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> ”Overall the AT(X) form factor, with extension cards slotting in at a 90° angle, just doesn't work all that well for efficient heat removal.” To give an exam
by alberth 3y ago
> ”Overall the AT(X) form factor, with extension cards slotting in at a 90° angle, just doesn't work all that well for efficient heat removal.”
To give an example of this, here’s a server from a huge cloud provider for a brand new AMD 7700 on an ATX board.
Those 90° angles make for horrible airflow.
https://twitter.com/PetrCZE01/status/1637122488025923585 https://twitter.com/PetrCZE01/status/1637122488025923585
- mordae 3y agoYeah, but X470D4U and similar boards are so overpriced one can somewhat relate to people using gaming boards for servers. Especially since a lot of them route ECC pins nowadays. I sure wasn't happy paying extra just to have a different board layout with mostly the same components. Well, there's IPMI at least. Still not worth the price tag.
- dx034 3y agoIt should be clear that this was only shot for marketing purposes. I don't think they actually run cables like that, but it probably looked better to have cables visible in the picture.
- alberth 3y agoDo you know this for a fact? Or are you speculating.
- ilyt 3y agoThat look more like "you put powersupply on wrong side". But yeah, most servers have risers that flip the cards to be parallel to the board.
- hgsgm 3y agoThat looks like a ribbon cable blocking the fan?