Radiator and Fans setup

[darksniper87]

Dear all, I'd like your suggestion on a matter of mine.

I have the followings
1) Cougar Panzer Max case
2) Arctic Liquid Freezer 360 (6 x Fans Push-Pull)
3) 3 x 140 Noctua IPPC fans
4) 1 x 120 Noctua IPPC fan

My original plan was a common setup, Front: 3 fans as intake, Back: 1 fan as exhaust, Top: radiator on Push-Pull as exhaust.

But unfortunately the motherboard placement on the case is too close on top so I can't setup the Radiator on push-push.

I have in mind 2 options.
1) Same setup but setup the radiator on pull only.
2) Place the radiator in front. In this case I don't know what is better. Use it as intake and keep the rest the same? Or use it as exhaust and all the other fans, back and top, as intake.

What do you think it would be better? Do you have any better idea. Thanks all in advance!

 

[bailojustin]

dont put the rad in the front, if you do you would want to make it an exhaust with a Push-Pull combo on the rad. You do not want to use the 1 intake on your computer to literally push thermal heal from your CPU directly into your system.
you do not need to setup 2 fans on the rad if you put it on the top. you should use it to your advantage since heat rises. set the fans to push in the bottom and exhaust out the top. thermodynamics helps. hot air rises, cool air drops.

 

[darksniper87]

dont put the rad in the front, if you do you would want to make it an exhaust with a Push-Pull combo on the rad. You do not want to use the 1 intake on your computer to literally push thermal heal from your CPU directly into your system.
you do not need to setup 2 fans on the rad if you put it on the top. you should use it to your advantage since heat rises. set the fans to push in the bottom and exhaust out the top. thermodynamics helps. hot air rises, cool air drops.

So you're suggesting the 1st option, but instead use the radiator in push configuration? Unfortunately I can't do that. Check the picture bellow. There is no space to put the fans at the bottom. There is only space at the top of the radiator.

 

[bailojustin]

Remove the fans from the other side of the rad and push it further in, move the fans to the opposite side.

You should still be able to fit fans on that even though they may go over the ram slots.

 

[darksniper87]

Remove the fans from the other side of the rad and push it further in, move the fans to the opposite side.

You should still be able to fit fans on that even though they may go over the ram slots.

I can't do that, the radiator is placed under the pc metal roof and the fans are above it.
Also I've discovered that I can't place the radiator on top on either direction (the tubes are hitting the motherboard and from the other side they do not reach the CPU).

After a little bit research I've discovered that mounting the radiator in front might actually be better from mounting it on top, because it actually does not produced so much heat compared to the heat that GPU produces. Since I won't use any DVD drives it's perfect for me because I will also be able to have a push-pull config.

Thanks for your time.