I'm planning my first water cooling build with hard line. Yes, I realise it's more difficult, but I have R/C model building experience and am somewhat mechanically handy so I reckon I can handle the extra difficulty. I'm also perfectly prepared to get a whole lot of bends wrong in the learning process. I have a few choices for this build, as it seems to me, and wondered what you guys would think.
The PC:
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Asus Crosshair VIII Formula motherboard, the one that comes with the EK block for VRM cooling.
Asus RTX2070 Super OC Advanced.
Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL
Choice 1:
Slim or medium thick radiators - either the EK SE 360 or the EK PE 360. I was planning to fit two of these. Given the above, I should have more than sufficient cooling capacity regardless of this choice.
Choice 2:
Put the above two radiators on air intake, one on the bottom of the case, one on the side. That would leave me with four exhaust fans, 1 rear and 3 top. All 120mm. I think this will be the more effective cooling solution as both radiators will ingest cool outside air.
Choice 3:
Use the EK G1 distribution block, putting that on the side. This would mean having one radiator on the bottom as intake, and one at the top as exhaust. I feel this will be the prettier option, but may have a small cooling performance penalty as already slightly warmed air will be exhausting through the top radiator.