Greetings most exalted ones...
I'm mounting a Black Ice Micro Dual 80mm radiator to my Lian-Li PC-601B case. I have been leaning towards mounting it so that the in & out (I&O) compression fittings will protrude into the case through grommeted drilled holes. Slight problem is that there would be a case fan exhausting air from in the case towards the radiator. So I was considering making some kind of air duct so to exhaust hot air away from the radiator. The other thought was to just use the back case fan mounting holes as part of the radiator mounting bracket and ditch that. That would still leave me with two (2) intake fans in front of case, the exhaust fan in the PCP&C power supply, and the stock 80mm blow hole.
So do you think the loss of the 80mm case fan in the back of the case will be detrimental to my air flow considering what else I have in the case?
BTW, I am H20 cooling the CPU, GPU x 2, and the NF4 chipset. So major heat generators are the raptor drives and miscellaneous mb components. If you go here to my site the pics might help you see what I am talking about.
I'm mounting a Black Ice Micro Dual 80mm radiator to my Lian-Li PC-601B case. I have been leaning towards mounting it so that the in & out (I&O) compression fittings will protrude into the case through grommeted drilled holes. Slight problem is that there would be a case fan exhausting air from in the case towards the radiator. So I was considering making some kind of air duct so to exhaust hot air away from the radiator. The other thought was to just use the back case fan mounting holes as part of the radiator mounting bracket and ditch that. That would still leave me with two (2) intake fans in front of case, the exhaust fan in the PCP&C power supply, and the stock 80mm blow hole.
So do you think the loss of the 80mm case fan in the back of the case will be detrimental to my air flow considering what else I have in the case?
BTW, I am H20 cooling the CPU, GPU x 2, and the NF4 chipset. So major heat generators are the raptor drives and miscellaneous mb components. If you go here to my site the pics might help you see what I am talking about.