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Originally posted by mad mikee
Reduces overall heat content in the box? (definitely!)
Anyone want to speculate how many watts of heat here (80-90c * 4-6 chips?)
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I noticed somewhere that AMD 'assumes' 85% efficiency for the Vcore regulator. (Of course that's assuming stock operation.)
Assuming 85% efficiency holds for an overclocked mobo...
If the CPU is dissipating 90 Watts, then ~16 Watts or so might be dissipated in the Vcore regulator. Half of that 16 Watts may be dissipated in the MOSFET's and the rest in other components.