Is my rig cooled right?
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!
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