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I have just bought the 240mm artic freezer aio. I watched Steve's video and have decided to install the aio on the front but am confused about fan placement on the radiator. Should the fans be on the inside of the radiator pulling air in or outside of the radiator pushing air in? Does it make any difference? 

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3 minutes ago, remo233 said:

Does it make any difference? 

Not really, it's more about what looks better. IIRC having the fans pushing air through is slightly better, but it's so minimal that the thermal paste application probably has more performance impact than which side the fans are on. 

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16 minutes ago, remo233 said:

I have just bought the 240mm artic freezer aio. I watched Steve's video and have decided to install the aio on the front but am confused about fan placement on the radiator. Should the fans be on the inside of the radiator pulling air in or outside of the radiator pushing air in? Does it make any difference? 

 

Minimal performance difference.

It really depends what you case / chassis supports, as some cases have a bit of offset between the front panel to fit fans or fans + radiator.

Second is personal preference (i.e. looks), you want to see the fans through the front, or in the inside -- especially if the fans are RGB.

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3 hours ago, remo233 said:

I have just bought the 240mm artic freezer aio. I watched Steve's video and have decided to install the aio on the front but am confused about fan placement on the radiator. Should the fans be on the inside of the radiator pulling air in or outside of the radiator pushing air in? Does it make any difference? 

Why not on top ? Anyway if you put it front it'll look better with fans on the outside pushing air in

Temp wise it won't make more than 2C difference

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Try in both locations and see what works best for your PC. Keep in mind that, on intake of you don't have a dust filter, you'll need to clean the rad more often. 

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9 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Why not on top ? Anyway if you put it front it'll look better with fans on the outside pushing air in

Temp wise it won't make more than 2C difference

Ok so this is why I may go with front tubes facing down, this pic is in relation to the aio I have. I may go top, still not decided.Screenshot_20231010_191857_WhatsApp.thumb.jpg.497035a5e991f9cece81965f17c3abbd.jpg

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Yeah that is why I recommend front. Keep in mind, though, that you should have the tubes in an S shape.

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1 hour ago, remo233 said:

Ok and how do I do an s shape?

Hopefully the tubes are long enough. The goal is to put a curve in that keeps the air away from the pump (not 100% possible). If you've got the tubes going in on the top of the rad, have them go in the bottom of the pump, and the reverse should also work.

 

If I could build the perfect setup,  and I'm no engineer, I'd make the pump the lowest point, which means the mobo would essentially be "upside-down",  with the tubes going to the rad on an incline, which would prevent even permeating air from collecting in the pump; the rad would be the collection point with all the air bubbling up to the far end of the rad. 

 

Taking it one step further, I'd put in a bleeder valve (manual or automatic) to release built-up gases.

 

That doesn't help with filling up the empty space, though, so there would also need to be a fill port.

 

Very few cases are designed to do it this way, and I guess that's because it's not popular 🙄.

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