MSI MEG X399 Creation and Threadripper 2990WX Review

VRM Temperatures

The design of the power area on the MEG X399 Creation is excellent, and indeed you have to almost wilfully under-cool it to get the temperatures to rise. Any decent amount of cooling, even two low RPM fans, is enough to keep the VRMs cool. Its this graph that proves that newer designs were needed for the 2990WX and Asus have been caught with their pants down. Their lazy add on fan not only added noise and ruined aesthetics but in reality did nothing but make the board worse.