Custom loop & front mounted radiator

[Nazaxed]

Hello everyone,

 

I have a front mounted 360mm radiator(EK CoolStream SE 360) as an intake cooling my CPU(i5 6600K) and GPU(GTX 1070). CPU and GPU stays under 50-55C when gaming with 40% fans speeds. Now i have started wondering if the front mounted radiator is a bad thing? Is the hot air that radiator pushes inside the case a problem for other components(like mobo) even when i have 1 140mm fan as an exhaust. Currently the system is running stock speed but i am planning to overclock it abit and add a 240mm or 280mm radiator to the top of the case as an exhaust. Sorry for bad english and thanks for your time.

[pbx2]

2 minutes ago, Nazaxed said:

Hello everyone,

 

I have a front mounted 360mm radiator(EK CoolStream SE 360) as an intake cooling my CPU(i5 6600K) and GPU(GTX 1070). CPU and GPU stays under 50-55C when gaming with 40% fans speeds. Now i have started wondering if the front mounted radiator is a bad thing? Is the hot air that radiator pushes inside the case a problem for other components(like mobo) even when i have 1 140mm fan as an exhaust. Currently the system is running stock speed but i am planning to overclock it abit and add a 240mm or 280mm radiator to the top of the case as an exhaust. Sorry for bad english and thanks for your time.

 

 

It probably is bad, but if you have enough airflow it won't be that bad

50c is cold for a GPU

[PCGuy_5960]

 

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, Nazaxed said:

Hello everyone,

 

I have a front mounted 360mm radiator(EK CoolStream SE 360) as an intake cooling my CPU(i5 6600K) and GPU(GTX 1070). CPU and GPU stays under 50-55C when gaming with 40% fans speeds. Now i have started wondering if the front mounted radiator is a bad thing? Is the hot air that radiator pushes inside the case a problem for other components(like mobo) even when i have 1 140mm fan as an exhaust. Currently the system is running stock speed but i am planning to overclock it abit and add a 240mm or 280mm radiator to the top of the case as an exhaust. Sorry for bad english and thanks for your time.

It will warm up the interior but not a problem at all with good airflow through the case, I personally have the same with a 360mm in the front and it does make the interior toasty when on a heavy per-longed load but doesn't hurt anything. 

[Mick Naughty]

My second rig has horrible airflow so it's a bad thing. But you have more options. So getting all the hot air out and adding another rad could yield better temps, only slightly if you plan on keeping the fans low.