alt Hacker NewsNeat, but the thermal design is absolutely terrible. Sticking that heatsink inside the aluminum case without any air circulation is awful.
Neat, but the thermal design is absolutely terrible. Sticking that heatsink inside the aluminum case without any air circulation is awful.
Yeah, it's because the network card adapter's heatsink is sandwiched between two PCBs. Not great, not terrible, works for me.
The placement is mostly determined by the design of the OCP 2.0 connector. OCP 3.0 has a connector at the short edge of the card, which allows exposing/extending the heat sink directly to the outer case.
If somebody has the talent, designing a Thunderbolt 5 adapter for OCP 3.0 cards could be a worthwhile project.