Can I take a top mounted AIO PC and lay it on its side?

[soloredis420]

I made a custom entertainment center with exhaust ect and wondering if I lay my PC on its side if that will damage the water cooler. Its a Corsair elite 240mm and is top mounted. Case is a 4000d by corsair. 

[KingTdiGGiTTy]

It is relatively difficult to damage AIOs

it really doesn't matter what orientation you put them in, there's a "best practice" but it's nearly negligible.

so unless you lay your PC on it's  side with a hammer, everything should be fine.

[8tg]

The whole gamersnexus thing about this aio layout debacle is heavily misconstrued by people who didn’t watch the whole video.

The highest point in a loop shouldn’t be the pump, that’s the big thing, because any air in the pump is bad, air will always rise to the top of a loop.

On it’s side the radiator will still have the highest point of the loop, it’s fine.

The only times this is an issue are scenarios like a bottom mounted radiator, or having a radiator mounted on the bottom point of a front panel where the pump is above the hoses and rad.

 

[bluesummer]

6 hours ago, KingTdiGGiTTy said:

It is relatively difficult to damage AIOs

it really doesn't matter what orientation you put them in, there's a "best practice" but it's nearly negligible.

so unless you lay your PC on it's  side with a hammer, everything should be fine.

To be fair, "nearly negligible" is stretching it far. Improper installation still leads to lower life spans and noise, that's a fact. Even if it is not the biggest deal, it's so easy to just position it properly in most cases so I still heavily encourage positioning it in the proper manner. 

[jaslion]

On 8/20/2022 at 12:00 AM, 8tg said:

The whole gamersnexus thing about this aio layout debacle is heavily misconstrued by people who didn’t watch the whole video.

The highest point in a loop shouldn’t be the pump, that’s the big thing, because any air in the pump is bad, air will always rise to the top of a loop.

On it’s side the radiator will still have the highest point of the loop, it’s fine.

The only times this is an issue are scenarios like a bottom mounted radiator, or having a radiator mounted on the bottom point of a front panel where the pump is above the hoses and rad.

 

Its not really negligable as Ive seen my fair share of within 2 years dead aio's due to wrong install.

 

As long as the pump inst the lowest part of the loop all is good