Aio placement

[Lachy0x]

I have a aio and was thinking of taking it from front to top Mount I was wondering a couple things first the top is the exhaust fan is this wrong is the aio meant to be mounted on an intake and if it can’t be top mounted there was one more thing the Rotation of my aio as far as I’m aware it’s the wrong way round. So I’m really just trying to see two things if it’s A) feasible to top mount and B) if not do I need to flip my aio 

[Robchil]

5 minutes ago, Lachy0x said:

I have a aio and was thinking of taking it from front to top Mount I was wondering a couple things first the top is the exhaust fan is this wrong is the aio meant to be mounted on an intake and if it can’t be top mounted there was one more thing the Rotation of my aio as far as I’m aware it’s the wrong way round. So I’m really just trying to see two things if it’s A) feasible to top mount and B) if not do I need to flip my aio 

your front mount is good. it sucks in fresh air, and you trap air in your system at the top of your radiator, not inside the pump. 

A) many mount it there too.. this is a matter of where it fits..  you need same amount of fans to move air in to your case as out to get a propper air flow. as you do now to get it out. 

B) flipping your AIO in the front will make air trap in both your pump and top of radiator.. and reduce the life of your AIO drasticaly, pumps don't like to run dry. 

 

[aledsav1]

Yes agree currently your rad is getting cooler air from outside, so its in a good place, regarding rotation, I mount them which ever way works in the build, so if you were to rotate so tubes at the bottom of rad (nothing wrong with that as the air will then find its way to the top of the rad again) it might then interfere with your gpu?

 

But putting it at the top with the fans pulling/pushing the warm air out will work also, you would have to test which set up gives you better thermals, and as mentioned would be then prudent to add some fans to the front of the case

[Alinz]

Top mount could work, but I fear that there won't be enough ram clearance.

 

It looks like its a fairly closed off case in the front, what model case is it?

 

[Lachy0x]

1 hour ago, Alinz said:

Top mount could work, but I fear that there won't be enough ram clearance.

 

It looks like its a fairly closed off case in the front, what model case is it?

 

Rotanium TG304

[Alinz]

Oh, it doesnt look to bad.

 

If you can mount it on the top I'd suggest flipping the fans to push air through the radiator and out of the case.

 

[RiffTheRaff]

I want to change my build as soon as I get my new CPU and then I want to place the AIO cooler on the front sucking fresh air in.

Currently my AIO is on the backside pushing air out of the case.

 

I think your setup is good to go, no need to change air flow.

[Robchil]

7 minutes ago, RiffTheRaff said:

I want to change my build as soon as I get my new CPU and then I want to place the AIO cooler on the front sucking fresh air in.

Currently my AIO is on the backside pushing air out of the case.

 

I think your setup is good to go, no need to change air flow.

that sounds like a 120mm radiator..  depending on the length of the tubes it might not reach to the front. just to the top but leave it in the back, as long as you have enough fans in the front the little difference by moving it to the front won't realy matter.