What is the difference this Arctic manual is trying to tell me?

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  1. __W3iX0r__

    I was about to comment the office meme: they are the same pictures.

    but then I gave it a second look and noticed that it’s about the the radiator orientation and if the tubes come out the top or bottom.
    that makes sense because there is a little bit of air in a aio and with the tubes at the bottom, the air will just stay at the top of the radiator, therefore no bubbling noise.

    Gamer nexus made a video about it, with the result: that the pump shouldn’t be the highest part of a loop, because air can damage the pump or at least make it louder.

  2. go4itreddit

    They are not the same picture. On the second picture it shows on top of the radiator the nozzle. If it with tubes up it’s going to make a “bubbling noise”.

  3. Never allow bubbles to get into pipes. Bubbles will develop after certain time even in non-refillable sealed kit. Bubbles stay on top. If your output from radiator is on top, bubbles will get sucked into the AIO pump. This will cause noise at first, decreased performance later, and eventually damage to the pump.

    I stopped pointing that on some of the builds posted here because I got downvoted a lot. It appears teenage boys with daddy’s budget can’t stand criticism.

  4. TeeJizzm

    It would be a lot easter to tell the difference if the massive green tick wasn’t in the way.

  5. zfreakazoidz

    I have the same warning for people if they want to give me beans. Risk of bubbling noise and winds blowing out that harm people.

  6. Drakoneous

    Their checkmark on the bottom is covering up the part they want you to see. It would have helped if they included the tubing in the illustration.

  7. Own_Perspective_2206

    I couldnt find the difference so i check comments

  8. FreeNet_Coyote

    In bottom picture you see tubing fitting at the top

  9. The hoses in the north postion can cause loss of cooling and noise. All coolers have a small amount of air in them.

  10. Tubes should be at the bottom, follow the manual, ignore reddit.

  11. VenomShock1

    The one thing about Arctic that I can complain about are their crappy manuals.

  12. Own_Apricot_9880

    Tge red line is where you can fold your Mobo for a more compact design.

  13. MikeNizzle82

    Radiator pipes go at the bottom my dude.

  14. kingy10005

    as long as the radiator is higher than the pump your fine. if you mounted the radiator lower than the pump then air constantly goes into the pump and can cause more wear eventually early failure.

  15. cookiesnooper

    The water block has to be at that level regardless of whether you want water hoses to run upwards or downward. Otherwise, you might end up with air in the water block.

  16. CryptikTwo

    Place the rad with the ports at the bottom of the case to prevent gurgling…

  17. Thank manual was terrible. Just installed on a month ago.

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