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Upside down Case complications?

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Scotch77

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There seem to be many new cases that position the power supply and hard disks at the bottom and the motherboard up at the top. Also the majority of new motherboards have a heat pipe on them for cooling. My question is, with the new cases the heatpipe will be upside down, will the heat pipe still work and what are the complications.


also what are the benifits of these upside down cases.
 
There are SOME heatpipe designs that have problems running inverted, but not all, I believe ASUS boards are prone to suffering if you run them inverted but the recent batch of aBit boards has been checked out ok.

Other than that, check with the manufactuer to see if they've tested their design because ultimate it depends on whether the heatpipe has capaillaries to return the liquid or whether it relies on gravity to bring the medium back.
 
You really have to check with the manufacturer if their heatpipes are wicked (good in inverted cases). The only mobo i personally know of that is, is the reference designed nvidia 680i one. So evga, bfg, etc.
 
it varies board by board.

earlier asus boards did have problems, however my striker is inverted with no issues.
 
Another vote for e-mail the manufacturer.

I have used many HDD's in every orientation including currently vertical with interfaces up.

Optical drives work fine in any orientation except upside down:D

The benefits are:

  • To be different
  • Easier access (when you flip a mobo its on the right wall of a PC, so if its on the right side of your desk, you don't have to move it to pull the door off and work on it).
  • To orient parts for better visibility for a window.
  • To orient parts to better fit in a custom case

This photo shows how inverting the mobo does all 4 of those items for me. http://warmace.net/hardocp/Gr1zzPC/CramParty/IMG_3227.JPG
 
well I need a new case and want a good one, I just have a p4 2.4c. my future mobo may have a heat pipe, which is why I am curious,
 
The other issue you may have in a case like mine (Antec P18x series, with PSU on the bottom, motherboard uninverted) is power cables being too short to reach. I had to mount my PSU upside down in order to get sufficient length on the 8 pin aux motherboard connector with my PSU, and it is literally a question of 1/16 of an inch shorter and I'd be out of luck completely.
 
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