Intake or out for my Heatsink H80i

[crnichm]

Hi guys. I was wondering which place to put my fans and radiator that are connected to my heatsink. It suggests using it as an intake. This is my first build though and I'm not sure where to place fans. I have the two stock fans that came with the case and then the ones with the heatsink. There is room for one fan on the bottom two on the top two in the front and one in the back. I was wondering if anyone can give me advice on where to put my fans and on which ones should be intake and out.

 

[ihog]

Go with the back fan mounts and make it exhaust. That's what I would do.

Intake on a rad is best for lower CPU temps, though not really by much. Exhaust is best for the temps of the rest of your components.

 

[crnichm]

Yeah I wen't that route only spots I could mount the rad were top and back so I used it as exhaust and put two fans up front.