fan cooling from the rear of the otherboard

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   In general, there isn't much on the back side of a motherboard that needs active cooling.

Some mini-ITX boards have an m.2 SSD slot on the back side due to lack of space, and cooling the NVMe SSD there may be necessary.  Other than unusual situations like that, I don't consider back-side cooling to be useful.

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eccential Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2022 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 5095	Post Options Post Reply Quote eccential Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: fan cooling from the rear of the otherboard Posted: 03 Apr 2024 at 4:02am
	In general, there isn't much on the back side of a motherboard that needs active cooling. Some mini-ITX boards have an m.2 SSD slot on the back side due to lack of space, and cooling the NVMe SSD there may be necessary. Other than unusual situations like that, I don't consider back-side cooling to be useful.

Mikey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2024 Location: maryland Status: Offline Points: 55	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mikey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Apr 2024 at 9:07pm
	Hello, I installed a chassis fan behind the motherboard to exhaust on the small square of bottom of the core. Is there any value of cooling there?