I am paranoid and anxious if im putting this AIO right...

[FuruiHebi]

Hello, I recently bought and installed an AIO, problem is I've heard alot of people say that tubes at the top will kill it (I have it in this position). While a lot of people has also told me that its fine and just make sure the pump is lower than the top of the rad. I need a bit of confirmation on whether i put it in correctly.

 

[WhitetailAni]

That's perfectly fine. As long as the pump/block is not the highest point in the loop you're good.

[FuruiHebi]

I might as well post the specs of the build.

GPU: ASUS ROG Strix RX570 OC Edition 4GB GDDR5
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

AIO: IDCOOLING Zoomflow 240X Snow Ed.
PSU: Seasonic M12iii 520w Full Modular
MOBO: MSI B450M Mortar MAX
RAM: 2x8 HyperX Black 8GB RAM 2666mhz
HDD: Western Digital 1 TB and 500 GB Hard Drives
SSD: Sandisk SSD Plus 120GB Solid State Drive

[narrdarr]

1 minute ago, FuruiHebi said:

Hello, I recently bought and installed an AIO, problem is I've heard alot of people say that tubes at the top will kill it (I have it in this position). While a lot of people has also told me that its fine and just make sure the pump is lower than the top of the rad. I need a bit of confirmation on whether i put it in correctly.

 

there is no issue with doing it this way. yes the pump should never be at the top. other than that your fine. 

[FuruiHebi]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

That's perfectly fine. As long as the pump/block is not the highest point in the loop you're good.

Haha, thanks for replying. Just quite scared of leaking or what not since this is my first time dealing with an AIO

[FuruiHebi]

Just now, narrdarr said:

there is no issue with doing it this way. yes the pump should never be at the top. other than that your fine. 

also wanted to ask, some other build ive seen had fans, then the rad next. Mine is rad first then fans next (just like the picture) is that wrong?

[WhitetailAni]

3 minutes ago, FuruiHebi said:

also wanted to ask, some other build ive seen had fans, then the rad next. Mine is rad first then fans next (just like the picture) is that wrong?

It's fine. The images you saw were in push, you're in pull. There's no difference in them that I'm aware of.

[narrdarr]

1 minute ago, FuruiHebi said:

also wanted to ask, some other build ive seen had fans, then the rad next. Mine is rad first then fans next (just like the picture) is that wrong?

nope it fine too. actually either way is fine. you way is known as a pull config as the fans are pulling air through the rad. the other would be a push config as the fans would be pushing the air through the rad. then there is also a push/pull config with fans on both sides. but for aios it's useless. a pull config is nicer imo for front intake as it makes cleaning easier.

[jones177]

2 hours ago, FuruiHebi said:

also wanted to ask, some other build ive seen had fans, then the rad next. Mine is rad first then fans next (just like the picture) is that wrong?

It depends.

The setup I did for my 5800x build has the standard fans, then rad or the way it came out of the box.

It is fine for gaming but for benching it does not allow the hot air from the GPU to rise and escape the case. My i9 10900k setup is rad with fans on top and the GPU is 10c cooler when benching.  

 

To test all you have to do is run Heaven 

[FuruiHebi]

17 hours ago, jones177 said:

It depends.

The setup I did for my 5800x build has the standard fans, then rad or the way it came out of the box.

It is fine for gaming but for benching it does not allow the hot air from the GPU to rise and escape the case. My i9 10900k setup is rad with fans on top and the GPU is 10c cooler when benching.  

 

To test all you have to do is run Heaven 

was originally going for top mount, but the aio didnt fit and i wouldnt have enough intake fans

[rafe_28]

Omfg people still dont get it. Someome needs to put this lut there once and for all. SIDE MOUNT DOESNT KILL YOUR CPU. IF THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE RAD IS ABOVE THE PUMP, EVDN HALF A CENTIMETER ITS FINE 

(Also watvh the vidnin my sign for this)