Radiator position and fan direction

[rafbanaan]

I have a Corsair 1000D which stands in the corner of my office. It's under my desk so the top has a clearance of ~2cm (euhm, guess that's 1" :P).. I've noticed that the heat builds up atm with my AIO, which is mounted at the top of my case, and aftermarket GPU cooler. So I'm watercooling the system (components arrived), but I wonder how I best place my radiator and its fans. I was thinking of placing it in the front of my case with the fans pulling air from the case (So you would have this - FANS -> | RADIATOR -> | FRONT OF CASE). Or should I turn it around, but I'm scared that the heat will build up again.

[Bananasplit_00]

can you get the fans on the other side of the rad even? and how much of a gap would that leave before the front panel? you need to make sure the fans have plenty of space infront of them if they are going to do their job well. The plan you have now should work fine and is probably how i would have done it

[rafbanaan]

The exhaust would be the 2 gaps at the side of the front. So fresh air would be pulled from the top automatically (no fans - might add later) and the fans push the air from the case out through those gaps.

 

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Picture of front

 

[SolarNova]

@rafbanaan

The 1000D is a monster case designed for ALOT of water cooling.

 

I'd probably go with to top intake front exhaust in ur situation.

2x 480mm rads in he front as exhaust. remove the dust filter.

And the top as intake with 3 140mm fans, filtered.

I'd buy a magnetic dust filter for the rear 2 x 120mmms fans as intake as well.

[rafbanaan]

53 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

@rafbanaan

The 1000D is a monster case designed for ALOT of water cooling.

 

I'd probably go with to top intake front exhaust in ur situation.

2x 480mm rads in he front as exhaust. remove the dust filter.

And the top as intake with 3 140mm fans, filtered.

I'd buy a magnetic dust filter for the rear 2 x 120mmms fans as intake as well.

For the moment I have a single 480 rad for in the front. I wanna see what that gives first before buying a second one  I do have a spare of 4 ML120's which I want to use at the top. 

 

But the 480 rad in front with the fans pushing the air out the case is not a bad plan? 

[SolarNova]

12 minutes ago, rafbanaan said:

 

But the 480 rad in front with the fans pushing the air out the case is not a bad plan? 

Not a bad plan at all. I used to run front exhaust on my old case (CM Storm Stryker).

Just ensure that any exhaust fans are unfiltered and any intake fans are filtered.