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Placement of rad critical?

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Got myself a 2013 H60, mainly because I got a Phantom 410 case and couldn't bear to look at a stock Intel heatsink through the window. I know Corsair reccomend having it as an intake, but I'm using a locked i5 so no OCing, could I get away with having it in the roof, with the fan exhausting out the case?

Also something I was curious about since this is new to me, if a fan on a watercooling setup die, does it have any ability to cool passively like a heatsink could?

Thanks.

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cookybiscuit said:
... if a fan on a watercooling setup die, does it have any ability to cool passively like a heatsink could?

Thanks.

There would be some passive cooling but how the rest of your case airflow is oriented would determine whether it is sufficient to keep your CPU cool enough. I wouldn't count on passive cooling from even my 360 rad if the fan(s) fail.
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