Advice for case airflow

Eaglesnuke · January 12, 2020

Hello

since i have built my 1st pc about a 1 year ago i have be wondering how i can maximize my airflow

right now this is what a have

case MB530P

front: coolermaster ml360 with 3 2200 rpm fans as intake

top: 2 140mm argb coolermaster fans 1600 rpm as intake

back: 1 120mm coolermaster rgb airflow fan 1200 rpm

this for a 8700k and a gigabyte 1080ti gaming oc

temps idle at 34c for the gpu and 22C for the cpu

in a game like red dead 2 66c for gpu and 40c for the cpu

my reasoning for this config is the very light airflow that the front fans produce because of the front mounted radiator, and the top fans blow quite a nice amount of air inside the case

but i have been wondering if it would be better to have the top fans as exaust has everyone says you should have ? But in this case it seems to be working!?

Some advice would be great!!

Thank you!!

WoodenMarker · January 13, 2020

You could just flip the top fans and see if temps improve.

LogicalDrm · January 13, 2020

Top fans aren't probably doing anything right now as you have CPU cooling and main intake at front. The air from top intake doesn't make it to GPU to be effective and it isn't used for CPU cooling at all.

Looking at temps, don't expect any massive changes. You are already really good with air cooled GPU.

Notbn · January 13, 2020

1 hour ago, LogicalDrm said:

Top fans aren't probably doing anything right now as you have CPU cooling and main intake at front. The air from top intake doesn't make it to GPU to be effective and it isn't used for CPU cooling at all.

Looking at temps, don't expect any massive changes. You are already really good with air cooled GPU.

This, top fans are probably mostly useless in your current setup. Maybe push/pull setup on the rad will improve temps slightly, but it probably won't be worth the cost.