This isn't exactly an overclocking question, but as overclockers are the only people that use aftermarket coolers, I figure you all would know this answer.
It's my understanding that a factory style CPU cooler blows air down (I have a HAF XB, so all my directions will be 90 degrees off from a tower) across the coolers fins, and then the air strikes the motherboard, and is forced outwards 360 degrees across all of the associated components (VRMs I think, maybe some other stuff, maybe even the RAM modules?), allowing those components some airflow so that they, too, stay cool.
A giant air cooler like an Evo 212, or a water cooling block, would blow zero air down and across the VRMs and such, leading them to run hotter, and eventually degrade or fail.
Is this a real problem, or am I making it up based on something I read? With the proficiency of big air/water cooling in the market, are motherboards manufactured with this in mind, making this issue obsolete?
The reason I ask is that I'm running all 2011 equipment, and upgrade time is coming soon. My current rig has about 47 fans in it, all controlled by the CPU fan PWM output, and when I load a map in battlefield, it sounds like a helicopter is taking off next to my desk.
My next build will most likely involve some water cooling, and a serious reduction in fans or at least fan RPM and I'm asking myself if I need watercooling, or overclocking for that matter, do I need airflow over the MB and VRMs and RAMs and such.
I came across this thing:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1B4-0011-00030&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-CPU+Cooling-_-1B4-0011-00030&gclid=CjwKCAjw39reBRBJEiwAO1m0OfWO1nuRCHNd2sJ_YXgkOY2ah_96F2kkWhrJm5RlyBTtsXbfBG1QPhoCP5oQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
and wondered if I really need more than that for no OC or even a mild one?
I've got more time to think than money at the moment, sorry for the ramble, these curiosities would kill me if I was a cat.
It's my understanding that a factory style CPU cooler blows air down (I have a HAF XB, so all my directions will be 90 degrees off from a tower) across the coolers fins, and then the air strikes the motherboard, and is forced outwards 360 degrees across all of the associated components (VRMs I think, maybe some other stuff, maybe even the RAM modules?), allowing those components some airflow so that they, too, stay cool.
A giant air cooler like an Evo 212, or a water cooling block, would blow zero air down and across the VRMs and such, leading them to run hotter, and eventually degrade or fail.
Is this a real problem, or am I making it up based on something I read? With the proficiency of big air/water cooling in the market, are motherboards manufactured with this in mind, making this issue obsolete?
The reason I ask is that I'm running all 2011 equipment, and upgrade time is coming soon. My current rig has about 47 fans in it, all controlled by the CPU fan PWM output, and when I load a map in battlefield, it sounds like a helicopter is taking off next to my desk.
My next build will most likely involve some water cooling, and a serious reduction in fans or at least fan RPM and I'm asking myself if I need watercooling, or overclocking for that matter, do I need airflow over the MB and VRMs and RAMs and such.
I came across this thing:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1B4-0011-00030&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-CPU+Cooling-_-1B4-0011-00030&gclid=CjwKCAjw39reBRBJEiwAO1m0OfWO1nuRCHNd2sJ_YXgkOY2ah_96F2kkWhrJm5RlyBTtsXbfBG1QPhoCP5oQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
and wondered if I really need more than that for no OC or even a mild one?
I've got more time to think than money at the moment, sorry for the ramble, these curiosities would kill me if I was a cat.