Gigabyte GA-E350V-USB3 AMD-Fusion Overclocking board:

[Qaridarium]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboa..._Platform.html

First consumer amd-fusion overclocking board.

[deanjo]

Poor motherboard design with it having to rely on a tiny, loud, unreliable small fan with no room to add a better and larger passive cooling solution. Looks a lot like the cyrix mediaGX boards of a decade ago.

[Qaridarium]

Poor motherboard design with it having to rely on a tiny, loud, unreliable small fan with no room to add a better and larger passive cooling solution. Looks a lot like the cyrix mediaGX boards of a decade ago.

yes you are right... the fan isn't good on this mainboard.

and the 18watt TDP can handled by a passiv cooler

if Aluminium isn't strong enough for the little place then copper or silver or Boron nitride can handle up to x10 of heat.

but this isn't the board design its just the cooling solution.

[deanjo]

if Aluminium isn't strong enough for the little place then copper or silver or Boron nitride can handle up to x10 of heat.

Copper and the likes is great for heat transfer, not so great for heat dissipation. This is why you see alot of copper core / aluminum fin setups.

but this isn't the board design its just the cooling solution.

Well it is partially the board design as it would be difficult to fit a passive solution with the current layout of the board with the caps being in the way.

[Qaridarium]

Copper and the likes is great for heat transfer, not so great for heat dissipation. This is why you see alot of copper core / aluminum fin setups.

you talk about "copper core / aluminum fin setups." but the board do not have any cooper.

and you are wrong on the part that cooper isn't good for heat dissipation.

thats just in your mind because you think all cooling solutions are aluminium based.

i can make an exampel to make clear you are wrong:

"Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme True Copper"

if you use 2 fast spinning 120mm² fans the True Copper beat any AIR cooling solutions.

and no you are wrong if you think you can beat this with an aluminium solution.

only a painted black Silver cooler or a water cooler can beat the truecooper.

Well it is partially the board design as it would be difficult to fit a passive solution with the current layout of the board with the caps being in the way.

you can use heatpipes to transfer the heat so its still the cooling solution and not the board design.

[deanjo]

"Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme True Copper"

if you use 2 fast spinning 120mm² fans the True Copper beat any AIR cooling solutions.

Both the Thermalright Silver Arrow and the Noctuna NH D14 beat the Xtreme Copper and both use aluminum fins.

[droidhacker]

The big important question is.... does it have a mini-PCIe slot on the bottom?

** because we all know that UVD isn't ready yet, so crystalhd is required.

deanjo: who says you can't put a bigger fan or heatsink on it? And at 32 micron (I think...), how much cooling do you think it will need?

[deanjo]

deanjo: who says you can't put a bigger fan or heatsink on it? And at 32 micron (I think...), how much cooling do you think it will need?

Look at the placement of the power caps around the CPU. It would be really hard to fit something on there with suitable area to use a passive solution being that it isn't even a socketed processor that would give you additional height (let alone attach it with it having only two mounting points). As far as heat goes it obviously generates enough that Gigabyte decided it needed active cooling.

[droidhacker]

Look at the placement of the power caps around the CPU. It would be really hard to fit something on there with suitable area to use a passive solution being that it isn't even a socketed processor that would give you additional height (let alone attach it with it having only two mounting points). As far as heat goes it obviously generates enough that Gigabyte decided it needed active cooling.

You have NO imagination.
Put a stack of pennies under it and what do you get? Lots of height to clear everything.

Or you could do something smarter and buy a 1" cubic block of copper and solder an enormous heat spreader onto the top of it.

[Qaridarium]

You have NO imagination.
Put a stack of pennies under it and what do you get? Lots of height to clear everything.

Or you could do something smarter and buy a 1" cubic block of copper and solder an enormous heat spreader onto the top of it.

a pure cooper cubic isn't a good solution in my point of view..

but if you put some heatpipes into it and maybe silber in the block you got an good solution.