Is This OK AIO Alignment or Anyone Got a Better Option?

SquirrelMadness · 19 Dec 2023 at 00:06

I'm a bit pee'd off that such expensive components are going to end up as an ugly PC build

It won't fit top mount because of the Dominator RAM

random_matt · 19 Dec 2023 at 00:39

I would not bother with push-pull. Yeah, the case has not worked out great or ram.

clone · 19 Dec 2023 at 07:29

The aio will work fine there, I had my artic freezer 420mm like that in the front of my phantek evolv x.

Mcnumpty2323 · 19 Dec 2023 at 09:31

The extra 8mm thickness
Of the radiator can be a PITA depending on pc case
Had to use 1 x 15mm thick fan
On my stepson build because of it
But yeah don't really need push and pull
On a rad that thick

SquirrelMadness · 19 Dec 2023 at 10:11

Ah ok, do you think I should take the second fan that came with the AIO off and use just the Fractal case fans or should I replace the Fractal fans with the ones that came with the AIO?

Reason being is I assume the AIO fans are somehow controlled by the BIOS with regards to CPU temps whilst the Fractal ones will be running at their own speeds?

mickyflinn · 19 Dec 2023 at 10:14

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SquirrelMadness said:
Ah ok, do you think I should take the second fan that came with the AIO off and use just the Fractal case fans or should I replace the Fractal fans with the ones that came with the AIO?

Reason being is I assume the AIO fans are somehow controlled by the BIOS with regards to CPU temps whilst the Fractal ones will be running at their own speeds?

Put the arctic fans back on they will be able to run faster than the case fans and have higher static pressure, equating to better cooling..

Put the case fans in the roof of the case to extract.

Mcnumpty2323 · 19 Dec 2023 at 12:13

Was actually some model of
Fractal meshify I had the issues in
With clearance
And yeah as mickyflinn said
The artic ones should be more optimised
For static pressure

SquirrelMadness · 20 Dec 2023 at 00:17

Did the aforementioned and seems to be much better...

But that space at the bottom is bugging me... do they make covers for blank spaces that bleed light or should I just get another Arctic fan?

Also it's annoying that iCue doesn't register the Arctic aRGB lights...the Asus Armourcore software does but it's absolute bloat to the system I tried it on a separate partition and said no way.

Need to figure out how to conceal those GPU power cables...

mickyflinn · 20 Dec 2023 at 11:20

SquirrelMadness said:
Did the aforementioned and seems to be much better...

But that space at the bottom is bugging me... do they make covers for blank spaces that bleed light or should I just get another Arctic fan?

Also it's annoying that iCue doesn't register the Arctic aRGB lights...the Asus Armourcore software does but it's absolute bloat to the system I tried it on a separate partition and said no way.

Need to figure out how to conceal those GPU power cables...

Buy another Arctic fan to match.

As for GPU you could buy a longer adaptor 12 pin to 2x 8 pin pice so it looks like a single cable to the PSU.

What psu model as you mite be able to get a cable straight from the PSU to the GPU.

SquirrelMadness · 20 Dec 2023 at 13:33

mickyflinn said:
What psu model as you mite be able to get a cable straight from the PSU to the GPU.

Superflower Leadex 1200w fully modular. It's my old PSU but man is it great... worked perfectly in this new build.