Fan and Flow need Help!

[LightDragon1023]

[LightDragon1023]

1 minute ago, LightDragon1023 said:

the fan area on the left is area 1, the one on the top is area 2 and the on the right is area  3

 

[boey]

How many fans on the front?

[LightDragon1023]

2 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

How many fans on the front?

2

 

[boey]

6 minutes ago, LightDragon1023 said:

2

 

what i'd do is run area 3 as intake and areas 1 and 2 as exhaust, but run areas 1 and 2 at a slower speed than area 3 to prevent negative air pressure which introduces more dust

[Statik]

I would do AIO on the front intake, and either 1 or 2 exhaust on the top, and exhaust at the back.

 

you generally want to avoid intakes up high, as hot air rises, and you want your airflow you have a general direction of flow (I.e. in front and out top/back, you want to avoid intakes at front and back of the case, or top and bottom, etc)

[LightDragon1023]

3 minutes ago, Statik said:

I would do AIO on the front intake, and either 1 or 2 exhaust on the top, and exhaust at the back.

 

you generally want to avoid intakes up high, as hot air rises, and you want your airflow you have a general direction of flow (I.e. in front and out top/back, you want to avoid intakes at front and back of the case, or top and bottom, etc)

so if i do  1 exhaust fan on the top and back

 i would have one spot free correct?

 

[LightDragon1023]

5 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

what i'd do is run area 3 as intake and areas 1 and 2 as exhaust, but run areas 1 and 2 at a slower speed than area 3 to prevent negative air pressure which introduces more dust

if i have the fans as intake on my aio wouldn't it push hot air into my pc?

 

[Statik]

Just now, LightDragon1023 said:

so if i do  1 exhaust fan on the top and back

 i would have one spot free correct?

 

Yes. You could always do like said above, 2 at the front, 1 back, 2 top, but run the exhaust slightly slower so you don’t get negative air pressur

[LightDragon1023]

2 minutes ago, Statik said:

Yes. You could always do like said above, 2 at the front, 1 back, 2 top, but run the exhaust slightly slower so you don’t get negative air pressur

ok i will do so. if i have the fans as intake on my aio wouldn't it push hot air into my pc?

[Lorant]

You want a hair dryer setup.  Many ways to accomplish.

 

Front AIO will push warm air into the case, but you have to play the game of what you want to heat up more.  CPU or GPU?

[Statik]

35 minutes ago, LightDragon1023 said:

ok i will do so. if i have the fans as intake on my aio wouldn't it push hot air into my pc?

Not really, sure the air will be a little warmer, but AIOs dissipate heat well, they don’t throw much warmth at all. 

[Lorant]

Just now, Statik said:

Not really, sure the air will be a little warmer, but AIOs dissipate heat well, they don’t throw much warmth at all. 

All the heat in the AIO goes back into the case.

 

It's spread out more, yes. But it still all goes into the case.

[LightDragon1023]

15 minutes ago, Lorant said:

You want a hair dryer setup.  Many ways to accomplish.

 

Front AIO will push warm air into the case, but you have to play the game of what you want to heat up more.  CPU or GPU?

cpu or gpu?

 

[LightDragon1023]

and say i put the aio on top i should put the back and the aio and outake and put three fans on the front as intakes?

 

[Lorant]

2 minutes ago, LightDragon1023 said:

cpu or gpu?

 

If you mount the AIO to the front, being intake... all the CPU heat will be put into the case making the GPU a few degrees hotter.  

 

If you run the AIO on top as exhaust, it takes the warmed air from the GPU/system and can't cool the radiator for the CPU as well.  A few degrees hotter the CPU will be.

 

It's a choice you need to make.  I run mine as exhaust on top as I want my GPU to be as cool as possible in my setup.  Until I water cool it, that is.

[LightDragon1023]

 i have a corsair spec-06 case and i can put a 280mm radiator on the front but not on the top. i can only put on a 240mm. which one should i do?

[LightDragon1023]

1 minute ago, Lorant said:

If you mount the AIO to the front, being intake... all the CPU heat will be put into the case making the GPU a few degrees hotter.  

 

If you run the AIO on top as exhaust, it takes the warmed air from the GPU/system and can't cool the radiator for the CPU as well.  A few degrees hotter the CPU will be.

 

It's a choice you need to make.  I run mine as exhaust on top as I want my GPU to be as cool as possible in my setup.  Until I water cool it, that is.

i have a 2070super that reaches around 80 degrees C under full load. while my cpu reaches between 80 and 100 degrees c under full load. but i think that because i have a horrible heatsink 

[Lorant]

3 minutes ago, LightDragon1023 said:

i have a 2070super that reaches around 80 degrees C under full load. while my cpu reaches between 80 and 100 degrees c under full load. but i think that because i have a horrible heatsink 

yes, it sounds like a bad heatsinnk (or mounting) on your CPU.  Hitting 100c is some badness.

[LightDragon1023]

1 minute ago, Lorant said:

yes, it sounds like a bad heatsinnk (or mounting) on your CPU.  Hitting 100c is some badness.

yeah. what temps should i be expecting with an aio? i having either a corsair h100i platinum or a h115i platinum

[Lorant]

Just now, LightDragon1023 said:

yeah. what temps should i be expecting with an aio? i having either a corsair h100i platinum or a h115i platinum

I stress test AIDA64 at 84-86c on the CPU.  That's as hot as she gets. 8700k at 5GHz.

 

What CPU are you using?  a 240mm AIO should be fine, but a nice air cooler may work better.  AIO's really only surpass air at 360mm+ for the most part.

 

Plus the Dark Rock Pro 4 is sleek and sexy.

[LightDragon1023]

1 minute ago, Lorant said:

I stress test AIDA64 at 84-86c on the CPU.  That's as hot as she gets. 8700k at 5GHz.

 

What CPU are you using?  a 240mm AIO should be fine, but a nice air cooler may work better.  AIO's really only surpass air at 360mm+ for the most part.

 

Plus the Dark Rock Pro 4 is sleek and sexy.

im using a i7 9700k

 and i dont have enough clearance for the dark pro 4

[SolarNova]

3 minutes ago, LightDragon1023 said:

yeah. what temps should i be expecting with an aio? i having either a corsair h100i platinum or a h115i platinum

 

Rad is best to be exhaust when ever possible, u dont want heated air pushed into ur case especially if u still have a GPU running air cooling.

 

The issue running front as exhaust is that generally front is filtered and other areas are not, top is sometimes filtered.

 

You ideal want intakes filtered and exhaust not filtered. Filters restrict airflow so u only want them where necessary.

 

With the corsair spec-06  being restricted at the front due to the panel design i would have the front as intake with no rad, and move ur AIO to the top and have that as exhaust.

 

So,

3x 140mm Front intake (filtered)

2x 120mm Top Exhaust with AIO (remove dust filter)

1x 120mm Rear exhaust

[LightDragon1023]

 

3 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

 

Rad is best to be exhaust when ever possible, u dont want heated air pushed into ur case especially if u still have a GPU running air cooling.

 

The issue running front as exhaust is that generally front is filtered and other areas are not, top is sometimes filtered.

 

You ideal want intakes filtered and exhaust not filtered. Filters restrict airflow so u only want them where necessary.

 

With the corsair spec-06  being restricted at the front due to the panel design i would have the front as intake with no rad, and move ur AIO to the top and have that as exhaust.

 

So,

3x 140mm Front intake (filtered)

2x 120mm Top Exhaust with AIO (remove dust filter)

1x 120mm Rear exhaust

ok i will do so. what will be the temps i should be suspecting?

 

[SolarNova]

1 minute ago, LightDragon1023 said:

 

ok i will do so. what will be the temps i should be suspecting?

 

Specifically , i couldnt say but a 240mm AIO is almost as good as a top of the line aircooler like the D15 and DRP4. So while i cant say exactly, temps should be well within acceptable levels and should allow for some OC'ing if wanted.