Question 240 or 360 AIO ?

[simmyx]

I'm considering getting a 360mm Kraken Elite ( upgrade from a 240mm) due to the newer model having a nice screen, better cable management and better cooling.

Ideally mount to the top of the case with the pipes on the left ( so they don't obstruct my side case fans ) and then remove the rear exhaust fan so that the pipes don't hit it.

Would that work ?

 

[Dj0gany]

Yeah.
If you can somehow avoid the pipes hitting the exhaust fan, then I would leave the exhaust fan in the case.

 

[ilukey77]

what cpu?
you could push pull a 360 mounted on the side and 2 140mm exhaust at the top !! you could even remove the 3 at the bottom and put 2 up top ..

with so much space in that case you cant be getting high temps at all !!

 

[simmyx]

what cpu?
you could push pull a 360 mounted on the side and 2 140mm exhaust at the top !! you could even remove the 3 at the bottom and put 2 up top ..

with so much space i that case you cant be getting high temps at all !!

Ryzen 5 3600.

Putting the rad on side is not an option due to cable management. The AIO has to fit at the top ideally.
Only slight concern with putting the pipes on the left is that they may touch the GPU slightly.

 

[Dj0gany]

Ryzen 5 3600.

Putting the rad on side is not an option due to cable management. The AIO has to fit at the top ideally.
Only slight concern with putting the pipes on the left is that they may touch the GPU slightly.

If the tubes are touching the GPU's backplate it wont be a problem, since the tubes can handle the heat on the back plate.
And in your case, with your airflow config, I highly doubt your GPU will see more than 70-75C in any game you play, so its perfectly safe.
If it aesthetically bothers you, you can just zip tie the tubes to your 24-pin connector. Smth like this guy did:

https://imgur.com/a/kkl0IYW

View: https://imgur.com/a/kkl0IYW

 

[ilukey77]

Ryzen 5 3600.

Putting the rad on side is not an option due to cable management. The AIO has to fit at the top ideally.
Only slight concern with putting the pipes on the left is that they may touch the GPU slightly.

With a 3600 your going to get diminishing returns with anything over a 280mm or a decent air cooler at best
I recommend a 280mm then in the top or a decent air cooler a deep cool AK500 digital is a great cooler with a temp read out and a little bit of RGB ..

That said a 240mm is more than enough to cool a 3600x ..
Now if you were looking at a 5800x3d then i would go a min of a 280mm

still think you could remove most of them fans and your system would be much quieter and still be cool ..
more fans more noise !!

 

[ilukey77]

My main PC AIO tubes are fine ..

 

[Dj0gany]

My main PC AIO tubes are fine ..

Ok this build looks INSANE !!!

 

[ilukey77]

Ok this build looks INSANE !!!

thank you!!

 

[simmyx]

Thanks for the information guys
I like to future-proof. So later down the line I will most likely upgrade the 3600 when the time comes.

I'm all about balance, so as I have three fans bottom, I would like three fans top.