[SOLVED] Noob to air flow and cooling trying his best..

[Raise1nce]

So I'm building a system that should look like below:

Mobo z370hd3 (Current motherboard, I realise this will probably need to be swapped out upon upgrading CPU)
CPU i7-8700k (hope to upgrade in the near future to 9900k or better upon release)
^ for this I'm guessing a Kraken x72 is a safe bet
GPU: 2070S (super gaming oc) 270mm long i think

Upon looking at cases I see the top ones (in and around £100-160 price point) seem to be either,
the H500P mesh
a fractal meshify s2
phanteks p600s
and maybe something like an nzxt h700?

I'm UK and there dont seem to be many sellers of the h500p and it is slightly higher priced than the others.
Of the rest, fractal seem to have a devoted following and the P600s seems like a nice case. Would you guys have any recommendations for me?

Aswell as that, if you would be so kind as to explain the optimal orientation and layout of the case fans and where to place the radiator? I've never really paid much attention to cooling and airflow, so this time I'd like to do it right! Thank you!

 

[Schlachtwolf]

Basically this is all you need to know, cool air coming over the radiator is better than warm air, so a front mounted AIO will be cooler than a top mounted one. If you have 3 fans bringing air in then you need 3 blowing out, 1 exhaust and 2 on top..... every case is different, some houses are warmer, air flow, etc there are so many variables to each persons situation it is impossible to give the one fits all answer. A case with storage underneath is better for airflow than having SSD and HDD infront of the fans blocking clear airflow.

This is my case with this airflow configuration and it works great, the 2 bottom fans are pushing air up and away from the GPU to the top ones, my 360mm AIO is mounted behind the 3 fans on the front.

Hope this helps....

 

[kerberos_20]

cpu doesnt really need water cooling, air fans can have pretty same cooling results at same noise, so its just fancy feature there
for gpu is watercooling needed, air fans cant keep gpu at ~40С, temperatures on air is like 70~80C on gpu, that heat goes through all your case, which will heat up rest of your PC componnents (mainly CPU, RAM, VRM), so teh airflow needs to be high airflow (which brings audible volume)
so if u put kraken on you gpu, all your componnest will be around 40C without need for high airflow (low fan rpm/low noise)

 

[LordVile]

Basically this is all you need to know, cool air coming over the radiator is better than warm air, so a front mounted AIO will be cooler than a top mounted one. If you have 3 fans bringing air in then you need 3 blowing out, 1 exhaust and 2 on top..... every case is different, some houses are warmer, air flow, etc there are so many variables to each persons situation it is impossible to give the one fits all answer. A case with storage underneath is better for airflow than having SSD and HDD infront of the fans blocking clear airflow.

This is my case with this airflow configuration and it works great, the 2 bottom fans are pushing air up and away from the GPU to the top ones, my 360mm AIO is mounted behind the 3 fans on the front.

Hope this helps....

Would say if your intakes are through a rad you can do with 2 exhausts or have the 3 exhausts on a less aggressive curve

 

[Schlachtwolf]

No WC on my GPU and never gets above 65c AAA games on my rtx 2080, water cooling a GPU is for me an expensive procedure that needs experienced hands removing the heat sink etc and not for everyone. A good AIO on the cpu keeps temps down and if he is going to get a 9900k it will be hot.....