AIO Placement

[Grabow]

I am curious if anyone knows or has done some testing on AIO placement in cases.

 

I currently have my setup as an exhaust, with air pulling through the rad and exhausting out that back.

 

I have H60 120mm and feel this provides best results. Could do a push pull on it as exhaust. But that seems overkill.

[COUPER MILLAR]

some of it is going to depend on what other heat generating components you have in your case. for example blower vs AIB cooler design. Due to the amount of variance from computer to computer your bets bet is going to be to try it out on your own hardware to see what the best option is for you. i would agree though, push pull on that cooler would be a bit overkill

[WoodenMarker]

https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/aio-radiator-placement-does-it-matter/

https://blog.nzxt.com/2017/08/liquid-cooler-placement-guide-front-top/

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/767263-My-System-An-AIO-Radiator-Position-and-Fan-Placement-Analysis

 

TL;DR: 

Rear exhaust with fan in pull as you suggested is what's recommended by Corsair and results in a balance of cooling for both the cpu and gpu. This is generally what happens with the rad as exhaust since heat isn't dumped back into the case.

When the rad is placed as intake, it provides fresh air and cooler temps for the cpu and dumps heat into the case which results in higher temps for everything else.