Swiftech H20 X20 EDGE SERIES - Manual (Page 10)

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C. Internal installation
A word of caution before installing the screws to the radiator:
Depending on your configuration you might want to use your own screws either to attach the fan to the radiator, radiator to the chassis,
or using a “Radbox”. You can use either 6-32 thread or M3.5 thread. But always double-check the screw length before installation or
you might poke a hole in the radiator water channels! This will void your warranty.
a. Air Flow Strategies
In the majority of the cases, we recommend that the fans be installed in such a fashion that they draw fresh air from the outside of the
chassis: this will maximize cooling of the radiator, thus cooling of the CPU and of the GPU (if you are also liquid cooling your VGA).
Since the radiators will reject heated air inside of the chassis (just like a standard air cooled CPU cooler does), it remains essential to
maintain adequate exhaust for the heat.
If you own a high-end graphics card and do not intend to liquid cool it, and if you want to reduce air temperature inside of the chassis to
favor cooling of this graphics card, you may reverse the air flow direction from the radiator fans, but note that this will increase the CPU
temperature.
b. Fastening the radiator to the case: 3 different Strategies
Double-check that the screw
does NOT hit the water-channel!