Help on rad placement and fan direction

Krony · 4 Aug 2011 at 03:03

Looking at upgrading to the LittleDevil PC-V8 case in the next month or so and was wondering what was the best rad/fan placement for my cooling equipment, i have a pair of 120.2 XSPC RX rads which i want to include in the build and maybe add a 120.4 of the same type, the 120.4 i think will be best in the top as an exhaust, the 2x 120.2 i was looking at the bottom but not totally sure of how, here is a pic of the case and also a crappy scetch of a couple of option.

This is a top view down on the bottom of the case

Just asking for opinions really on which is the best option or if u have any other ideas of rad placement for any of the rads.

Bubo · 4 Aug 2011 at 09:02

That is a particularly water cooling friendly looking case there. Nice choice. I wouldn't use your left hand set up as the fans will be fighting against one another. The right one would be better if you keep them in line like that.

The case looks like it supports a 120.4 in the bottom compartment so you could fully stagger the 120.2 rads so that they don't face each other, that way you can try both fan direction to see which is best. You could put a central divider plate in to further ensure they don't suck each others exhaust air in as well.

pastymuncher · 4 Aug 2011 at 09:19

Nice case but £434 is ridiculous. As said above, don't set it as as per the left hand piccy. For best results have it sucking in one side and exhausting the other as in piccy 2. I would have the quad in the roof with the fans sucking case air through the rad and exhausting out of the case.

jorzeh · 4 Aug 2011 at 09:57

Hmm, I like this case.. Maybe i'll get one in the future :O

Krony · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:34

Thx for the ideas, i did think about the stagger at the bottom but not totally sure they would fit with the psu in there, it does look like the psu will be above the rads tho.
Yea it ain't cheap but most high end watercooling cases with that much space are not either and u do get a bit of exclusivity

Krony · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:35

Well with that stagger in mind i might go back to my initial plans of push/pull as the only reason a went against that was the width of the rads, i'll have to do some working out on sizes and this scetch is not to scale but this might be a decent option.

pastymuncher · 4 Aug 2011 at 19:13

The only thing to worry about there is that each rad may end up sucking the others exhaust in.

Krony · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:46

pastymuncher said:
The only thing to worry about there is that each rad may end up sucking the others exhaust in.

The last staggered setup ? i thought the airflow for each rad setup would just go in and out of the case pretty much.

pastymuncher · 5 Aug 2011 at 18:54

The exhausted warm air will probably get sucked back in by each rad though. If you are going to stagger them i think it would be better to have them both blowing the same way.

Krony · 5 Aug 2011 at 19:14

Thx, i suppose it's a possibility, and also if i have them both going left to right as the pc will be on my right it will not blow the hot air at me