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Would Mounting your Radiator in the front cause Hotter In Case Temps

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37 minutes ago, ninjasupahsquid said:

Here Is a link to the Graphics Card that would be yelling at me

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/62KhP6/asus-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-rog-strix-video-card-rog-strix-gtx1070ti-a8g-gaming

 

Are you going for the 1070 Ti or for the 1060 6 GB?

 

 

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If I were to Put an AIO in the Front would that increase the temps because it is running the air thru a hot radiator. I am using An air cooled GTX 1070 TI and am planning on overclocking so I don't want my GPU to be yelling at me "PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY I AM TOO HOT!!!"

 

Here Is a link to the Graphics Card that would be yelling at me

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/62KhP6/asus-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-rog-strix-video-card-rog-strix-gtx1070ti-a8g-gaming

 

I wanted to use these.

 

Eclipse P350X

http://www.phanteks.com/Eclipse-P350X.html

and the MasterLiquid ML240R

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Vx22FT/cooler-master-masterliquid-ml240r-rgb-667-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-mlx-d24m-a20pc-r1

 

also would the Pump reach the CPU if I were to mount the Rad to the front?  (I want the Logo to Be Upright)... if the Pump wouldn't reach the CPU could you please link another AIO that would work if front mounted.

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Yes, but probably not more than 5 degrees. I recommend mounting it on the top.

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2 minutes ago, ShadySocks said:

I recommend mounting it on the top.

The Case I am using doesn't allow for top mounted Radiators

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This would make a difference of maybe 2~3°C. The air only takes a small amount of heat with it as it passes through the radiator. It won't make any serious impact to the rest of the system.

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4 minutes ago, ninjasupahsquid said:

If I were to Put an AIO in the Front would that increase the temps because it is running the air thru a hot radiator.

yes, that's why you either put it at the top or make sure there are fans pulling air in without passing through the radiator. Unless your graphics card is also cooled by liquid, that is.

 

5 minutes ago, ninjasupahsquid said:

also would the Pump reach the CPU if I were to mount the Rad to the front?  (I want the Logo to Be Upright)

not sure what you're trying to do, but the pump of an AIO is built into the radiator, so the CPU block can be at any orientation as long as the bracket fits.

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1 minute ago, ShadySocks said:

It seems you have no choice anyway

I know right

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4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

not sure what you're trying to do, but the pump of an AIO is built into the radiator, so the CPU block can be at any orientation as long as the bracket fits.

I just want to know if this AIO would Reach to the CPU Because the only place I can mount a radiator is In the front. Like in this photo

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Also Would there Be ram clearance Issues

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5 minutes ago, ninjasupahsquid said:

I just want to know if this AIO would Reach to the CPU Because the only place I can mount a radiator is In the front. Like in this photo

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Also Would there Be ram clearance Issues

If you click the "View Compatible Cases" link on the page you posted for the water cooler the P350X is listed as a compatible case:
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Tubing Length isn't listed anywhere so hard to determine anything else other than it is listed as compatible.

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34 minutes ago, ShadySocks said:

I recommend mounting it on the top.

 

32 minutes ago, ninjasupahsquid said:

The Case I am using doesn't allow for top mounted Radiators

 

The Eclipse P350X does allow for a top mounted radiator like the 240 mm Cooler Master MasterLiquid.

I would suggest mounting the radiator as an exhaust at the top of the case.

 

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YES but how much depends on what you are cooling, like a 1080ti dumps WAY WAY WAY more heat into a radiator then say something like a 6700k overclocked to 4.5Ghz, you can feel the heat coming off the rad cooling the 1080ti but not the heat coming off a rad cooling 6700k, now if you where cooling like a 1950x or some 20 core i9 monstrosity then you would heat a case way more then your average CPU.

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24 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

Are you going for the 1070 Ti or for the 1060 6 GB?

I Decided to go for the 1070 Ti cause it is an 8 GB and I might want to get into 4k

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5 minutes ago, ninjasupahsquid said:

I Decided to go for the 1070 Ti cause it is an 8 GB and I might want to get into 4k

 

The 1070 Ti is indeed a decent choice for that :)

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