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So would you say to intake and pull air in or pull the air out ?

 

I can put 120mm fans on the side instead of the 95mm. 

 

But I didn't have any on hand.

 

In. Reference cards intake with that one fan and blow hot air out from back. More fresh air, cooler they run. And with lower fan speeds.

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So I have enough room  on my side panel to add two 95mm Fans to Pull air in or Pull air out.

 

Question is will it really help ?

 

I will have 2 7950 Refrence cards in my case so I was thinking it would be a good to add them to pull the hot air out of the case or vice versa.

 

All Opinons welcome!

 

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it will push inside the case and no not much of a help

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it will push inside the case and no not much of a help

What about flipping them to pull the hot air out ?

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What about flipping them to pull the hot air out ?

And where is the point?hot air is going up is not much they can pull out.at least if they push they will push cold air on those gpu's

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And where is the point?hot air is going up is not much they can pull out.at least if they push they will push cold air on those gpu's

Side panel fans can make a pretty big difference for temps... I had put a side fan on my N200 before replacing it and my 780 w/ acx cooler's temps dropped a about 7ºc at load. 

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Side panel fans can make a pretty big difference for temps... I had put a side fan on my N200 before replacing it and my 780 w/ acx cooler's temps dropped a about 7ºc at load. 

So would you say to setup the fans to pull cold air in ?

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So would you say to setup the fans to pull cold air in ?

It doesn't hurt to try. 

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So would you say to setup the fans to pull cold air in ?

You want side fans to be exhaust.

 

Refer to OC Dave's Air Cooling Guide if you have any questions.

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You want side fans to be exhaust.

 

Refer to OC Dave's Air Cooling Guide if you have any questions.

 

Referring to that guide (which I don't agree as far as lower sidepanel fan goes) with reference cards side intake is better. As for using ACX styled coolers I personally think side intake is still better. But it also depends where card is and how fan place is located.

 

Anyway, using under 120mm fans isn't gonna help that much. They will make difference but only if you are having troubles with cooling in first place. My own tests show that case fans provide more to fan speeds than actual temps. Difference between passive and active side cooling isn't noticeable.

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Referring to that guide (which I don't agree as far as lower sidepanel fan goes) with reference cards side intake is better. As for using ACX styled coolers I personally think side intake is still better. But it also depends where card is and how fan place is located.

 

Anyway, using under 120mm fans isn't gonna help that much. They will make difference but only if you are having troubles with cooling in first place. My own tests show that case fans provide more to fan speeds than actual temps. Difference between passive and active side cooling isn't noticeable.

Well Here's a picture so you can see how close the cards would be. 

 

 

The cards haven't came in yet but I outlined where they would be.

 

 

The picture with side panel and fans was to show you that right behind the fans would be the graphic cards. 

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Well Here's a picture so you can see how close the cards would be. 

 

 

The cards haven't came in yet but I outlined where they would be.

 

 

The picture with side panel and fans was to show you that right behind the fans would be the graphic cards. 

 

Oh, I see. Those would give you boost in cooling. Not much but some.

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Oh, I see. Those would give you boost in cooling. Not much but some.

So would you say to intake and pull air in or pull the air out ?

 

I can put 120mm fans on the side instead of the 95mm. 

 

But I didn't have any on hand.

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So would you say to intake and pull air in or pull the air out ?

 

I can put 120mm fans on the side instead of the 95mm. 

 

But I didn't have any on hand.

 

In. Reference cards intake with that one fan and blow hot air out from back. More fresh air, cooler they run. And with lower fan speeds.

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You want side fans to be exhaust.

Refer to OC Dave's Air Cooling Guide if you have any questions.

Not with reference coolera

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Not with reference coolera

Whoops, didn't see that he was using reference.  Up too late and not paying attention.  For card with say ACX Cooling, you definitely want it as exhaust because the ACX Cooler blows lots of hot air down and around your chassis, not exhausting it like a reference card.  That hot air needs a place to escape, which is why exhaust is so good with a cooler like the ACX.

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Whoops, didn't see that he was using reference. Up too late and not paying attention. For card with say ACX Cooling, you definitely want it as exhaust because the ACX Cooler blows lots of hot air down and around your chassis, not exhausting it like a reference card. That hot air needs a place to escape, which is why exhaust is so good with a cooler like the ACX.

What would you say for Asus direct cu (not II)

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What would you say for Asus direct cu (not II)

I'm not familiar enough with how that cooler works to give a good answer. 

If you own that GPU, a simple test you can run is remove the side panel and see if temperatures drop by a considerable amount, also put your hand on the side of the GPU while it is under load and see if there is a blast of hot air.

 

My ACX Cooler blasts lots of hot air out of the side of the GPU, which in turn, goes into the case with the side panel on.  When I removed the side panel, instant temperature drops of 11C.  This is just by running Unigine Heaven.

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I'm not familiar enough with how that cooler works to give a good answer.

If you own that GPU, a simple test you can run is remove the side panel and see if temperatures drop by a considerable amount, also put your hand on the side of the GPU while it is under load and see if there is a blast of hot air.

My ACX Cooler blasts lots of hot air out of the side of the GPU, which in turn, goes into the case with the side panel on. When I removed the side panel, instant temperature drops of 11C. This is just by running Unigine Heaven.

Right, I could test it. Right now my GPU is on RMA.

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Right, I could test it. Right now my GPU is on RMA.

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My GPU just got back from RMA with EVGA.  Man were they FAST.  Total turnaround time from me sending it to them to getting it back was 9 business days.  Impressive.

 

My new GPU is so much better too.  The old GPU couldn't do anything over +50Mhz on the core, even if I added voltage or memory, it would either crash or cause artifacts.  Old GPU's ASIC Quality = 63.1%.

 

New GPU = ASIC Quality of 77.3%!  It does +100 on the Core and +250 on Memory without adding any voltage!  The new card does run more hot though, by 5-7C, but no where near dangerous levels.

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What would you say for Asus direct cu (not II)

Since it is open air, exhaust. 

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