Hey good you didnt have installed a Cyrix 6x86 😉 it burned my linear regulator after a few days of usage 😁

bestemor wrote:

I have an Intel AN430TX which has the same huge and scorchingly hot metal lump of a cooling block for the mosfet as in the picture. I have tested holding/pressing down a 40mm fan on top of it, and that really helps a LOT!.

Now, there just the matter of how to 'permanently' attach and secure the fan to the block... 😀

I have an AN430TX too, the regulator gets as hot as the TC430HX, not hot enough to leave a mark on my finger like if i touched a soldering iron.

matze79 wrote:

Hey good you didnt have installed a Cyrix 6x86 😉 it burned my linear regulator after a few days of usage 😁

i only have intel cpus anyway.

bestemor wrote:

I have an Intel AN430TX which has the same huge and scorchingly hot metal lump of a cooling block for the mosfet as in the picture. I have tested holding/pressing down a 40mm fan on top of it, and that really helps a LOT!.

Now, there just the matter of how to 'permanently' attach and secure the fan to the block... 😀

i could throw in a case fan or put the board in a modern case with many fans in it. my current case that i'm using is a A-Open HX45. I have no room on my table so i have to resort to sitting it on the carpet, the carpet blocks the vent on the bottom so it impacts airflow. same with my main Windows 10 AMD Ryzen 5 sleeper PC, it gets a bit warm in there.