Enthoo Pro GPU cooling setup?

[SteveGrabowski0]

I have an Enthoo Pro coming in a couple of days and am wondering which setup is more likely to give better GPU cooling:

 

1. Removing the top drive cage so the top half of the 200mm front intake fan has a clear path to the GPU, and then sticking my HDDs in the bottom cage.

 

2. Removing the bottom cage, sticking my HDDs in the top cage, and then mounting a 120 mm fan to the top drive cage to blow on the GPU.

 

Since the 120mm fan will be pretty close to the GPU in scenario #2, this is the one I would guess to be better. But have any Enthoo Pro owners tested this? I'm running a single GTX 970, and it would be nice to get the best cooling to the RAM chips on the side opposite the cooler, since I notice a pretty significant difference in framerate even with mild VRAM overclocking on my 970 when I play Witcher 3.

 

I'll probably also remove the PSU shroud to put in a bottom intake. I don't see the appeal of the shroud anyways.

[blackadder]

I have an Enthoo Pro coming in a couple of days and am wondering which setup is more likely to give better GPU cooling:

 

1. Removing the top drive cage so the top half of the 200mm front intake fan has a clear path to the GPU, and then sticking my HDDs in the bottom cage.

 

2. Removing the bottom cage, sticking my HDDs in the top cage, and then mounting a 120 mm fan to the top drive cage to blow on the GPU.

 

Since the 120mm fan will be pretty close to the GPU in scenario #2, this is the one I would guess to be better. But have any Enthoo Pro owners tested this? I'm running a single GTX 970, and it would be nice to get the best cooling to the RAM chips on the side opposite the cooler, since I notice a pretty significant difference in framerate even with mild VRAM overclocking on my 970 when I play Witcher 3.

 

I'll probably also remove the PSU shroud to put in a bottom intake. I don't see the appeal of the shroud anyways.

i have my hdd mounted top caged, bottom slot with a 120 mm fan blowing air past gpu, 970, temps didn't go down much if any, i also have other fans installed now. 

[cd5josh]

I have an Enthoo Pro coming in a couple of days and am wondering which setup is more likely to give better GPU cooling:

 

1. Removing the top drive cage so the top half of the 200mm front intake fan has a clear path to the GPU, and then sticking my HDDs in the bottom cage.

 

2. Removing the bottom cage, sticking my HDDs in the top cage, and then mounting a 120 mm fan to the top drive cage to blow on the GPU.

 

Since the 120mm fan will be pretty close to the GPU in scenario #2, this is the one I would guess to be better. But have any Enthoo Pro owners tested this? I'm running a single GTX 970, and it would be nice to get the best cooling to the RAM chips on the side opposite the cooler, since I notice a pretty significant difference in framerate even with mild VRAM overclocking on my 970 when I play Witcher 3.

 

I'll probably also remove the PSU shroud to put in a bottom intake. I don't see the appeal of the shroud anyways.

 

 

I know mine is a luxe, but i kept my hard drive cages in so i could attach the 2 120mm fans inside the case, and left the 200mm fan in the front.  I also have a 240mm fan as intake on the bottom under the shroud, you can just see the edge of it.

[SteveGrabowski0]

i have my hdd mounted top caged, bottom slot with a 120 mm fan blowing air past gpu, 970, temps didn't go down much if any, i also have other fans installed now. 

 

That sucks. According to bit-tech there is an very large difference in GPU temperatures with the cages removed on their HD 5870 they use for all case reviews.

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2014/05/06/phanteks-enthoo-pro-review/3

 

I'll need one of the two drive cages and it'll be filled with three drives. I can't imagine the bottom drive cages would hurt airflow much to a GPU mounted in the top PCIE slot of a board. I'll need to fill one drive cage with three drives and remove the other, so I guess it sounds like the direct path from the 200mm fan to the GPU is the way to go.

[SteveGrabowski0]

*snip*

 

I know mine is a luxe, but i kept my hard drive cages in so i could attach the 2 120mm fans inside the case, and left the 200mm fan in the front.  I also have a 240mm fan as intake on the bottom under the shroud, you can just see the edge of it.

 

Did you get better temps doing that than with one of the cages removed? I have no shortage of high RPM 120mm fans I can install into the case.

[cd5josh]

Did you get better temps doing that than with one of the cages removed? I have no shortage of high RPM 120mm fans I can install into the case.

 

Honestly, my temps only went down 1c with the 2 120mm fans in.  But i've never taken out my hdd cages.  my gtx 970 is not overclocked though.  But from what I've read the gtx970 is very efficient so there is not much to gain  unless you watercool.

[blackadder]

That sucks. According to bit-tech there is an very large difference in GPU temperatures with the cages removed on their HD 5870 they use for all case reviews.

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2014/05/06/phanteks-enthoo-pro-review/3

 

I'll need one of the two drive cages and it'll be filled with three drives. I can't imagine the bottom drive cages would hurt airflow much to a GPU mounted in the top PCIE slot of a board. I'll need to fill one drive cage with three drives and remove the other, so I guess it sounds like the direct path from the 200mm fan to the GPU is the way to go.

yeah, my 970 doesn't really get above 65c unless its a very stressful game and hot day.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Wow, this case looks so much better in person than it does in video reviews. 

[blackadder]

Wow, this case looks so much better in person than it does in video reviews.

its alot bigger than i thought it would be.

[SteveGrabowski0]

its alot bigger than i thought it would be.

 

Indeed, when I pulled it out of the box my first thought was "shit, how big is a 750D?"

 

Funny one of the main selling points for the case for me was the ability to mount a 140mm bottom intake to keep the GPU cooler. Even running the bottom intake at max speed, my GPU is actually cooler with that intake fan disconnected and the power supply cover put back on. 

[blackadder]

Indeed, when I pulled it out of the box my first thought was "shit, how big is a 750D?"

 

Funny one of the main selling points for the case for me was the ability to mount a 140mm bottom intake to keep the GPU cooler. Even running that bottom intake at max speed, my GPU is actually cooler with that intake fan disconnected and the power supply cover put back on. 

messes up airflow, that's why i just put a 120mm on the hard drive cages, gpu doesn't need it anyways.

[SilverState]

I'm currently running my setup in an enthoo pro.

 

What I did is I removed both HDD cages, because i needed the clearance for a 240 rad in the front. My hdd is currently in the 5.25" bay (drilled 4 holes into the bottom of the ODD bay and screwed it in there).

 

You also have clearance to mount HDDs at the bottom intake ( front bottom of the case, but that will require some screws with larger heads and probably some creative drilling.

 

If you insist on keeping at least one HDD cage,  I'd remove the top one, assuming the GPU is installed in the top PCIex16 slot on the motherboard.