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I watched some YouTube video today, with some Jesus dude saying not to place AIO on the side, but on top.
Is Jesus dude making sense?
Is Jesus dude making sense?
AIO has to be placed on the top and not the side?
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I just realised my comments are based on the limitations of AIO and you are (probably already) and I will be (when I can get my hands on a 6800xt) using a custom loop.
I take it you're cooling a CPU? In that case you won't have to worry about tubing length like I have with OcUK techlabs kit I bought (I thought an upgrade to the 011 Dynamic would fix it hanging out the side of my case, but no).
You can side mount a radiator (with sufficient tubing length) to the side (or front) of the case, and it is optimal to orientate the radiator such that the barbs and hose are on the bottom. Gamer's Nexus did a video on this more than once (I think he answered it in the recent, "will it explode" or similar title). The critical issue is wether the evapouration (which occurs because tubes are permeable) will cause the pump to run dry. So keep the height of the (this is where I realised I was talking about AIO, and not custom loop) pump below the top of the reservoir. In fact I have my radiator the wrong way round according to what I just wrote, but the barbs and hence entry and exit from the radiator are slightly about the height of my AIO pump sitting on my GPU coldplate.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...d-rgb-distribution-plate-plexi-wc-9yn-ek.html
This item is designed for a front mount in an 011 dynamic XL, you can see the pump is at one end (this must be placed at the bottom). I dare say that it would probably be just fine mounted to the side intake too.
One of the first results from searching this subforum with "o11 dynamic xl" gives an image of (non xl) the case with radiators mounted in all 3 positions:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/32370886
I take it you're cooling a CPU? In that case you won't have to worry about tubing length like I have with OcUK techlabs kit I bought (I thought an upgrade to the 011 Dynamic would fix it hanging out the side of my case, but no).
You can side mount a radiator (with sufficient tubing length) to the side (or front) of the case, and it is optimal to orientate the radiator such that the barbs and hose are on the bottom. Gamer's Nexus did a video on this more than once (I think he answered it in the recent, "will it explode" or similar title). The critical issue is wether the evapouration (which occurs because tubes are permeable) will cause the pump to run dry. So keep the height of the (this is where I realised I was talking about AIO, and not custom loop) pump below the top of the reservoir. In fact I have my radiator the wrong way round according to what I just wrote, but the barbs and hence entry and exit from the radiator are slightly about the height of my AIO pump sitting on my GPU coldplate.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...d-rgb-distribution-plate-plexi-wc-9yn-ek.html
This item is designed for a front mount in an 011 dynamic XL, you can see the pump is at one end (this must be placed at the bottom). I dare say that it would probably be just fine mounted to the side intake too.
One of the first results from searching this subforum with "o11 dynamic xl" gives an image of (non xl) the case with radiators mounted in all 3 positions:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/32370886
Not just that, but to have the tubes at the bottom on the rad if mounting vertically.
Again so any air pockets are at the top of the rad.
Tech Jesus speaks sense. If it's not in that video, he did another where he dissects some blocks, mounts and shows the water and air flow through a typical loop.
This is the one where he monsters a clear cover into the block: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGomv195sk
This is the one where he monsters a clear cover into the block: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGomv195sk