cooling setup. good? bad? any ideas?

[PhillyBoi]

http://imgur.com/pCv4JES

[Moonzy]

bad, your gpu wont be getting much airflow + fighting against convection

 

rad on top and move the two fans on top to the front would be much better

[PhillyBoi]

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

bad, your gpu wont be getting much airflow + fighting against convection

 

rad on top and move the two fans on top to the front would be much better

i had that setup with the rad on top and the red fans on the from but it looked kinda meh through the window so i put the rad in the front and the fans on top. are you saying the hour i put into moving the rad and fans today was for nothing?

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, KOSWHYNOT said:

i had that setup with the rad on top and the red fans on the from but it looked kinda meh through the window so i put the rad in the front and the fans on top. are you saying the hour i put into moving the rad and fans today was for nothing?

you can use the LED fans on the rad, might kill performance slightly but if its worth the aesthetics then go right ahead

 

going with your current config might raise your gpu temps slightly

[ChrisCross]

7 minutes ago, KOSWHYNOT said:

http://imgur.com/pCv4JES

i would do intake on the front and exhaust at the back. that way your gpu has better airflow

[PhillyBoi]

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

you can use the LED fans on the rad, might kill performance slightly but if its worth the aesthetics then go right ahead

 

going with your current config might raise your gpu temps slightly

nah i don't mean the lighting.. the rad was blocking the cpu logo. like half of it 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, KOSWHYNOT said:

nah i don't mean the lighting.. the rad was blocking the cpu logo. like half of it 

then i suggest front intake and top rear exhaust

maybe do push pull on the rad for more air flow, or else you will have negative pressure

and your gpu will be using slight warmer air too

[PhillyBoi]

2 hours ago, ChrisCross said:

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

then i suggest front intake and top rear exhaust

maybe do push pull on the rad for more air flow, or else you will have negative pressure

and your gpu will be using slight warmer air too

fuck it, ill change the setup around and update you in a few

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

then i suggest front intake and top rear exhaust

maybe do push pull on the rad for more air flow, or else you will have negative pressure

 

[PhillyBoi]

15 hours ago, ChrisCross said:

15 hours ago, Moonzy said:

then i suggest front intake and top rear exhaust

maybe do push pull on the rad for more air flow, or else you will have negative pressure

and your gpu will be using slight warmer air too

so i put the 2 LED fans on the front as intakes, the rad on the top, the 2 fans on the rad are on the bottom of the rad and are blowing air out from inside the case, the back one didn't change. 

15 hours ago, Moonzy said:

then i suggest front intake and top rear exhaust

maybe do push pull on the rad for more air flow, or else you will have negative pressure

 

[Moonzy]

4 hours ago, KOSWHYNOT said:

 

well... are the temps fine?

[PhillyBoi]

9 hours ago, Moonzy said:

well... are the temps fine?

yeah., they are... they changed.. a lot... 31C on the coolest core, 37C on the hottest.. my graphics card idles at 29C and full load over clocked at 57C. SSD 30C, HDD 27C.

i had the same setup you suggested before but it didn't find it appealing to look at so i changed it to the one with the rad in front and the temps were, 43C lowest core, 52C hottest core.. graphics 33C idle, 64C load OC, 33C and 38C on the HDD and SSD.. yeah... guess the rad on top is better than i thought..

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, KOSWHYNOT said:

yeah., they are... they changed.. a lot... 31C on the coolest core, 37C on the hottest.. my graphics card idles at 29C and full load over clocked at 57C. SSD 30C, HDD 27C.

i had the same setup you suggested before but it didn't find it appealing to look at so i changed it to the one with the rad in front and the temps were, 43C lowest core, 52C hottest core.. graphics 33C idle, 64C load OC, 33C and 38C on the HDD and SSD.. yeah... guess the rad on top is better than i thought..

well, case are designed to have air come in from the front (and occasionally the bottom)

and exhaust the air through the rear and top rear

so doing so will improve temps definitely

 

but if you want aesthetics, then i guess slightly higher temps are fine too, just make sure they're not in the danger zone lol

[PhillyBoi]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

well, case are designed to have air come in from the front (and occasionally the bottom)

and exhaust the air through the rear and top rear

so doing so will improve temps definitely

 

but if you want aesthetics, then i guess slightly higher temps are fine too, just make sure they're not in the danger zone lol

nah i like my temps low please! its gonna be 38C outside for a week so i'd like my pc to stay cool.. and probably cool me as well.. 

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, KOSWHYNOT said:

nah i like my temps low please! its gonna be 38C outside for a week so i'd like my pc to stay cool.. and probably cool me as well.. 

cooler pc = hotter room

most of the times