[SOLVED] Fan Setup for Corsair 5000D

[thepersonwithaface45]

Title! Just ordered a corsair 5000D and a h150i elite cappellix and was brainstorming how I was gonna set up the fans.

I keep seeing pictures of this case with the side mounted (intake?) radiator for the CPU. While this looks nice IMO, is it very optimal? I have a 3080 TUF OC so a larger and warmer card, as well as a i9-9900k so my system can get kinda toasty within it's current case.

I have 3 Corsair RGB fans that came in a kit, not sure what specific model unfortunately, then 3 non RGB fans from my old AIO, and then 3 more RGB fans coming with the new AIO, and (2) included non-RGB fans with the case. So I'll probably end up buying another x3 fan kit for the RGB but I want to visualize my airflow first.

So, side mounted AIO:
-3 Front intake
-Side AIO radiator intake
-3080 horizontal mount
-x1 Rear exhaust
-x2 top exhaust

Or:
-Top mounted AIO as intake?
-Rear intake?

Or would it be:
-Top mounted AIO as exhaust, rear exhaust, front intake?

I'll watch some videos on this but I wanted to see what some people would recommend for this specific case for airflow set ups, thanks!

EDIT:
Okay, I'm thinking side mounted radiator as intake, front intake, rear and top exhaust. Top fans are kinda confusing me though, are they typically exhaust?

EDIT^2:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ervXeVk0o

Okay, Push/pull top mounted radiator, side and front intake, rear exhaust. Seems good to me!

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

you can try push\pull exhausting out of the top but a lot of the time it really doesn't reduce temperature as much as just adds more fan noise.
and getting the perfect pressure through the radiator can be a bit difficult.
you need more air pressure pulling away from the rad than pushing in or air may not properly pass through.

having 6 side & front intakes will probably be a bit excessive.
just leaving them all at a lower RPM could definitely lower the noise though.

however you end up mounting the radiator, i would aim for an exhaust configuration.
it's almost always better to have the CPU's heated air exhausting out of the case rather than adding it's heat to all of the other components.

 

[thepersonwithaface45]

you can try push\pull exhausting out of the top but a lot of the time it really doesn't reduce temperature as much as just adds more fan noise.
and getting the perfect pressure through the radiator can be a bit difficult.
you need more air pressure pulling away from the rad than pushing in or air may not properly pass through.

having 6 side & front intakes will probably be a bit excessive.
just leaving them all at a lower RPM could definitely lower the noise though.

however you end up mounting the radiator, i would aim for an exhaust configuration.
it's almost always better to have the CPU's heated air exhausting out of the case rather than adding it's heat to all of the other components.

Ahhh yeah that makes sense, thanks.
I'm not really worried about noise too much, unless it gets to the point to where I can hear it thru my headphones. But an exhaust AIO makes sense to me, they haven't arrived yet but brainstorming is fun and I do appreciate the advice!