Push / Pull at the front?

On Holiday · 18 Jun 2013 at 23:46

I think I already know the answer to this one!

Would it be better to have the H100 radiator at the front of the case, so there's no extra heat coming from GPU/mobo heatsinks etc, or would performance suffer due to fan filter/front of case etc.

(Obviously it will vary from case to case as some are closed, some are open fronted, but generally speaking)

Haven't gone full w/cooling yet as I keep changing my mind like the wind, will get it done when I'm back in full-time work and not 3 day weeks!

deFiniLoGy · 19 Jun 2013 at 01:15

Personally I wouldn't think it matters a lot...

NightSt@lk3r · 19 Jun 2013 at 03:31

I found with the H100i Radiator at the front of my 350D GPU temperatures rose a bit too much for me to be comfortable so in the end i moved it to the top and while the GPU temps are now much better CPU temps really are not that much different to when the rad was at the front, so for me i vote top.

This was only in push config though, with push/pull it may be different.

Cr4zy · 19 Jun 2013 at 03:34

Why not try it and find out?

In theory giving it cooler air and push/pull should work out better, but if the front has very minimal spacing for airflow then it could suffer.

OLDPHART · 19 Jun 2013 at 10:50

Hi, tried > pull/ push / push-pull, there's only about 1'c between them, so settled for pull.

On Holiday · 19 Jun 2013 at 13:19

Fail! Didn't think about the added heating being pushed onto my graphics card! Lol..

And yeah, I've tested pull/push/push-pull and with the H100 it is a waste of time. I've only got it in P/P now because I had 2 spare fans.

james_2k · 19 Jun 2013 at 13:29

I have push pull at the front of my 600t. When the 690 was air cooled it was fine