5000hrs VRM, over 5 years operation lifespan

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Hi all when looking at motherboards in particular Asus ones I keep seeing
5000hrs VRM, over 5 years operation lifespan

I reckon VRM stands for Voltage Regulator Module
or something definetly to do with voltage and CPU.

5000 hours works out to be 208 days. Where does 5 years come into it?

what does this all mean?
 
Madxgraphics said:
VRM. The 5 years is more than likely the lifespan of the VRMat a guess..
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interesting I reckon they put the 5000 hours in there by perhaps an average figure.
Perhaps the 5000 hours comes from someone putting their PC on for a few hours a day.

Say 3 hours a day times that by 365 and you get close to 1000
then 1000 times by 5 gives 5000
but because I leave my pc on 24/7 those 5 years (if this is what you and me think it is) will become 280 days!!!

Definetly does not sound good.
 
Asus are hardly likely to give a 1 or 2 or 3 year warranty on a mobo if the parts are only going to last 208 days now are they. Chill out friend. Time to take the penguin route to happines.

:p
 
lol

I was thinking that too... But why write it like that? (nowt to do with the penguin)
 
psd99 said:
lol

I was thinking that too... But why write it like that? (nowt to do with the penguin)
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I'm addicted to penguins is my defense.

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Well the chap at overclockers reackons that 5000 hours relates to the board being on the highest temperature but reckons on an average temperature it should yeild more life, I am not impressed.

I wouldn't buy a board that states something like this.
 
In a fixed ground environment you'd expect a much higher MTBF than that - so I wouldn't pay too much attention to those figures! If that was at a max temperature, it would be something insanely high - as they are actively promoting this 5000 hour mark in the specs.
 
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