Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but why on earth are the vast majority of GPUs manufactured to have all the circuitry on the underside of the board? This makes no sense. Especially when you consider that many of them now incorporate heat pipes.
Now I know that the newer heat pipes have decent performance when turned sideways, and may still perform when inverted... But they by far perform the best when the heat source is on the bottom and the heat sink is on the top! The evaporated coolant needs to be able to condense at the sink and flow more or less down back to the source.
Am I totally missing the boat on how this is supposed to work? Regardless if the gain in heat performance is minimal, how hard would it be to just flip the circuitry to the other side? ATX is here to stay, folks... might as well have your components facing the right way.
Now I know that the newer heat pipes have decent performance when turned sideways, and may still perform when inverted... But they by far perform the best when the heat source is on the bottom and the heat sink is on the top! The evaporated coolant needs to be able to condense at the sink and flow more or less down back to the source.
Am I totally missing the boat on how this is supposed to work? Regardless if the gain in heat performance is minimal, how hard would it be to just flip the circuitry to the other side? ATX is here to stay, folks... might as well have your components facing the right way.