- Dec 28, 2014
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Hey all,
I recently got my hands on a NOCTUA NH-C14 and I wanted some advice on what orientation mount it in for optimal performance, as apparently this cooler (and many heatpipe coolers in general) are greatly impacted by which way gravity pulls on them.
The manual states that having the heatpipes sticking "upwards" when mounted in a tower is a bad idea, but that still leaves the choice between "sideways" or "bottom-to-up" installastion, and I can't help but think that one of those is probably at least marginally better than the other.
For this case - assume the cooler is mounted to a vertical tower-mounted motherboard.
So what do the experts say? Is sideways or down-to-up the way to go? I have plenty of space to work with so there are no other considerations that affect my choice.
Thanks!
-Stigma
I recently got my hands on a NOCTUA NH-C14 and I wanted some advice on what orientation mount it in for optimal performance, as apparently this cooler (and many heatpipe coolers in general) are greatly impacted by which way gravity pulls on them.
The manual states that having the heatpipes sticking "upwards" when mounted in a tower is a bad idea, but that still leaves the choice between "sideways" or "bottom-to-up" installastion, and I can't help but think that one of those is probably at least marginally better than the other.
For this case - assume the cooler is mounted to a vertical tower-mounted motherboard.
So what do the experts say? Is sideways or down-to-up the way to go? I have plenty of space to work with so there are no other considerations that affect my choice.
Thanks!
-Stigma