jdcranke07 :
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I'm glad that you felt the need to insult my intelligence when it comes to how fans work when they are oriented differently. However, you are wrong in regards to maintenance on push or pull or even push/pull configs. They're all about the same. I've had 6 radiators setup in my system for two years and all the rads are equally as dirty as others are for the intakes. Only the exhaust rads are slightly less dirty and that is because most of that crap was caught in the intakes. Positive vs. negative pressure of the airflow in your case is the only thing, outside of air filters, that will prevent dust entering into the system. Grills and mesh, as I said before, only help marginally. They mostly keep that cat hair or other dander from getting into the system if it's not too small. Also, it helps to keep your cat out from in front of the grills.
If you have a radiator that has a high FPI, this one could be that way, then static pressure fans are probably best as long as the restriction is higher. If there is not a lot of restriction then using CFM fans will be more than fine and in some cases will perform better. But, CFM fans will perform poorly if the situation requires SP fans. I will say that stock fans are okay for these systems, but if there is a fan that has better performance for the situation at hand, then use that instead. The proprietary software that comes with the AIO cooler is not really necessary outside of making sure the pump starts and keeps going. You can control fan speeds elsewhere, if needed at all.
I'm truly sorry that you felt insulted. That was not my intention.
I just wanted to point out the configuration we are discussing is the pull or push fans on the radiators regardless of radiators positioning withing the case.
And you are absolutely correct that the amount of dirt is the same. It's just the ease of removing it that differs. In push config, it is necessary to remove the fan to clean the rad. Fortunately, in pull configuration, it is not necessary to unmount the fans to remove dust and dirt. And that was the point of my comment. Or the point of why it's more practical to use pull.
I'm using water cooling for about a decade, and do have some experience from personal mistakes, reading and watching other people as i find it very interesting topic
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Again, sorry that I was sounding insulting.