A motherboard I have has an asterisk for certain AMD cpus on the compatibility list. Under the description of the asterisk it reads:
"For cooling the CPU and its surrounding components, please install a CPU cooler with a top-down blowing design."
I don't know what they mean by "top-down". I have a "FD4100WMW4KGU(BE)" on the list and have been using the stock cooler for years now. I want to give it to my friend because I got a new pc and now I just noticed this. I looked up "top down cpu cooler" on google images and the images are nothing like the stock cooler I have. But aren't all stock coolers "Top down"? I don't want to give my friend a poorly assembled pc.
What is "top-down"?
The Mobo is ASRock 970 Extreme 3...
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/?cat=CPU
"For cooling the CPU and its surrounding components, please install a CPU cooler with a top-down blowing design."
I don't know what they mean by "top-down". I have a "FD4100WMW4KGU(BE)" on the list and have been using the stock cooler for years now. I want to give it to my friend because I got a new pc and now I just noticed this. I looked up "top down cpu cooler" on google images and the images are nothing like the stock cooler I have. But aren't all stock coolers "Top down"? I don't want to give my friend a poorly assembled pc.
What is "top-down"?
The Mobo is ASRock 970 Extreme 3...
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970%20Extreme3/?cat=CPU