Fan setup for 240mm AIO radiator

Jonathan_153

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Hey all,

I just upgraded to the gamestorm captain 240 ex from my stock intel cooler and I was wondering if my current fan set up is overkill.

I had 2 fans that were mounted as Intake fans on my corsair carbide 240 initially. Becuase of the space restrictions behind the 2 intake fans is really the only place it will fit.

So what I did was mount the radiation behind the two intake fans and the mounted the gamestorm fans in the same direction to pull the air coming from the case fans over the radiator into my case where it is exhausted out the bottom.

So I guess my question is do I need the case fans to pull the air from outside the case over the radiator or is it overkill ?

Also , will this setup impeed airflow or can I leave it like this with no issues?
 
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It's perfectly fine then. It's not something you 100% have to do to use a watercooler is all.

user11464

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If you are implying that your case fans are blowing directly onto the cooler's fans, then I doubt the case fans are being put to much use. is there somewhere else you can mount them? no such thing as too many fans. lol I want to fill up all 6 fan locations on my case with white LED fans.
 

Jonathan_153

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They aren't directly on top of each other , it is sandwiched fan then radiator then fan
 

Jonathan_153

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Yes exactly
 


It's perfectly fine then. It's not something you 100% have to do to use a watercooler is all.
 
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