Push - Pull on rads?

[Chris0]

Hello.

I've never had a WC setup but I've been looking into them very heavily the last few days. I've noticed in build logs and pictures that no one seems to use push pull setups on their radiators.

In my past air cooling experience sitting fans on either side of the heatsink(same concept as a radiator surely) yielded better temps than only having a fan on 1 side.

Is there a reason no one uses push pull on their radiators?

 

[Something Else]

not worth it unless you have crap fans and or really thick rads.

 

[OLDPHART]

Hello.

I've never had a WC setup but I've been looking into them very heavily the last few days. I've noticed in build logs and pictures that no one seems to use push pull setups on their radiators.

In my past air cooling experience sitting fans on either side of the heatsink(same concept as a radiator surely) yielded better temps than only having a fan on 1 side.

Is there a reason no one uses push pull on their radiators?

With push+pull you might gain about 2'c in temps, which you could easily get by improving air flow in your case.

Have tried all 3 > push > pull > push+pull, so settled for pull as it seems quieter than push.

Using Zaward 900rpm fans on a 560[60mm thick] externaly temps are very good cooling both CPU+GPU.

 

[Chris0]

Hmm, interesting.

I guess I can do my own tests whenever I decide to get my stuff.

I must say I am surprised I got about 6 degrees Celsius off my CPU temp when switching from 1 to 2 fans.