Best fan loadout for crossfire 290's in the Carbide 540?

[Duskie]

Hey guys, my new R9 290X came today and i'm curious as to how exactly I should set up the fans in the case, I made a terrible potato style diagram to show you my current setup! 

As you can see, I have three SP-120 intake fans in the front, two AF-140 exhausts in the top and an AIO in the rear. Is this the best setup I can have to cool these GPU's, or is there a better solution to getting rid of all that heat? 

[Redsun20]

Hey guys, my new R9 290X came today and i'm curious as to how exactly I should set up the fans in the case, I made a terrible potato style diagram to show you my current setup! 

As you can see, I have three SP-120 intake fans in the front, two AF-140 exhausts in the top and an AIO in the rear. Is this the best setup I can have to cool these GPU's, or is there a better solution to getting rid of all that heat? 

That's fine, since you generally want the air coming form the bottom front to the top back to cool everything evenly. You should be fine. What are temps like?

[wyattzx]

You're going to have negative air pressure with the exhaust fans at the top, I believe. It might be best to switch them to intake, and only exhaust out the back. In my opinion, anyway. :-)

 

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[Duskie]

That's fine, since you generally want the air coming form the bottom front to the top back to cool everything evenly. You should be fine. What are temps like?

The top card is generally around 75 degrees, but the top one gets to around 85 which is a bit high. Can't really expect much else from a 290X though can I? 

Just wondering if there was anything else I could do to improve temps.

[Redsun20]

The top card is generally around 75 degrees, but the top one gets to around 85 which is a bit high. Can't really expect much else from a 290X though can I? 

Just wondering if there was anything else I could do to improve temps.

Well you could do this:

 

You're going to have negative air pressure with the exhaust fans at the top, I believe. It might be best to switch them to intake, and only exhaust out the back. In my opinion, anyway. :-)

 

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But that won't help the cards much as the air will simply pass over the tops and not do much. Anyway, It's a 290X, so it is going to run hot.

[Duskie]

Well you could do this:

 

But that won't help the cards much as the air will simply pass over the tops and not do much. Anyway, It's a 290X, so it is going to run hot.

My thoughts exactly, glad to know i'm doing something right though. Thanks for the help. 

[othertomperson]

Air is going to be dumped out the front of those cards into your case so switching the front fans to exhaust could help quite a lot, instead of trying to push the hot air back at them

[UpsetPeck]

You're going to have negative air pressure with the exhaust fans at the top, I believe. It might be best to switch them to intake, and only exhaust out the back. In my opinion, anyway. :-)

 

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yeah but thats gonna throw a lot of heat at that cpu

[Sper]

Hi! I just ordered 2 of thos Asus 290x cu II, And i have the same case as you have, 

 

Will a 850 TX PSU run this? =P

[Duskie]

Hi! I just ordered 2 of thos Asus 290x cu II, And i have the same case as you have, 

 

Will a 850 TX PSU run this? =P

I believe so, according to my Hx1000i's monitoring software I barely actually go above 550W, so 850 should be fine I think.