I Tried Cooling a CPU from both sides

[AdamFromLTT]

Sure you can buy an AIO cooler, or maybe a Noctua Air Cooler, or maybe you are a Cooler Master guy, I don't judge. Maybe you could use LN2 for maximum overclocking, or maybe you're only thinking in one dimension. We put a cooler on the back of the motherboard to see if it is the solution no one is talking about.
 

 

[strange13930]

Time for pcs too take up a whole desk

[MyNameWontFi]

How did you guys not think about putting thermal paste between the CPU and the socket? The surface area of the motherboards pins alone is not enough to transfer the CPU heat effectively to the back of the motherboard. You can fill the entire socket with thermal paste and the CPU will still work fine. 

Also, I would've considered using thermal putty on the back instead thermal pad.

[emcue]

Thanks for posting it! Even though it's probably not going to be your best-performing videos, as one would say for science, it's just as important to post negative results as it is positive ones.

[hu4d]

Is this the first video where the "I" in the title doesn't refer to Linus?

[Bitter]

This is a valid strategy for soldered components like embedded CPU's and RAM, back side cooling with TIM pads and a heat sink can help in some situations, things are sometimes sinked to case or chassis through backside pads.

[Bitter]

I have the thermal pad they needed for this.

[starsmine]

I cant help but feel the 1mm pad was WAY to thin for this application, you could still see all the bypass caps on the other side so much of the pad wasnt making great contact with the cooler.

[cmndr]

Thermalright IFX-10

 

https://hardwarecanucks.com/forum/threads/thermalright-ifx-10-motherboard-backside-cooler-review.5600/

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-cooler-charts-2008,1779-8.html

 

hey @AdamFromLTT there's actually a product out there (not sure about supply) that does THIS STUFF exactly. It might require going back to LGA 775 (but it's possible it works with AM3 and maybe even AM5)

 

 

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One other possibility... thermal pad around the backplate and then just add in an inexpensive set of heatsinks that are relatively thin.