Is my drawing correct, did he arrange it so the exhaust fans are at the front, and the intake at the top? š¤¦š»
Is my drawing correct, did he arrange it so the exhaust fans are at the front, and the intake at the top? š¤¦š»
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I’d place the radiator on top and place the current top fans to the front as intake
The ideal configuration depends on the immediate surroundings next to your PC. Remember, it’s just airflow you want. Heat dispersion isn’t a “this is always right” science.
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Just to add, the radiator fans physically won’t fit at the top due to the ram sticks blocking them.
In general your sketch is right, but thereās a couple of brands that have reverse fans now, so the hub is not necessarily the indicator for direction anymore. Check for that before remounting them.
Iād also turn the radiator upside down or mount it at the top. The way itās now might lead to problems later on when water dissipates and the pump might run dry.
I would just rotate the fans on the AIO. Currently it is set to pull hot air from. the gpu. Also you have more fans as exuas which creates negative presure in the case. You want positive. You can achieve that by flipping the AIO fans.
2 things:
1. Dont listen to what the others are saying about you breaking the aio cooler, its perfectly fine, and they dont know what they are talking about.
2. Dont stress out too much about air flow and all that stuff, but if you DO want to achieve the best air flow in this situation this is how I would do it: flip both the fans on the top and flip both the fans on the radiator, so the radiator fan would be pulling air in and the top would be exhausting. In most case exhaust at the top is much better because it prevent dust from falling in, and hot air rise so if the top is intake then hot air has no where to go. You would also achieve a neutral air pressure in the case because you have 3 intakes and 3 exhaust which is ideal.
Relatively new to PC building please donāt crucify me, but does hot air not rise? Wouldnāt you want the tops as exhausts for the gpu and the rear as an intake? OP says the rad wont top mount because of fan clearance and if you turn the front fans around then the rad would be shoving hot air from its cooling fins into the case. Somebody more knowledgable please help me understand this more.
I don’t like top-left and back configuration. I think most of the cool air will exit though the back fan.
So I actually kinda have some footing in the niche of PC airflow pathing, and I can tell you that it’s basically fine. The top fans are intakes, the back and front fans are exhaust. Personally I would have 3 in 2 out to have positive case pressure rather than the negative you have, but the case doesn’t seem to have a good arrangement for that. Ideally, maintaining 2 in 3 out, I would make the front fans intakes, the top and rear fans exhaust. The best solution would be to have a bottom mounted case fan but no one makes cases (or power supplies) that allow bottom fans anymore. It’s unconventional, but can help to make the top mounted fan before your cooler an intake and the one after it an exhaust, but you need to take a little extra consideration into air path shaping with baffles so the hot air and cold air don’t create internal vortices that trap heat
I have this exact fan setup but missing the rear fan lol. 13600k and 4070ti no problems.
I did it on purpose so I can point the heat to me in the winter time š
Flip every single fan and you should be perfect. At least that’s how they run the Bitcoin miners up in Greenland, lol.
Yeah all your fans are backwards. The top mounted ones should be pushing air out, and your others drawing it in. You want positive case pressure and flow.
It’ll create a Vacuum.
It’s not terrible since heat rising isn’t a factor at the temperature differences and dimensions in a PC. But that GPU doesn’t really get the direct fresh airflow it would get with the front and top fans flipped 180 degrees.
It has a large cooler, so it’ll be fine. But you’ll see better temps if you change it. Also, CPUs are generally harder to cool and boost a little higher the colder they are. So getting direct fresh air for the CPU cooler is always a good idea.
So reorient them how you want
Yes this is wrong in EVERY possible situation
Some people literally just mount it whichever way looks cooler and completely disregard airflow.
Ok since it clearly seems that there’s two sides to this AIO radiator argument, I’m gonna leave it as is for now… Seems people have polarizing views
I mean this isn’t optimal (from my understanding) but at least it’s not the other way around lol
I would put the aio on top, exhausting the air and put the 2 intakes to the frontā¦
The aio should be at the top and the top fans should be where the aio is
It will probably be OK as is. They might have done that so the ARGB fans of the AIO are more on display.
But, I would change things around if I were you. It looks like that AIO would fit fine up top. Looks like plenty of length and height. If that is the case, then that’s what I’d do. Just have the front in and the top and back out. With the radiator on the top being out.
All it’s going to take is a Phillips screwdriver and maybe a little different cable management.
Flip top left fan around you want that as exhaust
I would change the front ones to intake and the rear amd top ones to exhaust, the aio is fine in the front, it’s getting cool air.
I experimented a bit with intakes and in my case the biggest difference was 2 degrees between the best and worst combination, the worst being negative pressure.
You currently have 3 fans in the front pulling exhaust (thereās another one below your radiator if Iām not mistaken), plus one rear exhaust and only 2 intake.
If it were me Iād flip the 3 fans in front to intake, move the radiator/fans to the top in an exhaust configuration and then leave the rear fan.
If it was a ram clearance issue for the radiator Iād still flip the three front/two top fans.
Then start having fun playing with fan curves until you figure out whatās optimal for your system.
I like to tinker though, YMMV.
Are these fans you yourself purchased that he then installed for you? I ask wondering, if he picked them might any of those be reverse blade fans, thus blowing the opposite direction you would expect from the appearance?
You usually want front and bottom fans as intake, and top and rear as exhaust but your probably fine tbh. How are your temps?
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This is wrong, all 4 fans with blue arrows need to be flipped and it will be 100%.
Simple guide to remember, cool air intake bottom & front. Hot air exhaust, back & top.
If possible, Iād flip top fans and move the rad up top (better temps inside the case), then flip front fans to be intake
This looks exhausting…
Are they reverse blade fans? Did you feel the flow as shown on sketch below?