Dual AIO Setup Advice

JodyHighroller9 · September 1, 2020

I finally gave in and decided to dive into my first pc build after months of researching and reading up on what I'm getting myself into. There isn't a ton of information on this topic (that I could find), so I wanted to get some opinions on a dual AIO setup.

I bought an NZXT H710 case (not ideal for airflow, but I purchased it for the aesthetics). I'm looking to run a dual AIO (both will be Kraken x63 280mm w/ 2x140mm PWM fans) and will be watercooling a Ryzen 7 3700x and a Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super.

Specs on the NZXT H710 case only allow for front and top radiator mounting options for the kraken x63 280mm.

My goal first and foremost is to maintain decent case temps since I'll be running dual rads. I also want to allow some room for overclocking both the GPU and CPU in the future, which is why I'm going with this specific setup.

Should I run both rads as intake with a single 120mm exhaust or should I run i rad as intake, one as exhaust (would be CPU in this case), and a single 120mm exhaust?

I could also run 140mm PWM exhaust but it doesn't seem like running a static pressure fan as an exhaust in either scenario would be the best option since they essentially move less air than airflow fans.

Any insight here is greatly appreciated!

xdeathshot20 · September 1, 2020

Why would you run dual aio's? It really makes no sense. Unless your getting a blower style cooler for the gpu, the fans on it will most likely preform the same if not better then putting a aio onto it.

Lipe123 · September 1, 2020

53 minutes ago, xdeathshot20 said:

Why would you run dual aio's? It really makes no sense. Unless your getting a blower style cooler for the gpu, the fans on it will most likely preform the same if not better then putting a aio onto it.

Because he wants to? Also highly unlikely that the fans would outperform an aio...

1 hour ago, JodyHighroller9 said:

Should I run both rads as intake with a single 120mm exhaust or should I run i rad as intake, one as exhaust (would be CPU in this case), and a single 120mm exhaust?

Taking into account the recent stories about aio mounting etc etc...

I'd suggest you mount the CPU rad at the top as exhaust, flip the rear exhaust fan to an intake.

Then mount the GPU rad on the front, that should allow you to do tubes down mount and you can probably change that to exhaust then, if you sit with your pc on your desk you'll get hot air in your face tho but it will keep the internal temps down.