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  • tjohnson4
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    • Nov 2010
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    #1

    Capacitor Temperature Rating

    I've been looking around for an hour or two and there's lots of great information here on capacitors. However, I haven't found much about temperature ratings on caps. I've been mostly looking this up because I found all of the caps on my motherboard that busted are within milimeters from the heat sink and about half a centimeter from my CPU.

    So, is it better to put caps with a higher temperature rating in close proximity to a CPU or is it not really worth the effort?
  • Topcat
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    • Oct 2003
    • 16955
    • United States

    #2
    Re: Capacitor Temperature Rating

    it's not really worth the effort or extra expense. If the caps around your CPU have failed and you want something a little more robust to heat failures, look into polymer caps. What board are you working with? This can narrow down what mods could be done.
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    • PCBONEZ
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      • Aug 2005
      • 10661
      • USA

      #3
      Re: Capacitor Temperature Rating

      You won't find much in the way of low ESR caps rated for more than 105C anyway.
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