VRM Temperature is Average or Hottest Value

[BlueBase]

Hi Guys,

On HWinfo, Reported Current VRM temperatures is the Highest Value temperature amongs all VRMs or the Average temperature amongst all VRMs?

Thanks Much!

 

[Martin]

Which exact VRM?

 

[BlueBase]

Which exact VRM?

Amongst all of them i guess.
There are VRMS infront and behind the PCB. I believe the current value displayed represents all the VRMs
I have a Strix 4090.
Does current temperature display highest value amongst all VRMs? or average?

 

[Martin]

I was asking about the VRM model, I thought you mean VRMs on mainboard.
For GPUs this is not easy to tell as the temperature is read via other layers and the vendor conceals further details. How is that value shown in HWiNFO?

 

[BlueBase]

it shows GPU VRM Temperature. It says this is an auxillary GPU sensor.
So what does current temperature represent?

I will be installing a new waterblock, passive backplate and thermal pads. Therefore I want to see the new cooler VRM temperatures

I am new to this.

 

[Martin]

Well, in this case the temperature is most probably not sourced from the VRM directly but an additional thermal sensor placed somewhere in the VRM area.
So I don't think this is the maximum value among all VRM.

 

[BlueBase]

Well, in this case the temperature is most probably not sourced from the VRM directly but an additional thermal sensor placed somewhere in the VRM area.
So I don't think this is the maximum value among all VRM.

Ah. So what is it then? Middle value, average?

 

[Martin]

None of those. Read again what I wrote above.
It's something like a middle value but not among the internally measured VRM values. It's temperature somewhere inside the VRM area.

 

[Zach]

Ah. So what is it then? Middle value, average?

To my understanding if its a sensor placed near VRM area, most likely its PCB temperature near VRM.

EVGA had something similar on ICX versions of GPUs