AIO configuration

kevbiss1 · 18 Jan 2020 at 14:19

Hi all, just got a phanteks 350x case for xmas, and built (swapped the bits over) it all with no problems, looks nice and
tidy (ish)
It came with one 120 fan (intake)in the bottom front, I have at present a 140 fan ( exhaust) in the top,
a 120 fan (exhaust) at the back.
I have a corsair h80i aio 120,which is in push pull configuration (fan and rad) front top, front fan intake, rear fan exhaust into the pc,
where would you put this assembly or do you agree with what ive done ?

Cheers , Kev

doyll · 18 Jan 2020 at 15:31

Where it is should be fine as long as temps are fine.

Alan1969 · 20 Jan 2020 at 16:55

it doesn't really matter where you put the H80i AIO - back, front, top. The AIO manufacturers usually recommend to put on the front but that shows their cooler to be working at its best as it intakes cold air - however it then pushes warm air into your case - which is why users tend to like to put it on the back or at the top - as to blow warm air out of the case. I had to put my daughters AIO on the roof as the tubes weren't long enough to reach the front position.

Alan1969 · 20 Jan 2020 at 16:57

I would recommend that you make a custom fan profile to have 50% fan speeds between say 20 and 60ºC as at 50% fans are reasonably quiet. then increase the fan speed to 100% between 60 and 65ºC (where the fans will be very loud).

kevbiss1 · 20 Jan 2020 at 20:22

So I upped the fan speeds across the rad, and I set the bottom fan to 100% as the graphics card was running low 80s, this bought the card temps down to a reasonable mid 70s, so all good, the cpu didn't need any further cooling as max temps there were mid to high 60s, I may experiment further as I have 2 corsair HD fans coming tomorrow

Alan1969 · 21 Jan 2020 at 16:21

kevbiss1 said:
So I upped the fan speeds across the rad, and I set the bottom fan to 100% as the graphics card was running low 80s, this bought the card temps down to a reasonable mid 70s, so all good, the cpu didn't need any further cooling as max temps there were mid to high 60s, I may experiment further as I have 2 corsair HD fans coming tomorrow

your cpu temps sound fine. GPU temps are usually a bit hotter - which you have (ie. don't need to try and get them down to the same temp as the cpu).