Exhaust or intake (kraken x62)

[GnillePille]

Hello! Im 14 and im gonna build a new pc for christmas. Specs:

corsair 400c carbaide. 

Kraken x62

i5 8600k 

ddr4 16gb corsair vegance rgb led. 

Rm750x corsair

and a 1070 msi gaming x

+2 ssd. 

 

Im gonna have the kraken in the front. And im also gonna have 2 140mm fans on top and 1 120mm in rear. What should be intake and what should be exhaust? ( im gonna buy some hd120/140mm rgb fans from corsair) 

[Guest]

Intakes in front, exhaust top and rear is a pretty common configuration.

[givingtnt]

Just now, GnillePille said:

Hello! Im 14 and im gonna build a new pc for christmas. Specs:

corsair 400c carbaide. 

Kraken x62

i5 8600k 

ddr4 16gb corsair vegance rgb led. 

Rm750x corsair

and a 1070 msi gaming x

+2 ssd. 

 

Im gonna have the kraken in the front. And im also gonna have 2 140mm fans on top and 1 120mm in rear. What should be intake and what should be exhaust? ( im gonna buy some hd120/140mm rgb fans from corsair) 

I think you should put it as intake (on the front)
and just have a fan at the back pulling air out. (that way you don't require additional fans on the front and you have nice airflow to your gpu.

 

it does mean your gpu will get warmer air tho. but I doubt it will be an issue.

[PrimeSonic]

Honestly, the difference will be negligible.

But since you have an open-air cooler on your graphics card, here's what you can expect:

 

If you go for intake, you'll see marginally cooler temps on your CPU and marginally warmer ones on your GPU.

If you go exhaust, you'll see marginally the reverse with a warmer CPU and cooler GPU.

 

But the difference will be so minor as to not even matter. Just go with whatever looks best to you.

[Walt]

Did you allready buy your components? If not what is your budget and region?

 

[GnillePille]

3 minutes ago, Walt said:

Did you allready buy your components? If not what is your budget and region?

 

I have bought case and mobo which i forgot to add which is asus rog strix z370-f 1551 socket

but im gonna buy the rest within the next hour.

[Walt]

2 minutes ago, GnillePille said:

I have bought case and mobo which i forgot to add which is asus rog strix z370-f 1551 socket

but im gonna buy the rest within the next hour.

I think a 200 dollar CPU cooler is too expensive for an i5-8600K get a cheaper cooler and you could get an 1080 or i7

 

What is your budget for everything else and US?

[RollinLower]

Just now, GnillePille said:

I have bought case and mobo which i forgot to add which is asus rog strix z370-f 1551 socket

but im gonna buy the rest within the next hour.

it's a pretty good selection of parts, would be a nice build! 

 

as stated before, intakes are generally in the front and exhausts in the top/back. the front radiator will heat up your pc a little bit, but it won;t have a significant impact on performance.

[GnillePille]

2 minutes ago, Walt said:

I think a 200 dollar CPU cooler is too expensive for an i5-8600K get a cheaper cooler and you could get an 1080 or i7

I bought the 1070 5 months ago, and an i7 8 gen will be above my budget

[Walt]

1 minute ago, GnillePille said:

I bought the 1070 5 months ago, and an i7 8 gen will be above my budget

i5-8600K is 300 dollars

i7-8700K is 400 dollars

 

Kraken x62 is 200 dollar 

 

upgrade from i5-8600K to i7-8700K = 100 dollars left for CPU cooler 

[GnillePille]

2 minutes ago, Walt said:

i5-8600K is 300 dollars

i7-8700K is 400 dollars

 

Kraken x62 is 200 dollar 

 

upgrade from i5-8600K to i7-8700K = 100 dollars left for CPU cooler 

In norway its 150 dollar more for i7 8700k. ( from cheapest to cheapest)