I purchased a barebones kit which included an Ultra Entorque A5 gaming case, as well as a Corsair H55 CPU Cooler. The case comes with 2 intake fans (back & top) as well as 1 front exhaust fan. What would be the best way to install the cooler fan and radiator? I was going to remove the back intake fan and replace it with the cooler fan and radiator. The case also has 2 fan spaces on the side panel and 1 on the bottom. Also, I assume the I would be plugging in the fan & radiator into the CPUFAN1 & CPUFAN2. Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
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scottiemedic
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I have my H50 installed on the back but run it as intake instead of exhaust. Works really good, and the coolant temp stays around 26C.
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Mounting radiator and fan is pretty individual from case to case. To shamelessly pun it: its case sensitive...
Anyhow. One thing that is important is to have at least one fan getting the warm air out of the case. But at the same time keeping positive pressure in the case. In other words more airflow into the case than out of it. Keeping that in mind try to get as much airflow as possible over the main areas of the motherboard as possible. CPU, RAM and Northbridge area.
I'd recommend mounting it pushing air through the radiator and out the back of the cabinet. <--|cabinet|<---|radiator|<---fan|
But then you should have another fan blowing fresh cold air onto the CPU/Northbridge area either from the side or from the top if possible.
Anyhow. One thing that is important is to have at least one fan getting the warm air out of the case. But at the same time keeping positive pressure in the case. In other words more airflow into the case than out of it. Keeping that in mind try to get as much airflow as possible over the main areas of the motherboard as possible. CPU, RAM and Northbridge area.
I'd recommend mounting it pushing air through the radiator and out the back of the cabinet. <--|cabinet|<---|radiator|<---fan|
But then you should have another fan blowing fresh cold air onto the CPU/Northbridge area either from the side or from the top if possible.
Thanx a lot for your suggestions guys. Since the front fan was an intake and the top and back exhausts, I took out the back one and installed the Corsair fan and radiator as an exhaust. The only way was to just turn the fan around like this <--|cabinet|<---|fan|<---radiator|as the threads are inside the radiator. Thanx again for your valuable input.
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