Beerdude Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 My motherboard won't let me fit the H100i with fans in the top/inside but there is enough space to fit the radiator inside with the fans on top on the outside (with the top cover on). Is is still ok to have the fans pull air from the outside in this config? From what I've read the last few days, a number of people with this case have done this but there's not total agreement on whats the best direction. I guess I could buy thinner fans and put it in the inside but I'd rather not so I hope this way works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 you get better cooling by pushing air thru the radiator,i wouldnt recommend trying to pull air thru. whether you push air in the case or out,your only looking at a couple degrees difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerdude Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Thanks much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 as long as you push air thru the rad,you can experiment with the case fans to see what best suits you,i say this because i dont know your particular gpu setup is and since these put out lots of heat,experimenting is usually needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BundD Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I have the same case and setup the fans outside the case under the top grill also. Fans are setup to exhaust air and works with no issues except for a rattling noise form the fans (issue is isolated to my unit and not setup). I had it setup to intake air before but it was creating a hot spot in the case causing my motherboard temps to rise. You want to have about equal CFM intake/exhaust old pic of setup http://postimg.org/image/jdi58cbwn/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquiztli Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 another method for that case is to use the bottom cooling area ( remove the extra hdd bays at the bottom and then you get a couple 120 mm fans and cut the fans out of them ) after you have the motors and fans out of the 120 mm cheapo fans put them between the stock fans and radiator and mount them all together and seal the gaps with duct tape. Only problem with going this route though is those long video cards would prevent it from working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerdude Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 I ended up using the top as BundD did and pushing the air thru the radiator. I'm still working on my system build waiting for a few more parts but I let it run thru some video for hours and it was very quiet and very cool. I do have a number of other fans in the case that help as well. Thanks for the tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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