GIGABYTE 9xx AM3+ thread

[Daveburt714]

I just took a quick look at the board on GBT's site.
Is it a digital PWM section? Looks like it may be, judging from the small chip above the CPU socket...

Any further info on those specs? Or maybe a better closeup of that chip...

EDIT: Really like the looks of that board, and the black/charcol color scheme is really classy!

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Really like the looks of that board, and the black/charcol color scheme is really classy!

Yah it looks good, I'd like to see gigabyte drop the heatpipe to the SB though, I could be wrong but I don't think it's necessary.

[dinos22]

it is necessary chew, it helps take the heat away from SB particularly when you're pumping multiGPU

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it is necessary chew, it helps take the heat away from SB particularly when you're pumping multiGPU

You sir have a steady pouring hand then

[dinos22]

oh maaaaan i'm still recovering from Computex forgive me Sir. We should probably make some thermal pads to warm up the bastard when multiGPU clocking starts and LN2 starts going all over the place

[Daveburt714]

Yeah, if anything it would probably add more heat to the SB.
OTOH, if you put some active cooling over the PWM/NB it may help keep the SB a little cooler....
Not that I've ever had a problem with SB overheating.

[cab]

Yah it looks good, I'd like to see gigabyte drop the heatpipe to the SB though, I could be wrong but I don't think it's necessary.

I've always wondered about that.

Heat pipes work by transferring heat from the hot end and shedding it at the other (cool) end.

By putting a heat pipe that way, the 2 hot parts are basically sharing heat but not shedding much... yeah?

[dinos22]

I've always wondered about that.

Heat pipes work by transferring heat from the hot end and shedding it at the other (cool) end.

By putting a heat pipe that way, the 2 hot parts are basically sharing heat but not shedding much... yeah?

and it also shares the cooling when there is airflow around on either of the heatsinks, particularly the CPU side

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and it also shares the cooling when there is airflow around on either of the heatsinks, particularly the CPU side

Agreed, if the PWM is running hot the SB can take some of the heat and help disperese it if you will.

Think of it as a load balancer.

I will give it a shot and test temps if I can find the time just for curiosities sake with some multi card configs.