Mobo Throttling - VRM cooling?

Dual · 23 Jun 2016 at 13:03

Hi All,

I've been having problems with my current setup.
I'm running An AMD 8320 on a biostar TA970 along side a Nvidia 970GTX.

Running at higher loads with games such as GTA V, and The Division I am getting frames dropping every so often every 2 minutes or so, e.g 60+ down to 10-20 then back up.

I've put this down to the mobo throttling because of high temperature. I've turned off the Motherboard power management options, disabling hardware performance options. Then put the Motherboard into HPC mode (high powered computing mode). This has helped quite a bit.

Although the issue remains. The CPU is hitting 52c under higher load but the Motherboard is reading at 80c.

It was a cheap motherboard.

Have I just got to wait until I can afford a new mobo? or is there anything that might improve my experience? maybe some cooling to the mobo?

pastymuncher · 23 Jun 2016 at 13:15

Are you sure about the motherboard because according to Biostars website the TA870 doesn't even support the FX series? The newest compatible cpu is the Phenom II X6 1100T. Even if it does by some miracle partly support the 8320, it has no vrm cooling at all so they must be red hot.

Dual · 23 Jun 2016 at 13:20

Sorry miss typed the Mobo (updated) it is a Biostar TA970

Infact I could get another Mobo (they arn't looking so expensive) but I don't want to be in the same situation getting another cheapish one. Maybe there is an option in the bios to stop the throttling.

pastymuncher · 23 Jun 2016 at 17:00

At least that one has vrm cooling. You could try pointing a fan to run over the vrm heatsink.

Dual · 26 Jun 2016 at 10:10

I think I'll give that a go. I have a small GPU fan to try.
This board gets so hot. I've found quite a few posts around this boards throttling, at temps of 80c+ even with no over clocking