Hey guys,
First - thanks for your help in advance. Second - Sorry if this is addressed in one of Linus' videos or on the forms somewhere else, but I figured this is specific enough to my build that asking would be my best options.
Here's the situation: My new build will be in a Fractal Design Meshify C. It's not the roomiest of mid-towers, but it checks all of my boxes. I'm planning on using a Kraken x62 rev 2 to cool my CPU. I've purchased an Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card - which is one of the longer cards. Because of the limited room in the Meshify C and the length of the GPU - I have to mount my RAD at the top. I know this isn't ideal, but it's literally the only option with the components I have.
Here is my question: Intake or Exhaust for the RAD at the top? From browsing the web - there are lot of contradictory statements. I know that, with a open face GPU, top mounted radiators in exhaust isn't the most effective for cooling the CPU (Kyle from bitwit did a youtube video testing scenarios) since you're essentially using warm air to cool the fins - but is that my only option? If so, would you recommend you 1 or 2 fans upfront for intake? That would leave the two on the rad for exhaust and 1 in the back.
Thanks again for your help/suggestions. Here is a link to my entire build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FjfcZ8
As a side note - I will leave both the CPU and GPU at their base speeds. I won't overclock until I'm ready to do a full liquid loops for the GPU and CPU, at which point I can put a 360 RAD in front for intake. That's a bit down the road though.
