Help with AIO use/meaning

[YOLO1882]

So AIO means All in one right
so does this mean apart from colling the CPU it self it also cools like a normal fan as it is placed in the positions of them as intakes?
for example if I get an AIO with 3 fans and put it at the front of my case where my intake fans would usually be, would it be ok ? and will they act somewhat like normal intake fans for chassis cooling?

[Hinjima]

6 minutes ago, YOLO1882 said:

So AIO means All in one right
so does this mean apart from colling the CPU it self it also cools like a normal fan as it is placed in the positions of them as intakes?
for example if I get an AIO with 3 fans and put it at the front of my case where my intake fans would usually be, would it be ok ? and will they act somewhat like normal intake fans for chassis cooling?

Yes, if you put it in the front it will act like intakes and draw air into the system ( warmer air than normal fans, due to air passing through the radiator ) But not hot enough to be a problem if you got good ehxuast fans.  You can also have it at the top as an exhaust pushing the warm air inside the case out, the CPU temperature might be a bit higher from this but not a lot if you got good airflow in general.

[Isseen]

8 minutes ago, YOLO1882 said:

So AIO means All in one right
so does this mean apart from colling the CPU it self it also cools like a normal fan as it is placed in the positions of them as intakes?
for example if I get an AIO with 3 fans and put it at the front of my case where my intake fans would usually be, would it be ok ? and will they act somewhat like normal intake fans for chassis cooling?

Exactly, this is also how I use my AIO, 360mm on the front with radiator (3 Fans) and two extra fans on top of the case. Not more than 55 degrees on the CPU (10700k) while gaming and the GPU (rtx2080s) also runs without any problems arround 60-65

[YOLO1882]

56 minutes ago, Isseen said:

Exactly, this is also how I use my AIO, 360mm on the front with radiator (3 Fans) and two extra fans on top of the case. Not more than 55 degrees on the CPU (10700k) while gaming and the GPU (rtx2080s) also runs without any problems arround 60-65

Ah got it

[Middcore]

It's called an all-in-one in contrast to a traditional custom liquid cooling loop where you typically need to plan the whole thing out and buy blocks, fitting, tubing, reservoir, radiator(s), fans, and the coolant itself separately and then put them all together.