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