Radiator/Fan Placement & Temps

[mgsolidus]

So I bought liquid cooling a while back - Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer, and it is intended to be used in a push/pull configuration, but I can't do this because my case (Zalman Z11 Plus) is too small, unless I remove the top exhaust fan.
So, what I did instead was put the radiator in first so it's against the case, and then a fan behind pushing air through the radiator and out the case. Is there anything wrong with this? I realize that the fan is usually in front, but this is the only way it would fit.

Also, temperatures. Is 9c for an FX-6300 too cold? This is an idle temperature.

 

[steaky360]

Nah there shouldn't be any issues doing that, in fact if you were slightly less worried about the aesthetics of it all, you could put another fan outside for the push/pull config Not that I'd recommend that, it would look a bit odd...

 

[Karnor00]

Pushing air through the radiator will typically give slightly better performance than pulling air through the radiator, so your setup will be fine.

As for the temperature, there's really no such thing as too cold. However unless you are using actual refrigeration technology of some kind, you can't cool the components down below room temperature. So unless your room is extremely cold, your 9C reading isn't going to be accurate.

 

[mgsolidus]

@steaky, if there's no issues, I won't change anything. Thanks.
@Karnor, room temps are always quite high where my computer lives. It doesn't stay at 9c constantly, it fluctuates rapidly between 9c and 20c on idle, usually closer to 9c though.

One thing I have noticed with liquid cooling.. gpu and motherboard are now hotter. I installed another intake fan at the bottom, but that only lowers them by about 3-5c, just have to deal with it I guess.

 

[vanthus]

As Karnor00 said 9C probably isn't accurate,don't know if you're using AI Suite or what but have you tried other programs to measure the temps such as CPUID HWmonitor,CPU-Z,Real Temp or even Speccy from Piriform for example to see if they give the same result.

 

[tom_gr7]

IF you are using asus software to observe the cpu temps this it wont be accurate. Asus software only measure the CPU Socket temp, not the cpu core temps.

 

[mgsolidus]

I use Speccy and HWmonitor, both report the same.