Best Mini Itx for haswell
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Bane and Posh:
You won't have issues installing an AIO water cooler because the pumps are no wider than the mounting holes. Also, those riser boards are sufficiently out of the way to mount some big towers, just like the Z77 Deluxe Mini-ITX they did for Ivy.
Although if you're mounting a tower cooler on a Mini-ITX board I'd have to suggest you rethink what you're trying to achieve.
Bane: you set your Hydro to pull air in so you have airflow over the board. What's the issue with an AIO water?
You won't have issues installing an AIO water cooler because the pumps are no wider than the mounting holes. Also, those riser boards are sufficiently out of the way to mount some big towers, just like the Z77 Deluxe Mini-ITX they did for Ivy.
Although if you're mounting a tower cooler on a Mini-ITX board I'd have to suggest you rethink what you're trying to achieve.
Bane: you set your Hydro to pull air in so you have airflow over the board. What's the issue with an AIO water?
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I was going by pictures I've seen of closed loop coolers fitted as they all had the fan on the side nearest motherboard. And I did't like the idea of having air blowing out case front in to my direction, in addition to dust being sucked in from the side vents instead of the filtered front.
Not sure if having fan on the case side of radiator would help with temperatures as it dumps heat straight in to case?
But now waiting to see what EVGA's MiniBox is like when released.
Dumping heat is a bit of a misnomer to be honest as the air coming through a rad isn't exactly hot. Warm yes, and in closed quarters with a lot of components it can contribute to higher temps.
But ultimately the AIO water is just part of your overall air flow, so orient the fan whichever way makes sense. If you're running intake fans at the front then it makes sense to have the AIO running as an exhaust just like any rear case fan would do anyway. If you have roof-mounted exhausts then you have no issue running an AIO water as an intake because warm air will just get sucked up and blown out the top straight away.
On Mini ITX cases, for instance the Sugo SG05, you have a big fan at the front as an intake anyway, and that's how you'd have the AIO water set up (as I've done on my SG05) and then have airflow over the motherboard.
Ultimately though, air coming off a rad or a heatsink is never "hot" and won't adversely affect cooling performance of an overall system; bad airflow is more of an issue than free flowing warm air.
But ultimately the AIO water is just part of your overall air flow, so orient the fan whichever way makes sense. If you're running intake fans at the front then it makes sense to have the AIO running as an exhaust just like any rear case fan would do anyway. If you have roof-mounted exhausts then you have no issue running an AIO water as an intake because warm air will just get sucked up and blown out the top straight away.
On Mini ITX cases, for instance the Sugo SG05, you have a big fan at the front as an intake anyway, and that's how you'd have the AIO water set up (as I've done on my SG05) and then have airflow over the motherboard.
Ultimately though, air coming off a rad or a heatsink is never "hot" and won't adversely affect cooling performance of an overall system; bad airflow is more of an issue than free flowing warm air.
Seems EVGA Stinger release isn't going to happen before C2 revision going by EVGA_JacobF replies.