Question AIO block upside down

[Little one]

Hello,
I installed the arctic freezer 2 360 block upside down, I need to remount or this is OK?

 

[DrMrLordX]

Wrong forum. Try Cases & Cooling.

 

[chrisjames61]

Hello,
I installed the arctic freezer 2 360 block upside down, I need to remount or this is OK?

Why would the orientation of the block matter?

 

[Zstream]

The block orientation doesn’t matter. It’s the pump orientation, and it’s perfectly fine.

 

[chrisjames61]

The block orientation doesn’t matter. It’s the pump orientation, and it’s perfectly fine.

The block and pump in this case are obviously the same thing and he stated the "block".

 

[Zstream]

The block and pump in this case are obviously the same thing and he stated the "block".

Thought he meant the block on the CPU. It’s fine regardless. Only way to make a bad install is to trap air in the pump.

 

[A///]

Why would the orientation of the block matter?

Sometimes certain blocks will have a small fan to cool the VRMs. You'd want it orientated the correct way.

 

[Hitman928]

Sometimes certain blocks will have a small fan to cool the VRMs. You'd want it orientated the correct way.

This one does have a VRM fan and it's oriented the wrong way to use it correctly, but if VRM temps are fine, then no big deal.

 

[EliteRetard]

Most AIO don't have a VRM fan (only 2 I know of), so orientation wouldn't matter.

This Arctic AIO you have does have a VRM fan though, so you may want to flip it.

However, you have a lot of airflow so the VRM might be cool enough already.

 

[kaizer777]

You probably spent more time starting this thread than it would take to remount the block in the correct orientation...