Vertical CPU waterblock

[MarvintheParrot]

Hi! I was just wondering if the EKWB quantum velocity nickel and plexi waterblock can be positioned vertically on an AM4 motherboard. 

 

Having the inlet and outlet ports vertical will make my loop much easier and better looking.

 

If this question in unclear, please let me know!

 

Thanks!

[Applefreak]

10 minutes ago, MarvintheParrot said:

Hi! I was just wondering if the EKWB quantum velocity nickel and plexi waterblock can be positioned vertically on an AM4 motherboard. 

 

Having the inlet and outlet ports vertical will make my loop much easier and better looking.

 

If this question in unclear, please let me know!

 

Thanks!

Not sure but it will still mount correctly but you can try to open it up and move the block 90 degrees. Maybe ask EK support if that works. I would say yes but you will most likely have to take it apart.

[Grabhanem]

Assuming it's built similarly to their Supremacy blocks, yes, it can be oriented in any direction.

[bowrilla]

You can disassemble it and rotate it. You might have worse temps though if the fins are not ideally placed on top of the chiplets.

[MarvintheParrot]

30 minutes ago, bowrilla said:

You can disassemble it and rotate it. You might have worse temps though if the fins are not ideally placed on top of the chiplets.

So just to clarify, I CAN rotate it to make the fittings vertical, but I would get worse temps because the fins inside the block would not have direct contact to the CPU? And how bad temps are we talking? 40-50 range? Or something like 20-30?

[bowrilla]

4 minutes ago, MarvintheParrot said:

So just to clarify, I CAN rotate it to make the fittings vertical, but I would get worse temps because the fins inside the block would not have direct contact to the CPU? And how bad temps are we talking? 40-50 range? Or something like 20-30?

Maybe. Depends on block and CPU. Probably not that much. I did the same with my Supremacy Evo block on my Zen+ chip and it's like single digit range, might be a bit more with Zen2 or Zen3. People will probably have already reported enough experiences on the web.