Question From stock cooler to tower cooler

[neovoid]

Is it a good idea changing intel stock coolers to a tower cooler when your vrm motherboard doesn't have any heatsink?

Because like the intel stock fans are facing downwards therefore its cooling the vrm on the motherboard and the tower fans aren't facing downwards therefore its not cooling the vrm.
Is that correct?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

With poor VRM's , down blowing MAY yield better temps.

 

[USAFRet]

The tower cooler is still moving air in that general area.
It will be fine.

 

[neovoid]

The tower cooler is still moving air in that general area.
It will be fine.

Isn't the tower coolers fan placed higher and facing to the side rather than downwards?

 

[USAFRet]

Isn't the tower coolers fan placed higher and facing to the side rather than downwards?

Yes, they blow sideways.
However...air comes in the front, and gets blown out the back. Airflow moving past that area.

If big tower coolers were that much an issue with VRM's, we wouldn't have the current design.

 

[Phaaze88]

Agree with all the above answers.
Vrm cooling is where AIOs fall short.

Top-down air coolers blow air over the vrms.
Tower coolers, depending on the position of the fan(s) can act as intake, exhaust, or both.

 

[neovoid]

So even though my vrm doesn't have heatsink, it's okay to have tower style cooler?

 

[Phaaze88]

So even though my vrm doesn't have heatsink, it's okay to have tower style cooler?

Yes.