VRM
- News
EKWB Unveil EK-Quantum Momentum² VRM Bridge for ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Formula
EK Water Blocks (EKWB) has announced that they are ready to support the enthusiast-favorite ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard with a new and unique, patented liquid distribution VRM Bridge. The EK-Quantum Momentum VRM Bridge ROG Maximus Z690 Formula D-RGB is a purpose-engineered connection piece that bridges the integrated CrossChill…
Read More » - News
EKWB Launches Acetal Monoblock for ASUS Crosshair Mobos
EWKB Monoblock for AM4-based Motherboards Slovenian water-cooling specialists EKWB is launching new POM acetal monoblocks. These are specifically tailored for the ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Hero, Crosshair VII Hero and Crosshair VI Extreme motherboards. All three make use of AMD’s Ryzen AM4 socket. The acetal monoblock has a built-in 12V…
Read More » - News
EVGA EPowerV Overclocking VRM Now Available
The fifth generation of the EVGA EPOWER board VRM is now available. This little modular add onlets overclockers provide clean additional power for both motherboards and video cards. With its 12+2 phase extreme power design for VCORE and VMEM. Components will not starve and can be pushed much further than…
Read More » - News
GALAX GTX 1080 Ti Hall of Fame Edition Graphics Card Teases 16+3 Phase VRM
GALAX teased a photo of their GTX 1080 Ti Hall of Fame last month but now they are ramping up the teasing even further, putting new images on their GALAX OC LAB Facebook page showing off the unique all-white graphics card as well as the white PCB and custom VRM…
Read More » 
- News
COLORFUL iGame GTX 1080 Ti 16-phase VRM is an Overclocker’s Dream
NVIDIA’s latest flagship GTX 1080 Ti has been shown to be quite the overclocker’s dream, with the founder’s edition setting overclocking records at 3GHz+ and hitting unprecedented levels. That reference GTX 1080 Ti founder’s edition is equipped with a 7-phase VRM, but imagine as an overclocker if you are equipped…
Read More » - News
EVGA Issues Fix for Overheating GTX 1070 and 1080
Following multiple reports of EVGA’s GTX 1070 and 1080 graphics cards catching fire due to overheating VRMs, the company has issued a physical fix in an attempt to counter the problem. To remedy the overheating issue, EVGA is offering free thermal pads for its customers to apply both between the…
Read More » - News
EVGA GTX 1070 And 1080 Suffering From Overheating Issues
EVGA has a prestigious history in the graphics card industry and unleashed a number of innovative designs which provide better cooling and hefty factory boosts. Unfortunately, some owners of EVGA’s GTX 1070 and 1080 series cards have been experiencing black screen issues and in isolated cases, this has led to…
Read More » - News
More LGA 1151 Motherboards Pictured – GIGABYTE Z170-SOC Force Revealed
After we’ve seen some MSI, ASRock, and BIOSTAR Z170 motherboards, we now have some pictures from Gigabyte. This time, we have the GIGABYTE Z170-SOC Force based on Intel’s upcoming LGA 1151. As part of the OC or overclocking lineup, the familiar orange theme is back along with a number of…
Read More » -
- News
Cannon Lake Goes Missing – Rumors Point to Ice Lake After Kaby Lake
The latest report on Intel’s roadmap shows an interesting turn of events. Intel is supposedly scrapping Cannon Lake, the 10nm chip series meant for 2017, in favour of Ice Lake. This chip will launch after Kaby Lake which itself, is set for 2016 as a replacement for the delayed 10nm…
Read More » - News
Intel Skylake i7-6700K De-Lid Shows Thermal Paste, Small Die and No VRM
What appears to be a de-lidded i7-6700K has popped up on the net. A user of coolaler has found a blurry picture of what is said to be an Intel Skylake i7-6700K. Under the recognizable metal heat spreader, a relatively small die can be found covered in thermal paste. Somewhat expected, it…
Read More » - News
EKWB Releases New Kit for GIGABYTE X99 SOC Champion Motherboard
When we are thinking of liquid cooling we mostly think of CPUs and graphics cards, but you can include pretty much any part of your system into your custom liquid loop. The motherboard with its southbridge and VRM is an obvious choice, especially for people who run open case systems,…
Read More » - News
New Range of EK Water Cooling products Coming Next Month
Legendary cooling manufacturer EK have been working with the teams at AMD, ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI and more to create a new range of full cover water coolers. These include their EK-FC R9-290X VPX and both Matrix variants that are designed to cooler the GPU, RAM and VRM modules on the…
Read More » -
- News
Hybrid Cooled Poseidon GTX 780 Announced By Asus
ASUS announced the new Poseidon GTX 780, a standard aluminum cooling fins along the surface of the GPU, along with two 90mm fans to direct airflow. In addition, it also has the provision for attaching a liquid cooling radiator to the card. There is a DirectCU water block just behind…
Read More » - News
Gigabyte Shows Off “G-Power” Accesory For The GTX Titan
Nvidia put some pretty strict restrictions on graphics card vendors’ ability to make custom PCB designs for the GTX Titan. In fact there has been very little, if any, room for them to maneuver in the VRM department. Gigabyte’s solution for this problem isn’t pretty, but if you really need to beef…
Read More »
