VRM cooling in an open case

[VanGoghComplex]

Hey all!

When I built the below build, the top radiator and danc were not there. Since there was no forced airflow on that part of the mobo, I decided to go with a monoblock at the time.



Now I'm looking at switching to team Red for my next platform upgrade, and am revisiting the monoblock decision. Do you think the fans I now have over the motherboard would provide sufficient airflow over the heatsinks to cool the VRMs? I know they'd be effective in a closed chassis, but I expect airflow works a little differently for my P5.

Whatcha think?

 

[Furious_Styles]

With the high-end mobos usually you don't need any active cooling on them. Unless you're pushing really high voltage (1.4-1.5+) and running lots of AVX-heavy loads.

 

[VanGoghComplex]

With the high-end mobos usually you don't need any active cooling on them. Unless you're pushing really high voltage (1.4-1.5+) and running lots of AVX-heavy loads.

Cool! I'm going with the X570 Taichi, I think.

 

[Dan_D]

Hey all!

When I built the below build, the top radiator and danc were not there. Since there was no forced airflow on that part of the mobo, I decided to go with a monoblock at the time.

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Now I'm looking at switching to team Red for my next platform upgrade, and am revisiting the monoblock decision. Do you think the fans I now have over the motherboard would provide sufficient airflow over the heatsinks to cool the VRMs? I know they'd be effective in a closed chassis, but I expect airflow works a little differently for my P5.

Whatcha think?

They do. I run systems this way all the time for testing.