where to put radiator

[Guest]

Hi so I want to get a aio but I dont know wgere to put the radiator. I have 2 front fans for intake, 2 top for exhaust and 1 back fan for exhaust as well. where should I put the radiator. 240mm and where should my fans face. case is cougar mx 330g. intel i3 10100and mobo is gigabyte b460m ds3h.

[Guiltyxz]

You shouldnt need an AIO for an i3, but if you want one for future upgrades/aesthetics etc then go ahead. I would put it on the front personally but some people put on the top, the front would be better because hot air rises so the heat emitted by your GPU/MoBo etc will rise and go through the radiator.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, WY6 said:

You shouldnt need an AIO for an i3, but if you want one for future upgrades/aesthetics etc then go ahead. I would put it on the front personally but some people put on the top, the front would be better because hot air rises so the heat emitted by your GPU/MoBo etc will rise and go through the radiator.

I have a stock cooler so I want to upgrade and have good cooling for cpu upgrades. Where should the fans be placed ad where should the air flow.

[Guiltyxz]

You should mount it like this and position the fans as an intake

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, WY6 said:

You should mount it like this and position the fans as an intake

ok thank you

[Jeppes]

Tubes down on rad side or roof.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Jeppes said:

Tubes down on rad side or roof.

ya but where do the fans face

[bowrilla]

33 minutes ago, fffkylian said:

ya but where do the fans face

Doesn't matter. Push or Pull makes no difference. Choose what looks better or is more convenient to build. Personally, I prefer pull (pulling air through the radiator) because the dust accumulates on the outside of the rad and not between fans and rad. Makes no big difference for the performance though.