upside down mobo and cooling

[5aboy]

hi,

i am on the verge of buying a silverstone temjin tj06 case from someone off a forum for about half its original price. i am very interested and am aware i will need psu extensions.

my only question is this - will it make a negative difference to the mobo if it was mounted upside down - its just that the silverstone website says its a bad idea to use heatpipe mobos in that case; just wondering what people think.

my plan is to add the 120mm fan below the psu after i dust out the old dremel, and be happy knowing i can store 3-4 hdd up there + one beneath floppy. its a big case and just what i was looking for.

i just dont want to move backwards compared to my chieftec dragon fulltower.

[Lucio]

Heatpipes will only fail to function correctly if they rely on gravity to return the fluid medium inside of them back to the hot end.

I believe Asus favour the type of heatpipe that relies on gravity, whereas aBit seem to prefer ones with capilliaries in them to return the fluid and work fine inverted,

[5aboy]

how to know this for sure? its a lovely case im buying but i have to drive from hereford -->oxford-->back home to birmingham.

[Agrippa]

Don't know for sure, or at all for that sake, but I have a hard time believing that anyone uses non-capillary heat pipes anymore. After all manufacturers must be aware of inverted cases and such and having your elaborately designed cooling system potentially totally negated by using ancient-style heat pipes would be........a bit silly.

Then again, who knows.

[Supershanks]

I'm running a lian li v2000 which is also inverted. I asked the same questions b4 buyinhg my commando.
findings were

Abit - work either way
EVGA 680i - work either way
Asus - won't say. but am running atm with p5k which is working fine

[Lucio]

Yup that's the important thing, stick to manufacturers who admit their boards will or won't run inverted. Hence why I discounted Asus as they refuse to say

[Agrippa]

Won't say??? What a bunch of pillocks then.