Case fan and temp issues

[Meepimus]

I've been having SSD temperature issues (reaching 50 and above during load)

 

My SSD isn't sat in the best spot in the case really, it's about an inch above my HDD and less than an inch below the fans of my STRIX 970.

It's usually 5-10 degrees hotter than my HDD, which hangs around at about 38 degrees most of the time.

 

I can understand why it's hotter, especially since there was no airflow getting to the bottom of the case.

 

However, I've added a front case fan to replace the broken one.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0037AQLLM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

 

 

The problem is, it doesn't seem to have affected the temperatures as far as I can tell. The SSD still idles at around 40 and goes 45-48 under load. I haven't seen it break 50 yet, but most of the time it hit 50+ beforehand it was only for a moment or two.

 

The front fan is blowing air directly onto the HDD and SSD, so I'm not sure why I haven't seen a temperature difference. I expected it to cool down the SSD a bit and bring it more in line with the HDD temps of low 40s.

 

There's a couple of things that I think could be an issue.

 

The fan I bought is 3cm in width, instead of the old fan's 2cm. That means when i fully "snap close" the front of the case, the fan is pushed against the front and doesn't spin. To fix this I've closed the top but left the bottom slightly unclosed. (The panel attaches to the main case by 6 plastic pins)  http://images.overclock.co.uk/product_images/large/CITMARSR.jpg

 

I've put duct tape over the "gaps" this created at the sides and bottom to hopefully close the system.

 

Theres that, and then there's the issue that I have 2 fans pulling air into the case, but none blowing it out. I have a side-fan and now a front fan near the base of the case. There is a rear exhaust grill at the back near the top, but I don't have a fan in place. I figured the pressure would simply push air out the back without the need of a fan there. But even if that was the problem with the airflow, would putting a fan there to pull air out the case even help to lower the temp of the SSD? The SSD is right next to the front fan blowing air over it.

 

Any ideas? Having an SSD at 45-50 degrees is bugging me.

[WoodenMarker]

Can we get a photo of where the ssd is mounted?

Also, 40-50c isn't really an issue for an ssd. 

[Meepimus]

Can we get a photo of where the ssd is mounted?

Also, 40-50c isn't really an issue for an ssd. 

 

Here you go, you can see the front case fan in the background.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/TZztV0B.jpg

[WoodenMarker]

Here you go, you can see the front case fan in the background.

http://i.imgur.com/TZztV0B.jpg

The temps are probably due to the proximity to the graphics card. Moving the drive farther away would likely lower temps.

[Meepimus]

The temps are probably due to the proximity to the graphics card. Moving the drive farther away would likely lower temps.

 

 

I understand that, but what I don't understand is how the fan blowing cold air directly ontop the SSD isn't cooling it down?

 

I just confirmed what you said too. Played a GPU-intensive game with zero SSD usage and the SSD reached 52 degrees.

 

I don't see how having a fan directly blowing on the SSD doesn't cool it down... also those GPU fans are intake, right? So shouldn't they be pulling air away from the SSD?

[WoodenMarker]

I understand that, but what I don't understand is how the fan blowing cold air directly ontop the SSD isn't cooling it down?

I just confirmed what you said too. Played a GPU-intensive game with zero SSD usage and the SSD reached 52 degrees.

I don't see how having a fan directly blowing on the SSD doesn't cool it down... also those GPU fans are intake, right? So shouldn't they be pulling air away from the SSD?

The fan blowing onto the ssd does cool it down but not enough to overcome the heat from the graphics card.

Yes, the fans on the graphics card are intake. It uses an open air cooler which dumps the heat back into the case after cooling it heatsink. The heat isn't that efficiently exhausted out of the case so it lingers around long enough to heat up the ssd. 

[LogicalDrm]

I understand that, but what I don't understand is how the fan blowing cold air directly ontop the SSD isn't cooling it down?

 

I just confirmed what you said too. Played a GPU-intensive game with zero SSD usage and the SSD reached 52 degrees.

 

I don't see how having a fan directly blowing on the SSD doesn't cool it down... also those GPU fans are intake, right? So shouldn't they be pulling air away from the SSD?

The thing with SSDs and HDDs is that they produce heat which then dissipates from shell of device. Its not like with rads and heatsinks where there is huge surface area to use. If you'd want better cooling for SSD, you'd need to rip it from casing and mount real heatsink or water block directly to chips. Now fans are just cooling casing, not actual chips.