Can you make a push/pull configuration for a dual radiator liquid cooling system using only 3 fans?

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Thegame741

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Im buying a CM Haf x case and an h100i liquid cooler. Now of course ill be using the stock fans that come with the h100i (i might upgrade later) but ive also found out that the Haf X case comes with a single 200mm fan mounted on the top of the case where the radiator is installed. I cant buy another fan to do push pull right now so i was wondering if it could be done with only this fan, including the h100i's fans. Will it work properly? Will it even make a difference? Should i just remove the 200mm fan and save it for something else? Thanks for the help
 
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Linus is wrong 90% of the time ignore it. Aside from that no it won't make any real difference. Push, pull, and push/pull are all going to work pretty much exactly the same on that particular radiator. It's too thin with a low number of fins per inch so even static pressure will make little difference. It probably won't hurt to have it there, but don't expect any huge temperature drops.

It's a closed loop cooler so it's not really going to get any better than what it came with. Doing a complete push/pull on it is only going to net you about 2 degrees. And of course you could just buy 2 $10 fans from koolance that move more air and are quieter than it's stock ones and those would perform about as good as a push/pull.
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Linus is wrong 90% of the time ignore it. Aside from that no it won't make any real difference. Push, pull, and push/pull are all going to work pretty much exactly the same on that particular radiator. It's too thin with a low number of fins per inch so even static pressure will make little difference. It probably won't hurt to have it there, but don't expect any huge temperature drops.

It's a closed loop cooler so it's not really going to get any better than what it came with. Doing a complete push/pull on it is only going to net you about 2 degrees. And of course you could just buy 2 $10 fans from koolance that move more air and are quieter than it's stock ones and those would perform about as good as a push/pull.
 
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ITnoob2wiz

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I don't have an answer to this, just another question related to this topic. I recently acquired/installed a Corsair H110i GTX, and although I am getting decent temps (30-35c for cpu idle, pretty much same for MB), I wanted to install another pair of fans on top of the radiator, so I purchased 2 pairs of Corsair Air Series 140mm fans w/LED, but, when I installed the fans, there was actually an INCREASE in temps, about 5 degrees, mostly because the Air fans didn't push as much air as the stock fans (stock fans were pushing about 2500 rpm's at max, and the Air fans about 1500), and also I believe it was the actual configuration of the fans (bottom fans pulling, top fans pushing, and also the Air fans couldn't be controlled by the Corsair Link software as they were not stock, so it would seem). Now, I really did want to use the Air fans because, and I know this is weird and stupid, I wanted some cool LED lighting (while this is not my first ever build, it IS my first ever build into which I put much time, and money, so I want it to look "sexy" heh). So, what should I do with the fans now that I have them? Both pushing out through the top of the case (sorry, forgot to mention the position of the radiator is at the top of the case), or both pulling into the case? Other fans I have is one, 200mm intake at the front of the case, and one, 180mm exhaust at the back of the case. One other point to mention is that I am installing a new CPU (AMD FX9590) in a few days, so any advice you can give me would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Dave
 
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