- Nov 21, 2016
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With the inbuilt water block feature in the premium end of the newly released Z270 motherboards such as the Asus ROG Maximus IX Code/Formula and the Gigabyte Z270X Gaming 9, will heat be trapped in if the water block feature is unused?
I could imagine the motherboard's water block be conducting away the heat from the component, cooling them down in high heats. But if there is no flow of the medium, heat would simply be trapped in the block and take a longer time to cool. On normal air-cooled motherboards, the components radiate and conduct heat to surrounding air, which moves freely circulates or moves away even without the presence of a fan purely by the nature of convection. With the water block in the above mentioned motherboards, I don't see any fins to air-cool the waterblock as it is supposed to be watecooled.
I could imagine the motherboard's water block be conducting away the heat from the component, cooling them down in high heats. But if there is no flow of the medium, heat would simply be trapped in the block and take a longer time to cool. On normal air-cooled motherboards, the components radiate and conduct heat to surrounding air, which moves freely circulates or moves away even without the presence of a fan purely by the nature of convection. With the water block in the above mentioned motherboards, I don't see any fins to air-cool the waterblock as it is supposed to be watecooled.
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