Airflow improvement

[Illyaimi]

I'd like to improve airflow if possible. Ever since I got a new gpu with a radiator that I had to put for exhaust at top (no space elsewhere) I noticed that the whole build gets hotter easier. The temps are fine, but the case feels warm/hot depending on the fan speeds, whereas before with a normal non aio gpu and normal fans it was fine.

 

Maybe it's the fact that there is juts not a lot of space for exhaust on this case and the air gets trapped, heating up the whole area. This is all for the top half.

 

 

This is the current layout with the airflow marked

 

 

Semi recent picture of the layout.

 

 

Since then I hid the blue cables behind the panel so they would maybe block less air and put 2 + fans in for intake, but I don't know if they are in optimal places, since both are next to the hdd trays.

 

Is there any way to potentially improve the setup so the case would not heat up as much? Or do I need to look for a new one?

 

Relevant specs + info:

Dark Base pro 900 (not rev 2, the front door is always fully opened)

Ryzen 3950x

Radeon 6800xt

Kraken x63

The fans are all 120mm

CPU cooling is set to follow liquid temps. Pump is 100% always.

 

 

The GPU radiator fans are set like this because they are very loud. I connected them to the fan hub instead of letting the GPU control them, because I can't use the 0 rpm mode in the Radeon driver on just the GPU without also having the radiator fans turn off, meaning 0 exhaust if it's enabled.

 

 

Idle temps / game temps (1 hour of lost ark chaos dungeon and standing around)

 

 

 

The top of the case is warm currently, but if I do something more intensive it feels hotter. The room is 26.6C atm, it's gonna get a lot worse at 30-35C in the summer.

 

 

(these 2 pics below shouldn't be here, ignore them)

[tkitch]

I mean, you attached a water-filled metal block to the top that will heat up.

Of course the metal of the case is going to get warmer as a result.

 

Your temps are beyond fine, you're worrying about absolutely nothing.