CPU fan the wrong way around.. (1st time building a PC) Need your opinions

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SO.. as an enthusiast gamer I finally made the big and EXPENSIVE move to the master pc race.. well I looked into forums and was quickly into the idea of building one myself, the whole cost for my setup is around £1300 however, the PC alone is £1100. The video card will arrive next week, I assembled everything else for now but I did have some queries and ... some mishaps.

https://imgur.com/a/FFpu7

As you can see my cooler is facing the wrong way around however will that have any implications? And yes I know It is a small factor cooler, a PURE ROCK slim by Be-quiet.
I turned my system on to see if my fan will work and yes all 3 fans including CPU cooler do work so so far so good. I will really only know if everything went ok when I get my GPU (screw these prices still need crypto-currency to crash asap) next week as I'm using an AMD Rysen 5 1600x so no integrated graphics.
Probably going to get a liquid cooler later in 2018 most likely the Kraken by NZXT as that's the one suggested with my S340 case. Therefore if not necessary I rather not have to uninstall the cooler and install again.
OTHER QUESTIONS THEN;
I was also wondering whether I can check if everything went ok without GPU.
Also if you guys have experience with water cooling, is the Kraken all right or are there maybe cheaper alternatives?

lastly here's how my still unfinished pc looks now and a parts list;
https://imgur.com/l7Y2o9t
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vDwdjc
I would like your suggestions on these parts too
THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU
 
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Your cooler will mess up the airflow that way. You want a streamlined current of cool air intake and hot air exhaust. Heat rises, cold falls. It looks like you can just put the fan on the opposite side without having to reinstall the cooler, and while exhausting a small cpu cooler upwards instead of to the back is not common, it's not necessarily bad either. People do it with larger coolers.
As for AIO, it's pretty much a silly fad until you get into the expensive ones. I opted of Noctua's NH-D15 (mother of all air coolers) over any AIO short of Swiftech, which wasn't available/out of stock when I was building. Custom loops are better of course, but expensive and tricky to build right and maintain. I'm too lazy for maintenance...
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Are you planning to overclock? If not, The air cooler should be fine, you don't need an AIO even for a good overclock on Ryzen. I would wait to see what your actual temps are before getting an AIO.

I think your config should be fine with the fan in that position.

I have the NZXT AIO, looks cool but i't not impressed with its performance.
 
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Your cooler will mess up the airflow that way. You want a streamlined current of cool air intake and hot air exhaust. Heat rises, cold falls. It looks like you can just put the fan on the opposite side without having to reinstall the cooler, and while exhausting a small cpu cooler upwards instead of to the back is not common, it's not necessarily bad either. People do it with larger coolers.
As for AIO, it's pretty much a silly fad until you get into the expensive ones. I opted of Noctua's NH-D15 (mother of all air coolers) over any AIO short of Swiftech, which wasn't available/out of stock when I was building. Custom loops are better of course, but expensive and tricky to build right and maintain. I'm too lazy for maintenance.
AIO's are louder and around the same load cooling (+/- 1 or 2c) than good air coolers. The cheaper, the louder. Don't be fooled by lower idle numbers, idle temp is irrelevant.
 
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The only question is, will the fan fit on the other side when OP installs GPU? Even if it does, it may be actually to close to GPU to get enough air.
 
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That is a very good point, a first slot GPU would heat the air into the fan, which would be bad and probably wouldn't even fit. I got the feeling the OP didn't want to remount the cooler, but that would of course be the best idea.
 
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