Is my rig cooled right?

[Gazel]

Hello LTT!

I cool my rig with 9 fans and a water cooling for my CPU, could you comment what you think of it and if I should change something

Here's an idea of what it looks like :

[Tom Swinden]

it looks ok

[For Science!]

3 minutes ago, Gazel said:

 

The double fan on the rear exhaust is pointless.

 

Futhermore, since you have a blower GPU, I would top mount the radiator since it can then exhaust the heat directly out of the case, and the case interior can get fresh intake that will also go to the GPU.

[191x7]

The double fan causes noise issues - turbulence between fans one on top the other. 

[Caennanu]

With that many fans, the AIO is somewhat pointless. A tower cooler with that amount of airflow will probably cool better.

Back OT. The double fan on the back is indeed pointless, not only is the mesh there usually rather bulky already causing high friction, now you're putting 2 engines behind it to force the air thru which do not only effect the airflow but eachother as well.

 

As others above me suggested, it would be better to move the AIO to the top of the case, to get some non heated fresh air in which will cool your VRM's and blower style VGA card better, while losing nearly no performance to the AIO when mounted on the top. However from the current mounts this might cause clearance issues with a single pull or push config, but will definitely cause clearance issues when using push-pull, so i can understand that choice.

 

There is only 1 other thing i would check with this setup. Even tho the amount of fans and their direction should create a positive pressure, most are situated in parallels, which in this situation could cause negative pressure where the exhaust is higher than the intake. This will create a dust collection system from cracks and crooneys. 

 

Edit: Added screenshot of what i mean with the negative pressure. it seems you always have 1 to 1,5 / 2 ratio for in / out.

[Gazel]

3 hours ago, Caennanu said:

With that many fans, the AIO is somewhat pointless. A tower cooler with that amount of airflow will probably cool better.

Back OT. The double fan on the back is indeed pointless, not only is the mesh there usually rather bulky already causing high friction, now you're putting 2 engines behind it to force the air thru which do not only effect the airflow but eachother as well.

 

As others above me suggested, it would be better to move the AIO to the top of the case, to get some non heated fresh air in which will cool your VRM's and blower style VGA card better, while losing nearly no performance to the AIO when mounted on the top. However from the current mounts this might cause clearance issues with a single pull or push config, but will definitely cause clearance issues when using push-pull, so i can understand that choice.

 

There is only 1 other thing i would check with this setup. Even tho the amount of fans and their direction should create a positive pressure, most are situated in parallels, which in this situation could cause negative pressure where the exhaust is higher than the intake. This will create a dust collection system from cracks and crooneys. 

 

Edit: Added screenshot of what i mean with the negative pressure. it seems you always have 1 to 1,5 / 2 ratio for in / out.

Thanks for this response! I took away one of the double fan exhaust, but unfortunately I cannot put the AIO on top because there isn't enough space for it... Anyway, thank you for taking the time to respond! 

[schwellmo92]

It needs more intake IMO. I would swap at least the top right hand side fan to intake but probably both if it were me.

[nelska]

yuck. I would put the radiator exhausting on top so your not literally blowing hot air into the case. unless you have that exhausting.. out the front then Im still calling this rig a nightmare.