Why top-down coolers recommended£

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   Hi,

I've gone into the "QVL" section for "B650 Steel Legend WiFi" and I was kind of baffled as to why it says "1. CPU performance may be limited due to system configuration. A top down CPU cooler is recommended."

Can you explain why this over tower design, which to my knowledge offers better overall cooling?

Regards

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PapaFrito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 Oct 2024 Status: Offline Points: 170	Post Options Post Reply Quote PapaFrito Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Why top-down coolers recommended£ Posted: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:58am
	Hi, I've gone into the "QVL" section for "B650 Steel Legend WiFi" and I was kind of baffled as to why it says "1. CPU performance may be limited due to system configuration. A top down CPU cooler is recommended." Can you explain why this over tower design, which to my knowledge offers better overall cooling? Regards

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 24653	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Oct 2024 at 1:16am
	Because a top down cooler also creates airflow over the VRMs of the motherboard but a tower cooler does not. Simply putting an additional fan to blow on the VRM will achieve the same effect however.


PapaFrito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16 Oct 2024 Status: Offline Points: 170	Post Options Post Reply Quote PapaFrito Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Oct 2024 at 1:39am
	Thank you. Given that the board is ATX, my case is pretty big (endorfy arx 700 argb), processor Ryzen 7700x, does it make sense to go for, as far as I can see, much less efficient top-down cooler instead of a decent tower one (I was eyeing Peerless Assassin SE). And even if there was 7950x3d sitting there, would that still hold? What kind of setup would suggest using tower design otherwise, which seems much more prevalent at the moment?