Reconfigure fans?

B Poot

B Poot

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When I ordered my PC, I had assumed that my AIO cooler (Corsair H150i ELITE CAPELLIX) could be mounted on the top of the case. I hadn't appreciated the sizes properly, nor the position and size of the RAM. Consequently, it wouldn't fit there. The PCS team mounted it in the only position that it would fit easily, which is at the front of the case. However, the case has built in fans too, so now there is a push/pull configuration around the AIO radiator. Whilst this seems to work fine and I haven't had any sound issues that can arise from different fan speeds, I have been considering rearranging the fans. Whilst the AIO radiator and fans wouldn't fit at the top of the case, I think that just a set of fans would. I am keen to keep the AIO fans with the AIO radiator (as they have been designed for eachother), but I thought that I could move my case fans to the top of the case and move my AIO fans to the other side of the AIO radiator, i.e. to the position where the case fans used to be. I think that this would be more aesthetically pleasing, and also reduce how much the fans are fighting with eachother directly.

I have checked with the PCS team, and they are content with me changing it if I want to without affecting my warranty. My question to the experts on the forum is: should I do this or is it not worth it?

This is the current configuration:
Current Config.PNG


This is what I am proposing:
Proposed Config.PNG


My PC specs are:
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Corsair H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair K100 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, CORSAIR OPX Switch
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/QBfTWfQBYj/
 
sck451

sck451

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Martinr36 said:
yeah stick the fans from the cooler up in the roof, I did the same with mine for the exact same reason on my 465 case
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Do you have them as intakes or exhausts, out of curiosity? I'd expect it would be mildly better to have them as intakes, but I'm not sure how much it would matter...
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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sck451 said:
Do you have them as intakes or exhausts, out of curiosity? I'd expect it would be mildly better to have them as intakes, but I'm not sure how much it would matter...
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the ones in the roof are exhausts, so i've 3 intake on the front, 2 exhausts in the roof and one exhaust in the rear
 
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Melon665

Member
I have the exact same case but I am using Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler.

They done the same with my case. It seems to be running fine but I am a bit paranoid about the air flow. I was also thinking of moving the two 140mm Fans on the cooler to the top of the case and leave the 3 case fans to blast onto the Rad.

Anyone else done this?
 
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Bigfoot

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Melon665 said:
I have the exact same case but I am using Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler.

They done the same with my case. It seems to be running fine but I am a bit paranoid about the air flow. I was also thinking of moving the two 140mm Fans on the cooler to the top of the case and leave the 3 case fans to blast onto the Rad.

Anyone else done this?
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See the comments from @Martinr36 above
 
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