h100i owners, fan positions

tylerjrb

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Hi guys, been going over my pc and decided id like to basically tidy the inside up to get rid of all the random cables and make it look a little smarter. I have sorted most of it out but currently i have a corsair h100i cooler with hperf sp120 fans with the coloured rings. I have this mounted on the inside top with the fans ontop blowing air into the case, only problem is id like the fans to be inside the case to go with the white corsair carbide 500r, basically so i can see the fans and make the inside look smarter.

I was wondering, basically i dont want to risk performance, my temps at 4.5ghz on my 3770k at idle are roughly 13,14,14,20 at 100% on prime they are 70c at max. I was wondering if i had the fans set up on the bottom,would it be better to have them blowing the air through the radiator and out the top of the case?

just wanted so I could see the coloured rings and make the inside of the case look smarter and neater. Does it make any difference if its bringing air in to the case, or taking air from inside the case and blowing it out?

I dont think i can push pull as the ram and cpu power is in the way.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!, thanks :). Tylerjrb.
 
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Doesn't matter one bit. Linus did a video on it. As long as the fans are intaking (brackets on the top) it doesn't matter if the fans are on the top or bottom of the radiator. You however should NEVER have the fans blowing in your case, as heat rises and the radiator should be receiving air, not getting air sucked out of it.
 
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