Fan setup

[ItzUknown]

I have a Corsair 280x which is a 2 chamber case. I can put up to 6 fans. I have 2 silent wings 3 fans at the bottom as intakes for my gpu (RTX 2060 SUPER AMP Edition). I was thinking,since my system gets really hot because ambient is 35 - 37C to have one as intake and the other as exhaust (One on the front and one on the top).I dont know if its a good idea though. I am planning to buy 2 more fans along with some noctua y splitter cables.What do you think about the setup??

 

Thanks for your help!!

[Mateyyy]

Flipping one of the bottom fans as an exhaust could only make things worse.

Considering your ambient temperatures, best thing you can do is undervolting.

[ItzUknown]

24 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Flipping one of the bottom fans as an exhaust could only make things worse.

Considering your ambient temperatures, best thing you can do is undervolting.

Nono,thats not what i meant. I want to have an intake at the front and an exhaust at the top. I will swap them from the bottom to the front and top thats what i meant

[Mateyyy]

1 minute ago, ItzUknown said:

Nono,thats not what i meant. I want to have an intake at the front and an exhaust at the top. I will swap them from the bottom to the front and top thats what i meant

Oh, my bad. Well, your CPU temps might improve slightly, but with a hit to GPU temps.

[ItzUknown]

39 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Flipping one of the bottom fans as an exhaust could only make things worse.

Considering your ambient temperatures, best thing you can do is undervolting.

 

[ItzUknown]

Yeah thats what I thought too. Also i want to ask. If i have an exhaust at the top and leave one of my fans at the bottom? Will it improve the temps. Cause i started playing nfs heat lately and that game likes to make everything hot.Even my ram is hitting 57C

[ItzUknown]

13 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Oh, my bad. Well, your CPU temps might improve slightly, but with a hit to GPU temps.

By having the config I mentioned I can probably help out my system a bit because i dont really have the money for fans right now

[Mateyyy]

5 minutes ago, ItzUknown said:

By having the config I mentioned I can probably help out my system a bit because i dont really have the money for fans right now

As I said earlier, the biggest problem here is your ambient temp. Regardless of how you configure your fans, you still aren't getting rid of that issue, hence why I would suggest trying to undervolt at least your GPU if not the CPU as well.

[ItzUknown]

15 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

As I said earlier, the biggest problem here is your ambient temp. Regardless of how you configure your fans, you still aren't getting rid of that issue, hence why I would suggest trying to undervolt at least your GPU if not the CPU as well.

Gpu only hits 70 ~ C maybe more or less because of Vsync.I have a 60hz monitor

 

[Mateyyy]

Just now, ItzUknown said:

Gpu only hits 70 ~ C maybe more or less because of Vsync.I have a 60hz monitor

CPU temps? Try intake in the front and exhaust in the top.

[ItzUknown]

Just now, Mateyyy said:

CPU temps? Try intake in the front and exhaust in the top.

Cpu temps.Worst ive seen is 72 when playing nfs.Ram temps 40 ~ idle and 59 worst ive seen and hdd temps (for the lols) starts at about 29 and goes up to 59C when playing need for speed.(Cpu is a ryzen 2600,Ram 16GB vengeance pro rgb 3000 mhz and hdd wd blue

[Mateyyy]

Just now, ItzUknown said:

Cpu temps.Worst ive seen is 72 when playing nfs.Ram temps 40 ~ idle and 59 worst ive seen and hdd temps (for the lols) starts at about 29 and goes up to 59C when playing need for speed.(Cpu is a ryzen 2600,Ram 16GB vengeance pro rgb 3000 mhz and hdd wd blue

Get an intake in the front so there's some airflow around your memory and find a way to cool down that HDD.

[ItzUknown]

8 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Get an intake in the front so there's some airflow around your memory and find a way to cool down that HDD.

Yeah,i was thinking about getting one of my fans at the front to cover the memory's and at the top an exhaust because hot air goes up and the gpu i think will be cooler also because the whole system will be cooler as well.I want to get 2 more of the same 120mm silent wings 3. I am not sure though about the rpm i should run them at. Rn I have at about 600 rpm

[Mateyyy]

10 minutes ago, ItzUknown said:

Yeah,i was thinking about getting one of my fans at the front to cover the memory's and at the top an exhaust because hot air goes up and the gpu i think will be cooler also because the whole system will be cooler as well.I want to get 2 more of the same 120mm silent wings 3. I am not sure though about the rpm i should run them at. Rn I have at about 600 rpm

SW3 are really quiet for me up until ~900RPM. At around 1200RPM they're definitely audible for me, but even at that speed they're not ever whiny or anything, some consider them quiet even at that speed. They're very solid fans.

[ItzUknown]

11 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

SW3 are really quiet for me up until ~900RPM. At around 1200RPM they're definitely audible for me, but even at that speed they're not ever whiny or anything, some consider them quiet even at that speed. They're very solid fans.

I was thinking at first to get like rgb fans like light loops or something like them but they were to expensive and I am a sound freak.I cant stand noise so I searched it up and got the silent wings 3 which even with 10+ hours of spinning do not generate no sound.I will run them at 70% (i am new to fans and cooling) I was even thinking about changing my Cryorigs C7 to a high speed 120 or 140 depending on what the fan is

[ItzUknown]

5 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

SW3 are really quiet for me up until ~900RPM. At around 1200RPM they're definitely audible for me, but even at that speed they're not ever whiny or anything, some consider them quiet even at that speed. They're very solid fans.

Ηey,this isnt a problem right? Sounds kind of electrical .

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[Mateyyy]

1 minute ago, ItzUknown said:

Ηey,this isnt a problem right? Sounds kind of electrical .

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Probably just coil whine, it's normal.

[ItzUknown]

4 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Probably just coil whine, it's normal.

Its coming from the 2 fans.Cpu temps dropped 9C gpu temps like 6c higher

[Mateyyy]

1 hour ago, ItzUknown said:

Its coming from the 2 fans.Cpu temps dropped 9C gpu temps like 6c higher

Maybe it's a bearing going bad? Does the sound persist regardless of what speed you run the fans at?

[ItzUknown]

On 7/31/2020 at 2:04 AM, Mateyyy said:

Maybe it's a bearing going bad? Does the sound persist regardless of what speed you run the fans at?

Nono its fine now.I set the speed to 900rpm and the sound is gone

[Demonic Donut]

On 7/30/2020 at 2:41 PM, ItzUknown said:

Its coming from the 2 fans.Cpu temps dropped 9C gpu temps like 6c higher

What config did you end up with for this result?

 

I found a top front exhaust raised my CPU temps when the GPU is under load, hot GPU exhaust air gets pulled to the tower cooler.

[ItzUknown]

 

 

8 hours ago, Demonic Donut said:

What config did you end up with for this result?

 

I found a top front exhaust raised my CPU temps when the GPU is under load, hot GPU exhaust air gets pulled to the tower cooler.

The final result is: 1 intake at the front and 1 exhaust at the top without the filter. Both fans run 900 rpm and it is silent enough, to the point that it does not bother me. (CPU: 42/44 idle and 66/71 load. GPU: 40/44 idle due to the high ambient temperature of 30+ and load 76 worse I've seen. Hope it helps you!!

[narrdarr]

I have this case too. Well mt GF does I built the system for her.

R5 1600

Gtx 1070 

16 ram

Artic freezer sport 33(converted to duo)

I ran a bunch of different config in this case. 

Running top front fan is terrible in any config. 

My

config 2x front in take 

1 x bottom intake 

1x top rear exhaust 

(After nodding the GPU by zip tiring 2x 120mm to heatsink I no long run the bottom fan in the case)

 

With what you have the best config will be.

1x front top intake.

1x top rear exhaust (remove the filter)

Remove the pcie expansion slots on the case. 

 

 

Things you should work too. 

Idk what cpu cooler you have. But AFS 33 fit well for a tower cooler. 

Artic p12 and p14 (120mm/140mm) are awesome static pressure fans and very cheap to buy. 

5 packs are like 38$ or I think single are about 10$ or less.

 

Side note. 

Even with the case decked out with fans. Having the top front fan installed always gave worse results.