Airflow Question

[MewMew]

In your opinion, what are cons and pros of this orientation? (More in-take, less outtake, ect.)

 

 

 

[Naijin]

11 minutes ago, MewMew said:

In your opinion, what are cons and pros of this orientation? (More in-take, less outtake, ect.)

 

 

 

You'll draw in more air through your PCIe slots and other small openings, which is mostly unfiltered and will yield more dust.

 

For the picture attached, I'd suggest using the radiator as intake, so your cpu gets fresh air. The air exhausted through the radiator will just recirculate from the side back through the intake fan below.

[MewMew]

1 minute ago, Naijin said:

You'll draw in more air through your PCIe slots and other small openings, which is mostly unfiltered and will yield more dust.

 

For the picture attached, I'd suggest using the radiator as intake, so your cpu gets fresh air. The air exhausted through the radiator will just recirculate from the side back through the intake fan below.

There are dust filters on the side, front, top and bottom. 

I find that using a rad as in-take pushes heat through the system via flowing hot air which is not optimal for this GPU.

These fans will always be on 'quiet' and I have only put the unlit fan under the rad for intake to bolster the 140mm's push of air.

As for the aforementioned filter, this rad is flowing straight into a dust filter which is my only concern that it will clog. 

[NorKris]

2 minutes ago, MewMew said:

I find that using a rad as in-take pushes heat through the system via flowing hot air which is not optimal for this GPU.

These fans will always be on 'quiet' and I have only put the unlit fan under the rad for intake to bolster the 140mm's push of air.

intake on a rad can increase GPU temps by as much as  0c to  3c     with ur intake in the front i guess 0 for u.

 

with ur current setup, were does ur gpu take air from? = the back side

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, MewMew said:

In your opinion, what are cons and pros of this orientation? (More in-take, less outtake, ect.)

 

 

 

Very negative pressure oriented, will attract dust

Plus the air by the side/back will have turbulences on conflicting flows, and air will end up not flowing at all, I'd put the side/read rad fans on intake

Also add a dust filter at the back, it's not supposed to be on intake

[MewMew]

12 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Very negative pressure oriented, will attract dust

Plus the air by the side/back will have turbulences on conflicting flows, and air will end up not flowing at all, I'd put the side/read rad fans on intake

Also add a dust filter at the back, it's not supposed to be on intake

When you say side and 'read', how do you mean?
I will change the orientation of the fans on the rad to intake then. I figured having intake and outtake beside each other wasn't a great idea.

[PDifolco]

6 minutes ago, MewMew said:

When you say side and 'read', how do you mean?
I will change the orientation of the fans on the rad to intake then. I figured having intake and outtake beside each other wasn't a great idea.

typo I meant reaR , but realized I've mixed up front and rear in your dark pic  

So put the side fans on intake and you're good

 

[_Omega_]

I would suggest configuring the rad as an intake... Its also easier to clean and the rad provides one more layer of crude filtration.

 

 

Also it looks like it might be possible to turn the rad so that the inlet and outlet are at the bottom... That's way better for the pump of the AiO because any air stays in the rad and does not to thru the pump 

[MewMew]

23 minutes ago, _Omega_ said:

I would suggest configuring the rad as an intake... Its also easier to clean and the rad provides one more layer of crude filtration.

 

 

Also it looks like it might be possible to turn the rad so that the inlet and outlet are at the bottom... That's way better for the pump of the AiO because any air stays in the rad and does not to thru the pump 

Unfortunately this AIO does not have that reach in this case.

[MewMew]

After an hour of circulating in that position so much dust was gathering. I have never seen THAT amount of dust in so little time. Your assertations were correct - my PC became Pompeii.

I tried situating the rad with the fans for intake but it fell away from me several times and the screws were not as stable like the best position as shown here.

Ultimately I was looking for a solution to do with a fan revving up and humming on and off / checking for air bubbles in AIO which lead to this. It all had to do with a header not having an RPM setting. So yea good 3 hours of my life. (lol)Look at the time, I guess I'll die.

 

PS

Sorry for the initial quality as it affected some responses and seemed to waste time. I lost my phone and my boyfriend has a... device... he uses.

 

Edited July 3, 2023 by MewMew
Changed POS from abbreviation to 'position'

[NorKris]

and now AIO is in  "user inflicted higher temps" position

[TeraSeraph]

Irrelevant - Delete

[MewMew]

7 hours ago, NorKris said:

and now AIO is in  "user inflicted higher temps" position

It's actually pulling air out and not pushing the 'hot' rad air into the GPU here. Initially when I had a smaller case for this 260 I did that - mounted in the front for intake and had really bad issues with this cards temps spiking on load. It's not so much bias as it is actual fact for my hardware.

[NorKris]

9 hours ago, MewMew said:

It's actually pulling air out and not pushing the 'hot' rad air into the GPU here. 

the user inflicted higher temps is on the cpu  

 

4 intake (2 on rad) would prob not increase ur gpu temp