Best Cooling Setup

[Seth Block]

I have purchased a 3500x argb icue link. I also purchased an icue link 360 aio. I will have a total of 10 fans for my setup. I want to pull air through the radiator to prevent dust getting jammed into the radiator grooves. What would be the best way to orient the other 7 fans? Pulling in from top and side(6) and exhausting out the back and bottom (4)? Is it ok to blow air out through the bottom 3 fans? Thank you! 

[thrasher_565]

what case

[podkall]

Not the best setup, since heat rises you usually want top to be exhaust and bottom to be intake.

[podkall]

Another reason why bottom exhaust isn't good idea, is because your GPU has fans, and your GPU would be fighting for air with your bottom exhaust:

 

[PDifolco]

28 minutes ago, Seth Block said:

I have purchased a 3500x argb icue link. I also purchased an icue link 360 aio. I will have a total of 10 fans for my setup. I want to pull air through the radiator to prevent dust getting jammed into the radiator grooves. What would be the best way to orient the other 7 fans? Pulling in from top and side(6) and exhausting out the back and bottom (4)? Is it ok to blow air out through the bottom 3 fans? Thank you! 

Usually best is intake front/side and bottom, exhaust top and rear, as hot air rises

Bottom exhaust is bad, not only hot air gets back up, but it conflicts with GPU fans

[Seth Block]

29 minutes ago, podkall said:

Another reason why bottom exhaust isn't good idea, is because your GPU has fans, and your GPU would be fighting for air with your bottom exhaust:

 

Should I flip the front ones then or is there a way to not get dust stuck in the radiator. I have a dog that sheds like crazy.

[podkall]

52 minutes ago, Seth Block said:

Should I flip the front ones then or is there a way to not get dust stuck in the radiator. I have a dog that sheds like crazy.

There's no fix against dust or other particles.

 

Best thing to have at least is positive pressure (more intake) because at least then the air doesn't get sucked from every crack in case, like it would with negative pressure.

 

If you mount AIO for aesthetics on top and put it exhaust it's fine, exhaust AIO isn't bad even if it can get 2-5C worse temps on CPU, because at least as exhaust it doesn't grab outside air, which is more dusty, you get more dust generally on intake than you do on exhaust, because exhaust takes air from inside case, that can be already filtered from dust through intake.

[thrasher_565]

oh the 3500x argb icue link is the case... bottom front intake and back and top exhaust the aio in the front will be intake already with is best for dust on a rad anyway.

if you wanted the aio on top you would have them pull but then you be looking at a rad witch some dont like. top aio better gpu temps vs front. front better aio temps so up to you want you want cooler.