In the end though, so long as you have adequate exhaust fans somewhere, with or without rad on them, the difference is insignificant. The GPU (GTX 980 Ti) was using an NVIDIA reference design cooler (blower fan), which will yield … if i were to add a 240/280mm front rad I would keep them as intakes even though this would warm the air as it entered the case. I am aware that radiators are generally used with exhaust fans, however, it is also common practice for the front fans to be intake in a PC. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. This case has dust filter on top and front, just to keep that in mind. Front audio jack not detecting anything on the nzxt h510 ? Trust me it works. Yeah, I think that's your best bet (see my last post, for some reason I posted them separately haha). Anyways the rear 140mm exhaust fan, the 3 120mm intake fans They will be controlled through the motherbaorda headers thermally. the reason i ask is an intake will put exhaust in the radiator and make it use little water. As long as you have extra intake from side/bottom you don't even feel it. Cold Air Intake There are several ways to add power to your ride. That local temperature is the effective minimum coolant temperature, even with zero load. The radiator can only be in front, so what is the optimal fan configuration for the radiator? if the head gasket is blown also it will run hot quick. Running with the radiator in the front with EVGA’s fans pushing, and with the 200mm fans in the top as exhaust, our numbers output as 59C over ambient for … I've always set mine up as a front intake, but the only way for you to be sure is to try it out both ways and measure the temps. Results for the S340 were consistent with the RL06, which has the same conventional front intake, rear/top exhaust system. Is that optimal for temps? The GPU will be cooled from the front intake and the side exhaust. https://youtu.be/xNAMxZgvves. I have an HAF 932 Advanced case, 230mm intake on front and side, and 140mm exhaust on rear. Otherwise, Exhaust is better (especially if the AIO can cool your CPU to a low enough level even with the hotter air it Exhausts out). /r/buildapc is a community-driven subreddit dedicated to custom PC assembly. I have it as an exhaust with 3 intake fans. Works well. Replace the front dual 200mm fans with the radiator; Replace the top 200mm fan with the radiator (either as intake or exhaust) Attach the radiator behind the front dual 200mm fans with the AIO fans pulling, essentially creating a janky push-pull setup; Say screw it and keep my current setup instead of going to an AIO; Something else I was watching some youtubers put the radiator in front and have it serve as an intake instead of exhaust. Im going to 360 to make sure, and i … I recently installed a Kraken X61 in my S340 case. Pc Crashes can’t boot in to windows 10 for more than 10 Seconds. If you mount in the top of the case, using the fans as intake or exhaust is likely to make little difference in a CPU only load. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. At the moment, for me to have good amount of air in my case and out, I would have to set up: Front - Rad exhaust (NZXT Kraken x62) Top - intake ( 2 x 140 Corsair AF) Rear - intake (2 x 120 Corsair AF) I have a 120mm on rear as exhaust. My current setup has a front mounted radiator as an exhaust and one 120mm fan in the back as intake and two 120mm fans on top as intake. 2--Using the rear and top fans as intake and radiator will be exhaust to the front of the case. That's my problem because using it on top is the only option for this case. My rear or top rads I use as a convenient exhaust. We’ll recap some of the most critical aspects here: Thermal tests were conducted using an Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake CPU and Z170 mITX platform, parts listed below. I have mine mounted on front as intake. My front rad intakes, because I don't want a flow of air, hot OR cold, coming out the front of my case. Erm no, people do front intake radiator all the time. 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