240mm AIO radiator location

jbh110tdi

jbh110tdi

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so been thinking.. Ive saw builds with the radiator at the front as in intake but ive also saw them up top as an exhaust whats the best location?

I know years back when I had the H80i on the FX8350 I got best results with it used as an intake.
 
I think a lot of front mounted roads are for aesthetics. You've got these big open tempered glass cases and all the hardware is concentrated at the back leaving a big gap between the motherboard and the front of the case.

Situating the radiator at the front fills the space and has a pleasing look to it.

It really does vary on a case by case basis (pun intended). Some cases have good airflow, others don't. You'd really just have to try it out and record some results.

It'd be an interesting project for you and for us on the board to see the results. It's always appreciated.
 
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rather supply the GPU with fresh air then dump it with hot air, specially with Nvidia cards . Since its waterc cooled, can handle having hotter heat pass through its rad although fan speed might be a little more then at the front
 
so in a bid to try and get some of my temps down i thought i would move the radiator. so i did a before test top mounted 30 mins stress test on RealBench

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did the move and ran it again. im quite impressed with the difference

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Interesting as I originally planned to mount my Rad at the top as an exhaust but the motherboard headers were inaccessible like this so had no real choice and mounted them on the front. Seems like this is the best solution.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
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rather supply the GPU with fresh air then dump it with hot air, specially with Nvidia cards . Since its waterc cooled, can handle having hotter heat pass through its rad although fan speed might be a little more then at the front
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In the ideal world you would like to supply everything with cool air. The GPU is usually designed to operate at higher temperatures though, I'm surprised why the emphasis is always on putting big radiators on the CPU when you would argue that the CPU would benefit a lot more from having a radiator to dissipate the heat.
 
You also have to consider the design of your case.

If you had something with a mesh front then you are likely to have excellent airflow through the front of the case and mounting a radiator up front will be easily the most optimal solution.

If you have something with a solid panel front that is more restrictive then you might find less difference between locations.
 
jbh110tdi said:
so did you move your rad to the front?

EDIT Also which cooler are you using? do you have a pic of your set up?
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Antec H1200

i removed the cages from my AeroCool 500 case https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aerocool-aero-500-midi-tower-case-black-window-ca-153-ae.html

i mounted the rad up high with the inlets on the bottom to allow any air in the system to sit at the top end of the rad and above the pump.

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it took me a while to move it all as i had to cut the cages out and then the slots of the floppy disc had some bends that needs cutting out. but once done and i could mount flat it was perfect (for function to look at probably crap lol). as you can see i fitted the fans on the inside pulling instead of the outside pushing as i wanted maximum space behind the front panel to draw air through. especially with still running the CD Tray covers, also mounted a 120mm at the bottom to push ait under the rad and on to the GPU

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yea im more than happy i had the Rajinick (how ever you spell it) AIO until it cracked. couldnt be bothered to send it back so just bought the Antec. had it since christmas and its never missed a beat.

yea i wasnt expecting the cooling to be affect so much. the GPU temps havent changes but i did notice the fans on the GPU have gone up another 250rpm. still at 2000 rpm still only at 50% fan speed.

i plan to cut another whole in the bottom and put 1 more 120mm fan sucking up from under teh case, like the power supply does. the case has nice high feet on it.

question is now i have lowered the temps do i push the OC a little more??

any one know the Vcore limit of a 4790k?
 
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