AIO corsair h80I V2

[dslatsh]

Hello all, was curious of how i should set this guy up, I went from all air cooling to AIO liquid because I wanted to overclock my cpu i have a 8370, and an antec twelve hundred v3 (i think it had v3) gaming rig, has 3 intakes on front, 2 exhaust on back and top 200 exhaust, I also cut a hole in the side to fit a 120 fan to blow air on the back of the socket. I currently have it set up using the H80i as an exhaust on the rear, i decided to not use corsair's fan and use the original fan on the rear feel like it moved air better, and use my scythe, forget what it's called, but it's the wider 120 fan that has RPMs around 2500-3000. now my temps are stable overclocked at 4.7 I wanted to try more, but not sure will be able to. So i guess my question is should i move this radiator to the front as an intake if possible, it's a little harder to do because of the cages of course and I did move my bottom cage with the fan to the top so was easier to do cable management with hardrives so my bottom cage is the widest one with a CD drive in it that I do not need.
I have an Asrock 990fx killer board as well which i'm questioning the temps it gives due to them be so jumpy all over place at times of not doing anything really it can be 18...25...22..15...30..25 etc. I know that's a lot of information and some may not be as useful etc but any opinions would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

No matter what you do to your AIO, you're left to deal with 120mm of radiator area. Given that it's thicker you will see a bit better temps than a slimmer(say H50) radiator but it's yet confined to a single 120mm radiator and in essence you're going to need at least a 240mm radiator setup to tame the temps on your 125W TDP processor. You must also understand that when you overclock a processor that is already at 125W TDP to begin with, you can end up anywhere near or above 150W's TDP

You could add a shroud between both the push and pull fans but that will mean you will need longer screws+you will need the same fans for push and pull to balance the air pressure.

You may want to read through the CLC section within the watercooling sticky. There's only so much you can do with a AIO that going full custom loop/sub ambient is the only other option. You forgot to mention your ambient temps(the air that is being fed to the case + the temps of the air inside the case. The latter will come of use since the air in your case is preheated before it enters your radiator. If you do slap the H80i as an intake, you've preheated the internals of the case and that will in turn raise the temps a slight degree or two.

Mind sharing your full system's specs?

 

[dslatsh]

Kind of what I figured, I've always wanted to do a actual liquid cooling however just I guess the thought of me building it scares me...although no different then if you get an AIO that leaks, company doesn't cover cost!

I'll just describe my whole build.

Tower: Antec twelve hundred V3, 3 intake fans on the front (I did move the very bottom cage to the top so now there's no fan on the bottom) and 2 exhaust on the rear. Front and rear are 120mm, and 200mm exhaust on top. I am using the stock rear exhaust with the AIO and having a scythe push air across the radiator (Scythe DFS123812H-3000 Ultra Kaze 120mm x 38mm Case Fan - 3000RPM)I have also cut a hole in the steel side and mounted a 120mm to intake on the back of the socket

Asrock fatal1ty 990fx killer
AMD 8370 CPU
32gb of Crucial ballistix sport ddr3 1600
2 Seagate hybrid drives, and 1 samsung 850 pro SSD
2 EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ ACX 2.0+ Sli
Corsair Hydro H80i V2AIO
EVGA supernova 850 G2

Now I do have a question...so my cpu has a thermal design of 125w...if i got a motherboard that supports up to 220w would that help with the heat dissipation more? Or is this just more if can support a cpu that is that high.