[SOLVED] Cooling with front monted aio

[DominicB06]

Hello, I have an i9-9900 with a RTX 3070ti (founders edition). I have the be quite BW007 280mm aio and the be quite 500dx case, so my aio has to be mounted at the front since it wont fit at the top. My question is what would be the best fan configuration in my case. I currently have the aio as intake and 3 exhaust fans in the back. The 3070 gets pretty hot so would it be beneficial at all to have 1 of the back fans as an intake or could i have the front aio as the exhaust and the back fans as intake to get cool air to the GPU. Or is my current setup optimal.

Thanks for the replies!

 

[USAFRet]

have 1 of the back fans as an intake or could i have the front aio as the exhaust

No.

Unless you have a case that specifies this config.....go with the default of "In the front, out the back".

 

[Phaaze88]

Seconded. You already have the optimal fan configuration. A rear intake won't help here.

 

[geofelt]

First of all, do you have a heat problem that you need to resolve?
It is not out of range to have peak cpu operating temperatures up to 85c, and gpu temperatures around 80c.

If the graphics card is your main concern, you need to feed it more fresh air.
Possibly the fans on your aio can be replaced with higher rpm versions.
Or, you can experiment with making the top and rear as intakes and the aio exhausting out the front.
I do not like either of those possibilities.

Your case is a good one for air cooling, so $100 or so can buy you a top air cooler.
Two 140mm front intakes can draw in a LOT of air, depending on their rpm.
Your graphics card and motherboard will be cooled better.
The cpu, not so much.
You have the aio catch 22 conundrum.