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    Question mid-tower case and front-mounted AIO question

    I just received my new Thermaltake F31 case and was about to start ordering internals, but now I'm concerned about my original cooling plan. I've never built a system with an AIO and my current plan has two, one I'll purchase for the CPU and one with the hybrid graphics card I'm getting from a friend.

    But my question is, with this case and an ATX motherboard, is what seems to be the typical CPU cooler AIO tube length (~325mm) sufficient to mount the rad on the front? I fear having the CPU rad on top and the GPU rad at the rear will adversely affect VRM temps.

    I've seen some NZXT AIOs with 400mm tubes, but they're more expensive and I'm not sure even they would work given I have no experience with how much loss in reach there is due to the necessary curving of the tubes.

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    Re: mid-tower case and front-mounted AIO question

    Both AIO's exhausting with a normal fan on the front for an intake should work fine, and keep plenty of airflow for the VRM's - it's not as is there'll be any significant heat in the air getting exhausted, with both CPU and GPU exhausting heat directly.

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    Re: mid-tower case and front-mounted AIO question

    hi as xlucine said having both AIO's as exhausts in top and back will work fine as it will effectively just pull more air past the vrm. most AIO'S are quite flexible on the pips and do usually have quite good reach it wouldn't relay matter if you front mounted the rad as it would only increase incoming air temp by a cupple of degrees

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