Any possible improvements?

[OCNewbee]

Case corsair 280x

Any advice for better thermal performance?

[SEAL62]

More fans

[SkyeAwoo]

Watercool your fans ... Kappa

[Rym]

Set your fans to intake / exhaust in a specific order that can help the CPU cooler for example.

 

Such as: Front and upper fans: Intake

 

Fans behind the cooler: Exhaust

 

Cooler: Exhaust in the direction of the exhaust fans

 

Bottom fans: Exhaust

[OCNewbee]

4 hours ago, Rym said:

Set your fans to intake / exhaust in a specific order that can help the CPU cooler for example.

 

Such as: Front and upper fans: Intake

 

Fans behind the cooler: Exhaust

 

Cooler: Exhaust in the direction of the exhaust fans

 

Bottom fans: Exhaust

Which would be the best?

#1. This is what you are recommending me but so many post claim that intake is better for a deshrouded GPU. 

Also, having two small exhaust (2x92mm) makes me a bit worried. At the moment. the exhaust is spewing out hot air so I think its doing its job well. I am not sure but you may be right. 

 

#2. This is a combination of my current setup plus your idea put together. 

 

#3. This is my current setup.

[Rym]

I think the upper fan pulling air out as exhaust is counter-intuitive. It might be better if it just blows cold air on the cooler and only the 2 back fans function as exhaust, since the cooler is also blowing air in that direction.

 

As for the GPU I'm not sure so I'd try both variants and see which works better.

[OCNewbee]

7 hours ago, Rym said:

I think the upper fan pulling air out as exhaust is counter-intuitive. It might be better if it just blows cold air on the cooler and only the 2 back fans function as exhaust, since the cooler is also blowing air in that direction.

 

As for the GPU I'm not sure so I'd try both variants and see which works better.

thanks for the reply man. I already tried the top CPU exhaust and intake. 0 difference. It did not really affect the CPU temp. But the VRMs got cooler in the exhaust config. 

 

Now the big question is the GPU. What you said was interesting; about exhausting the heat. I think this sounds like a good idea but I don't know if it will work in real life. I am bit scared to do this because that zip tie mod is a really annoying. I had to work with 12 zip ties to make that work. If the exhaust fails, then I have to put it back, which is another 12 zip ties. It sounds like a nightmare.

 

Theoretically, GPU exhaust does sound good. It dumps all the heat out of the case so even if I see zero GPU temp difference, it is still a win. 

 

I need someone to give me some assurance that exhausting is a good idea. lol. 

[thrasher_565]

33 minutes ago, OCNewbee said:

thanks for the reply man. I already tried the top CPU exhaust and intake. 0 difference. It did not really affect the CPU temp. But the VRMs got cooler in the exhaust config. 

 

Now the big question is the GPU. What you said was interesting; about exhausting the heat. I think this sounds like a good idea but I don't know if it will work in real life. I am bit scared to do this because that zip tie mod is a really annoying. I had to work with 12 zip ties to make that work. If the exhaust fails, then I have to put it back, which is another 12 zip ties. It sounds like a nightmare.

 

Theoretically, GPU exhaust does sound good. It dumps all the heat out of the case so even if I see zero GPU temp difference, it is still a win. 

 

I need someone to give me some assurance that exhausting is a good idea. lol. 

 i heard the case is bad for air flow so keep what you got, water cool, or get a different case.

[OCNewbee]

4 hours ago, thrasher_565 said:

 i heard the case is bad for air flow so keep what you got, water cool, or get a different case.

yeah, I thought about getting a new case but too late now. I spent too much on it already. 

 

But I solved many of the issues.

1) I bought a new perforated glass panel for the top so the exhaust is unobstructed. (coldzero.eu)

2) I added the 2 x 92mm fans in the exhaust (the main cause of poor cooling) 

3) I added the two bottom intake and two front intake (4 x 140mm) so the intake is not too bad

 

*the biggest issue with this case is the low CPU cooler clearance (150mm or smaller)

 

With these modifications, 280x is not too bad. 

The biggest problem in my opinion are the two crappy 120mm Corsair LL RGB fans. Super noisy and inefficient even though their specifications indicate otherwise. In fact, I am thinking about replacing the GPU fans (corsair LL) with Noctua A12s. The LL fans rev up for no apparent reason and they are loud even at low RPMs.

 

When I do upgrade to 9900KS and the thermalright silverarrow 130 can't cool it well, I may be forced to go AIO. 

[thrasher_565]

21 minutes ago, OCNewbee said:

yeah, I thought about getting a new case but too late now. I spent too much on it already. 

 

But I solved many of the issues.

1) I bought a new perforated glass panel for the top so the exhaust is unobstructed. (coldzero.eu)

2) I added the 2 x 92mm fans in the exhaust (the main cause of poor cooling) 

3) I added the two bottom intake and two front intake (4 x 140mm) so the intake is not too bad

 

*the biggest issue with this case is the low CPU cooler clearance (150mm or smaller)

 

With these modifications, 280x is not too bad. 

The biggest problem in my opinion are the two crappy 120mm Corsair LL RGB fans. Super noisy and inefficient even though their specifications indicate otherwise. In fact, I am thinking about replacing the GPU fans (corsair LL) with Noctua A12s. The LL fans rev up for no apparent reason and they are loud even at low RPMs.

 

When I do upgrade to 9900KS and the thermalright silverarrow 130 can't cool it well, I may be forced to go AIO. 

too me it looks like your maxing out the build but a new case would be cheaper imo but you do you.

 

i dont even no the temps how do i even no if your temps are bad?

 

not only that how do you no more fans = better temps? flow is also importend