 71A.the only difference is sm4337 have 4.5V for Gate and 3505 is for 4V.Is that can be a problem if I swap the transistors?
I thought it will be cooler than now because of max amperage.It is not overclocked...yet,but it will be in the future when stop mining.

P.S. Sorry for my bad english I do my best,and soldering skill is to 99% with solder and hot air.Thanks

 

[Shrek]

Is it common that when moving to water cooling that the VRM can be in worse shape than when air cooling is used?

 

[Fangio1951]

Hello there,Im glad that still exist forum to talk with people who have the same kind of dissease,as is about overclocking,working on cards/motherboards etc.
Im new here so be kind to me
Well as I mentioned,I have a motherboard ASRock B450 Steel legend,which is mining right now,with ryzen5 2600X on it.
After some days of working I was noticed that VRM (4+2) Is getting too hot,and I have liquid cooler to cpu,so no air to cooling VRM I guess.(Can I read with some program temperature of VRM?)
So I see that for VRM used MOSFET SM4337 which is 30V 55A and I have IRF3505 which is 55V and 71A.the only difference is sm4337 have 4.5V for Gate and 3505 is for 4V.Is that can be a problem if I swap the transistors?
I thought it will be cooler than now because of max amperage.It is not overclocked...yet,but it will be in the future when stop mining.

P.S. Sorry for my bad english I do my best,and soldering skill is to 99% with solder and hot air.Thanks

hi Tesla92,

I'm about to do a Z390 Gaming X mobo + i9=9900K upgrade in my watercooled pc.

I just purchased some Heatkiller pure/solid Copper water cooling blocks to put on the VRMS surrounding the CPU so as to reduce their temps = same situation as you.

You may want to consider doing the same ??

regards

 

[Tesla92]

hi Tesla92,

I'm about to do a Z390 Gaming X mobo + i9=9900K upgrade in my watercooled pc.

I just purchased some Heatkiller pure/solid Copper water cooling blocks to put on the VRMS surrounding the CPU so as to reduce their temps = same situation as you.

You may want to consider doing the same ??

regards

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It is good idea!It's simpler and more efficiency.I can try but my water cooling is cooler master with no removable parts,so I must open it and do some mods,and then fill it again with coolant.for now I put one fan to blow air on the heatsink and it seems to be better than earlier.How you will connect this(CPU -> this heatsink->radiator->CPU)?

 

[Ferd]

So I see that for VRM used MOSFET SM4337 which is 30V 55A and I have IRF3505 which is 55V and 71A.the only difference is sm4337 have 4.5V for Gate and 3505 is for 4V.Is that can be a problem if I swap the transistors?

Data sheets show that there’s a lot more difference, the 3505 mosfets are also slower , and are a different package, even if they would technically work the package is different, not recommended.
Get a heatsink and attach it with a thermal interface material, or do something like this :

 

[Shrek]

Slower switching = more heat, not good.

 

[Tesla92]

Data sheets show that there’s a lot more difference, the 3505 mosfets are also slower , and are a different package, even if they would technically work the package is different, not recommended.
Get a heatsink and attach it with a thermal interface material, or do something like this :

Motherboard has heatsink and silicon pad(I guess because I can see liquid like oil which is from silicon pads when is too long on heat).
I think the next level will be water cooling or fan(to keep this nice heatsink on it ) but water is better to keep the system cool and silent.
This is 4+2 phases and only 4 phases getting hot,other 2 is just warm .
Now with fan under it ,I can feel the difference,but I will check it with laser for sure.

 

[Ferd]

Motherboard has heatsink and silicon pad(I guess because I can see liquid like oil which is from silicon pads when is too long on heat).

I didn’t know your board had a heatsink lol , I assumed since you’re worried about vrm temps that your board didn’t have any , oh well looking at it now , that’s a funny heatsink to say the least, totally useless, looks good but does nothing once saturated with heat

I think the next level will be water cooling or fan(to keep this nice heatsink on it ) but water is better to keep the system cool and silent.

water is overkill imo , but if you find a way to mount it that’s great...

That’s not a heatsink imo , just a waste of material, no fins on it so a fan won’t do much ....

 

[GerKNG]

Slower switching = more heat, not good.

it's the exact opposite.
the higher the switchting frequency the less efficient it gets.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

It does have fins but not really practical ones more aesthetic.

Also the silly plastic io cover probably hinders airflow so I would suggest removing it as it serves no purpose other than somewhere for them to put RGB, that and look at placing a fan to either pull air past or push air towards you can run the fan at low speed to lower noise just get some air on it.