New computer finally! :) - Page 2

Elysium · December 25th, 2007

Enjoy the new comp man!

Nothing weird about it... there are a bunch of cases like that (Silverstone TJ-07 and CM Stacker 830 can be configured like that, and the Lian Li V2000 is like that default) and it is ATX. I have heard of issues with heatpipes being messed up when the mobo is upside down, but I can't be sure...

screwballl · December 25th, 2007

I had some early PII systems that had some cases like that, it worked well for having the PSU pull in the heat from the cpu.

polobunny · December 25th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithosphere

Actually no it is not BTX, its just a micro ATX board that is on the left panel instead of the right, I used to have a case like that (infact its still in my sig)

Ha! You are totally right there. All this flipping around got me confused. BTX has the PCI on the bottom. :)

Stormcrow · December 25th, 2007

Haha, yep. It's just a standard ATX configuration that's reversed to take advantage of the better cooling properties of BTX. This became real popular with the oven thats Pentium 4, my old Dell with a P4 has the same layout.

Yellow, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the reversed layout messes with the heatpipes since they rely on gravity to draw the cooled water back towards the core.

December 25th, 2007	#11
Elysium Fields Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,462	Re: New computer finally! :) Enjoy the new comp man! Nothing weird about it... there are a bunch of cases like that (Silverstone TJ-07 and CM Stacker 830 can be configured like that, and the Lian Li V2000 is like that default) and it is ATX. I have heard of issues with heatpipes being messed up when the mobo is upside down, but I can't be sure...

December 25th, 2007	#12
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,277 Blog Entries: 6	Re: New computer finally! :) I had some early PII systems that had some cases like that, it worked well for having the PSU pull in the heat from the cpu. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

December 25th, 2007	#14
Stormcrow HL's Technomancer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Frozen North Posts: 1,168 Blog Entries: 1	Re: New computer finally! :) Haha, yep. It's just a standard ATX configuration that's reversed to take advantage of the better cooling properties of BTX. This became real popular with the oven thats Pentium 4, my old Dell with a P4 has the same layout. Yellow, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the reversed layout messes with the heatpipes since they rely on gravity to draw the cooled water back towards the core.

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