MSI's X570 Tomahawk, on paper, fixes many of MSI's VRM thermal issues by building one of the most powerful VRMs on a board at its price. Buildzoid reviews the VRM design here. Sponsor: Corsair's Hydro X Water Line on Amazon (
In this video, we're looking at MSI's upcoming X570 Tomahawk motherboard for AMD Ryzen CPUs, like the AMD R9 3900X, 3950X, 3700X, et al. The X570 Tomahawk is meant to fix MSI's known issues with VRM thermals for this generation, and based on the on-paper analysis, the VRM should do that.
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00:00 - Why This Board Looks Good
01:20 | Debug LEDs, Flash Back
04:00 - YOU DON'T NEED TO PLUG THIS IN
05:08 - Strong VRM Layout Overview
06:52 - Doubler Scheme
08:16 - But ASUS Says...
11:09 - VCore Power Stages
13:03 - VRM Efficiency Recalculations
17:20 - Insanely Good VRM on Tomahawk
18:09 - SOC & Memory VRMs
21:12 - Conclusions
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Analysis: Buildzoid of AHOC
Timestamps: Josh Svoboda, Keegan Gallick
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