Read more.Aware of the fact that heat rises, SilverStone has designed a chassis that'll hold its motherboard at a 90° angle.
Read more.Aware of the fact that heat rises, SilverStone has designed a chassis that'll hold its motherboard at a 90° angle.
My only observation would be the amount of space needed above the expansion slots for the DVI connector/cable. You would be looking at about 2 inches I guess to ensure you didn't unduly bend the cable.
I guess they thought about it but it isn't very clear from piccies if there is sufficient space.
Damn nice looking case though and nice to see a company taking an innovative approach.
Tastefully Vulgar... if that makes any sense
Although this isn't the usual kind of case that i would go for it definitely has a certain element of class and flair that other similar cases of this appearance tend to lack, and i would probably buy it!
Good work Silverstone.
more a f117a rather than a sleek B2... but it would look nice lurking in the corner on my desk.
/me adds to list of things to keep eye on.
Hmmmm... I like that... as biscuit says, tastefully vulgar
anybone want to buy a Cosmos S next month?
Shame about the price last I heard it was going to be under £100, but that was back when it was two dollars to the pound.
I don't know if I like how that looks or not, although personally it looks much better than the Cosmos
Interesting that they are trying a new arrangement, but...
...that may or may not be overridden in any GPU heatsink design that uses heatpipe(s) - part of the way they operate is greatly affected by gravity, so if you change the orientation away from what the designer aticipated the performance can drop sharply. Examples include certain motherboards with heatpipe arrangements that hate being upside-down...Originally Posted by the article
am I right in thinking heatpipes will struggle with this set up?
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The vast majority of heatpipes are uni-directional (not sure if that is the right word but it will have to do!) and do not rely on gravity but wicking to move the condensed liquid back to the heat source. if they relied on gravity think of all the tower coolers that wouldn't work very well in anything but a desktop orientation.
Oh for sure the are heatpipes which rely on gravity but they are unlikely to be used in modern coolers for the very reasons raised here they can not guarantee the orientation so designing the cooler where that is of vital importance is a relatively bad idea.
afaik very few rely on gravity.
Highend coolers use scoring (Think rifling in a gun barrel but crisscrossing all over) inside the pipe for the wick effect. (downside is bending deforms the scoring)
Cheaper but just as effective way is to use a wick inside the pipe. (less of a problem if u "nip" it while bending the pipe.
More useless info i've picked up from trawling the net (was a high end cooler review from HardOCP if my memory serves me right)
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