H100i fan orientation

[Cs342]

I have a Corsair 600T White Edition case. If I mount the H100i at the top of the case with the fans above it, should I have them pushing air into the radiator or pulling air out of the radiator and out of the case?

[Cacao]

How are the other fans in your case oriented?

[Cs342]

The 600T only has 1 fan in the front as an intake and 1 fan in the back as exhuast. Should the H100i fans in the top be intake or exhaust?

[Cs342]

Keep in mind that I'm not 100% sure I'll be getting the H100i. I'm still deciding between the H100i and the NZXT Havik 140.

[Haggis_]

Configure it as pull and out. Normally you have 3 components responsible for almost all heat produced in your case. It is the cpu, gpu and psu. You want to expel that heat directly out of the case. So how do you do that

 

PSU: Easy almost all psu expel their heat outside the case, if you mount it upside-down it will help to lower the case temp.

CPU: Watercooling pulling the air out

GPU: Watercooling pulling the air out or a blower design fan pushing the heat out

 

If you manage this, there will normally not be any need for extra fans. Your computer will also be quite. You can add fans as intake in the front /bottom if you like to reduce dust (if you have aitfilters)

[Cs342]

Configure it as pull and out. Normally you have 3 components responsible for almost all heat produced in your case. It is the cpu, gpu and psu. You want to expel that heat directly out of the case. So how do you do that

 

PSU: Easy almost all psu expel their heat outside the case, if you mount it upside-down it will help to lower the case temp.

CPU: Watercooling pulling the air out

GPU: Watercooling pulling the air out or a blower design fan pushing the heat out

 

If you manage this, there will normally not be any need for extra fans. Your computer will also be quite. You can add fans as intake in the front /bottom if you like to reduce dust (if you have aitfilters)

My GPU will not exhaust out of the case but rather into the case. What should I do?

[Haggis_]

My GPU will not exhaust out of the case but rather into the case. What should I do?

I guess that you dont want to spend to much money and you dont want it to be to loud.

 

First put full load on the cpu and gpu and record the temp and the fan speed.

 

Second i would get a watercooler for the cpu like the H80i or H100i. It will not only cool the cpu great, it also stops adding heat to the case and acts as extra casefans, if you configure them to blow out. Use pull (easier when cleaning). Normally the fans included are bad, recommend Noctua NF-F12 PWM

 

Again put full load on the cpu and gpu and record the temp and the fan speed.

 

Optional: turn the PSU uppside-down. This will then act as an extra casefan. (just make sure that the heat from the gpu is not drown into the PSU)

Keep the fan in the front as intake and the one back as exauts.

 

Now you can start to experiment with the speed on the fans. Try to find a good balance between quite and cool. I use Fan expert included in my asus motherboard. I turn all fans upp to just below a level where i starts to hear them, only speeding the CPU fans upp when the cpu are running hot.

 

Same with my gpu, but there i use the included program for my gpu card.

[Cs342]

I guess that you dont want to spend to much money and you dont want it to be to loud.

 

First put full load on the cpu and gpu and record the temp and the fan speed.

 

Second i would get a watercooler for the cpu like the H80i or H100i. It will not only cool the cpu great, it also stops adding heat to the case and acts as extra casefans, if you configure them to blow out. Use pull (easier when cleaning). Normally the fans included are bad, recommend Noctua NF-F12 PWM

 

Again put full load on the cpu and gpu and record the temp and the fan speed.

 

Optional: turn the PSU uppside-down. This will then act as an extra casefan. (just make sure that the heat from the gpu is not drown into the PSU)

Keep the fan in the front as intake and the one back as exauts.

 

Now you can start to experiment with the speed on the fans. Try to find a good balance between quite and cool. I use Fan expert included in my asus motherboard. I turn all fans upp to just below a level where i starts to hear them, only speeding the CPU fans upp when the cpu are running hot.

 

Same with my gpu, but there i use the included program for my gpu card.

Wouldn't that be negative air pressure since there is only 1 intake? 

Also, could I stick with the stock fans? Apparently they perform the best.

[Haggis_]

Wouldn't that be negative air pressure since there is only 1 intake? 

Also, could I stick with the stock fans? Apparently they perform the best.

Yes it will be negative. Negative is better for cooling, Neutral or positive are better for dust.

Yes you can still use the stock fans for the cooler. When I said bad, I meant that they usually are very noisy. Don’t know what fans are on the H80i or H100i

[Cs342]

Yes it will be negative. Negative is better for cooling, Neutral or positive are better for dust.

 

Yes you can still use the stock fans for the cooler. When I said bad, I meant that they usually are very noisy. Don’t know what fans are on the H80i or H100i

If I turn them down via Corsair Link how quiet will they be?

[Haggis_]

If I turn them down via Corsair Link how quiet will they be?

Don't know, You have to experiment and see if you can find a good balance between quite and cool.