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Why the fsck don't they make the GPU on top of the card?

Hear hear.

Probably some crazy spec (ATX?) saying you have to grow downwards. But it's a pain. Give me my slot back!
 
Originally posted by: MartinCracauer
Hear hear.

Probably some crazy spec (ATX?) saying you have to grow downwards.
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Bingo. It would be in violation of the spec to point cards the other way, and while there's no "penelty" for doing so, with everyone else following the spec, you can be pretty sure that most motherboards have wiring or something in the spot you want to point the HSF at.
 
Originally posted by: FishTankX
You'd dump all the heat on the processor and probably jack your CPU temp by 10c by doing so.
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Actually, if the GPU fan is on top it will suck all the hot air coming from the CPU heatsink. Looking at my system there is only 3" from the card to the Thermalright heatsink. Not enough room.

Also, hot air rises so you want to suck all the cool air from below and this keeps the CPU and GPU's cool air space seperate from each other.

Although my Arctic Cooler takes up a PCI slot, it sucks the cool air from below and blows it out the back via the unused PCI slot. A great idea I might add.

 
Didn't PCI express fix this anyway and the video card will now be faceing the other way?

I'd imagine back when they started this ATX standard that it didn't matter. They had video cards that didn't really get that hot and didn't even need a fan and just a small heatsink. So it was of no concern. And it probably kept all the dust off the important side. Dust caking up on the GPU side could really kill it fast I bet.
 
what's the point of having a picture on your hsf if no one will see it?! I want people to see my hsf from far away and know what it is right away 😀
 
I have an old atx case that is "upsided-down". The CPU is at the bottom and the cards are at the top. So, for this case, the HS on the graphics card is facing up.
 

THe new Silverstone TJ-06 is like that, so the cards components are facing up. I have one, but not all of my parts have delivered yet, so it isn't running yet.
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Is the TJ-06 BTX? My Lian-Li V1000 is, so my AGP card is pointed up and the CPU is under the video card.
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It's not BTX really. It is ATX compatible, but the layout is flipped upside down (like the V1000). So the CPU and RAM are at the bottom, and there is a BTX-like air shroud for that section. It is a really cool setup, the only real issue is that it requires a longer than normal main power cable.



 
Yeah, umm, dust?
If you want dust to be on the graphics card and coat it, that's fine, with the card upsdie down, the dust won't settle around the heatsink/fan.
Just look at your CPU heatsink every now and then.
 
Yeah, I've wondered the same thing. Of course, it wouldn't be "to spec", but it would work with 99% of the boards out there today, and it would allow much more efficient cooling. It's that final 1% compatibility issue that kind of puts the nail into the coffin though.

Additionally, my current case, as do many other mid-tower ATX cases, has a fan port above the ATX I/O bracket. I currently have a 80mm temp-controlled fan mounted there, pointing INWARDS, with the thermal sensor connected to my AGP card's GPU heatsink assembly. (Radeon 9200, no fan, but it doesn't OC too well either because of heat.) I'm not really sure how much the fan helps (was working on PC last night, noticed I had a couple of spare fans, so I just threw it in there). If the GPU/heatsink was on top of the AGP card, then that intake fan would blow cool air directly over both it, and the CPU HSF assembly, possibly also the DIMMs located behind the CPU HSF from the view of the fan.
 
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