Intake,exhaust + aio in a Corsair 5000D aiflow tg

[gasolin]

6 fans (have 1 extra 120mm different brand and 2x 140 mm) + a new Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 V3 White ARGB

Im gonna get the aio in a few min and have some question on fan,aio placement before mounting it, since im not 100% shure how

3 intake fans in the front, the aio in the middle, side next to the mb and 3 (not 4) top exhaust fans helping taking some of the hot air from the gpu out, top fans could be 3 in the top or 1 rear and 2 top fans as far back as possible just above my 2 fan gpu

Question about the aio, intake or exhaust, intake cooler air goes to the radiator

exhaust it take some of the air from the front fans to use for the radiator

placement of the fans,radiator, fans mounted to the case or the radiator mounted to the case (depends on used as intake or exhaust ?)

Hose at the bottom ? (air in the radiator)

 

[Franz]

I always prefer:

Front: intake fans
Rear: exaust fans
Bottom: intake fans
Top: AIO exaust (fans pushing)

The AIO in front with tubes at bottom is definelly the most eficient and quiet operation, but in other hand the hot air will flow inside the case and the critical parts like ALL passive cooled will pay the price.

The AIO on top is perfect for me, the radiator will be totally higher level than pump and unless all water is gone the pump never will run dry. Some bubbles on water will appear in 60+ºC and on AIO tubes always have a siphon, gravity makes the pump's life much easier to get rid of those bubbles...

 

[InVasMani]

My setup was unconventional I went push/pull in front pump in rad, but tubes at bottom with a bottom intake on front. The side I kept the shroud in place and mounted the fans so it's a bit like a side blower duct blowing across the entire MB and components. Top fans are exhaust and rear fan exhaust. The top rear and front bottom fans ramp up a bit more aggressive than the front side, front, and top front fans. Basically it cycles air thru it a bit more aggressively diagonally across from bottom front to top rear with RPM fan curves. I'm probably the only nut job to leave that side shroud on and mount fans behind it, but it worked. It was hassle to wire though.

 

[dgianstefani]

front/bottom - intake
rear/top - exhaust.

You can also do bottom intake/top exhaust if your case supports enough fans on both, harness the chimney effect hot air rises.

 

[gasolin]

bottom intake is no option

 

[Franz]

bottom intake is no option

So no fans is the way. Do not fight with convection flux, it only made things worse.