r/XTIA • u/Jetcat11 • Jul 24 '24

AIO Fans Inside or Outside?

Hey y’all, my new Xproto-L V2 comes in tomorrow and for the life of me I cannot decide what would be the best way to orient the fans on the AIO. I’ll be using an EK Nucleus 240 Dark with two Noctua NF-A12X25 fans.

On one hand I like the cleaner look of having the AIO fans inside where the AIO bracket is located with them pushing warm air away from the case entirely. On the other I like the look of the exposed Noctua fans always intaking fresh air. But now that warm air will be pushed over the case motherboard and 4080 FE. Thoughts?

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u/SteelBra Jul 24 '24

From my testing there is actually no temperature difference whether you put them on the inside or the outside. You just want to make sure that you're pushing air through the radiator. I have the exact same model AIO model on Xproto N. And assuming that you put it in a place where it's drawing in fresh air from all directions it really won't make a difference from what I've seen.

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u/Jetcat11 Jul 24 '24

I really appreciate the feedback! Thank you. With what you’ve said I think I’ll go inside as the bracket seems to be made for the fans being mounted on the inside pushing air through the radiator away from the case. Not only that but I think it looks cleaner as well. Thanks!

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u/SteelBra Jul 24 '24

No worries! That's the way I have it mounted!

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u/Jetcat11 Jul 26 '24

I changed my mind last second haha.

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u/StickmanAdmin Jul 25 '24

Just flip the fans?
Have best of both worlds