Should I sandwich two radiators like this?

[Tech22]

So I am going to be building in the Caselabs SMA8 and want to know If I should Sandwich two slim rads at the bottom or just go with one thicker rad? Thank you.

 

Sort Of Like This (Rough):

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They should the fans be facing the same direction or facing into eachother?

 

 

[Lurick]

The way I have it setup in mine is:

[FANS]

[560MM 45mm thick rad]

GAP

[280mm 45mm thick rad]

[FANS]

 

The GAP is roughly 3 inches.

[Tech22]

Just now, Lurick said:

The way I have it setup in mine is:

[FANS]

[540MM 45mm thick rad]

GAP

[280mm 45mm thick rad]

[FANS]

 

The GAP is roughly 3 inches.

Which Way are your fans facing, and which PSU do you have?

[Lurick]

The fans on the 560mm pull air in and the two at the back exhaust it out.

I've got the HX1000i from Corsair.

 

Edit: Sorry, that should be a 560mm rad.

[Damascus]

I would go like this, with all fans exhausting out of the case.

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[--------Rad--------]

 

[TheElectronicGeek1]

6 minutes ago, Tech22 said:

So I am going to be building in the Caselabs SMA8 and want to know If I should Sandwich two slim rads at the bottom or just go with one thicker rad? Thank you.

 

Sort Of Like This (Rough):

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[--------Fans-------]

[--------Rad--------]

-----Small Gap----

[--------Rad--------]

[--------Fans-------]

 

They should the fans be facing the same direction or facing into eachother?

 

 

Should be fine, just don't make the two fans go against each other.

[W-L]

1 hour ago, Tech22 said:

So I am going to be building in the Caselabs SMA8 and want to know If I should Sandwich two slim rads at the bottom or just go with one thicker rad? Thank you.

 

Sort Of Like This (Rough):

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[--------Fans-------]

[--------Rad--------]

-----Small Gap----

[--------Rad--------]

[--------Fans-------]

 

They should the fans be facing the same direction or facing into eachother?

 

 

You can as long as there is a gap in between I wouldn't suggest stacking them like right on top of each other though since you do lose cooling performance. 

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