Fan & Radiator placement - advice needed

DirkGently68 · 25 Dec 2022 at 21:39

Hi all,

Just looking for some advice for best fan/radiator placement and orientation.

My case has 3 fan slots on the front, 3 on the side, 3 on the top and 1 on the rear.

Currently I have 3 intakes on the front, 1 exhaust on the back and 5950x CPU radiator (360mm) exhausting on the top.

I've just ordered a 4090 with 240mm rad and I'm wondering what everyone thinks will be the best setup for this system to keep everything as cool as possible.

Many thanks.

lsg1r · 25 Dec 2022 at 22:45

It's more useful to know what case it is than just the fan positions... so can we get what case it is

DirkGently68 · 25 Dec 2022 at 22:53

lsg1r said:
It's more useful to know what case it is than just the fan positions... so can we get what case it is

OK thanks, it's a Corsair iCUE 5000x

lsg1r · 25 Dec 2022 at 23:46

DirkGently68 said:
OK thanks, it's a Corsair iCUE 5000x

I'd probably do:
cpu rad in the top extracting
gpu rad on the side pulling air in from outside (optional+1 fan intake) - fans between rad and mount rad to allow for extra fan, positioned at the top with pipes at bottom, extra fan at bottom
front fans intake
rear fan extract

Having said that there is another line of thinking where you want the cool air hitting the rads from outside... something like
cpu rad in front pulling in fresh air
gpu rad in side pulling in fresh air from outside (optional +1 fan intake) - fans between rad and mount rad to allow for extra fan, positioned at the top with pipes at bottom, extra fan at bottom
top fans extract
rear fan extract

DirkGently68 · 26 Dec 2022 at 09:47

Thank you very much, the first one was pretty much what I was thinking and probably what I'll go with, just got to wait for the GPU to arrive now