14 DAY TRIAL // CPUs tend to overheat greatly when overclocked, and even when they aren't overclocked at all, but they are not the only parts of a system that go through such a process. Parts of the motherboard itself are vulnerable to that phenomenon.
One of the most sensitive areas on a mainboard is the power regulation module, also called VRM (voltage regulation module) or MOSFET.
The VRM can be used by owners to manually tweak the current passing through the CPU socket, thus overclocking it with or without the help of a software tool, or the BIOS.
EK Water Block, the now well-known company from Ljubljana, has released water blocks specifically intended for the MOSFETs of two very particular motherboards.
EK-MOSFET MSI X99 Gaming and MPower
The MSI X99 Gaming and X99 MPower are two of the few motherboards in the world with support for Intel Haswell-E central processing units.
Haswell-E are Core i7-5000 series chips compatible with the LGA 2011-3 socket and equipped with the best technology in Intel's current arsenal. For the consumer market that is.
EK already has water blocks for the chips themselves up for sale, so it decided to complete the set, in a manner of speaking.
The EK-MOSFET MSI X99 water blocks have nickel-plated electrolytic copper bases and top halves made of acrylic glass, or POM Acetal.
EK has a well-established tradition of creating two versions of all its water blocks, with one or the other type of cover.
Needless to say, both products have a high flow design, allowing them to work at their best even if your water cooling system has a weak pump.
Finally, an EK engineered backplate made of laser-cut zinc-plated steel is included with both coolers, to maximize heat dissipation even on the underside of the motherboard.
Availability
The EK-MOSFET MSI X99 MPower and EK-MOSFET MSI X99 Gaming water blocks should be up for sale soon enough, if they haven't already turned up through the EK Webshop and the company's Partner Reseller Network.
