QUOTE(bahjan_2000 @ May 9 2022, 12:47 PM)
Because I had to vertically mount my gpu, due to using an ATX PSU, and thus leaving clearance for cpu cooler at 75+mm something. And also out of curiosity, from using tower coolers all these time. This is more like an experiment build with stuff I'm not really familiar with + stuff I have lying around. Yea I don't game much these days, but seeing those temps sure scared me a bit.
Also I read AXP90 reviews are decent, here and there, too. Was thinking perhaps I'd swap the fan to maybe an Arctic 92mm or something.. and I thought the mobo's 60a chokes 8-phase VRM was promising.
Sure there's no BIOS setting I can poke around?
In that config I wouldn't bother with any air cooling and go for AIO, that's saying from someone who air-cool my own 5600X.
There's barely any space for air enter between the GPU backplate and CPU cooler right? The air intake from bottom be blocked by the PCIE ribbon cable, at least that's how I imagine it.
The CPU will just recapture a lot of waste heat from either itself or the GPU while gaming, and that's made worse by slim fan and low profile heatsink.
The low profile cooler excel on sandwhich cases where they can intake fresh air straight from the side panel of the case.