GTX 1080 Reference and Airflow

[retrogameguy]

Hi guys. As somebody who's inexperienced with PC building, I'm looking for some thoughts/advice on cooling my GTX 1080. The 1080 that I've got is the reference model with the blower cooler (180W TDP, single 8-pin connection). I'm a bit worried about cooling because my case, the BitFenix Comrade, is fairly small and inexpensive (it's really meant for budget builds). It has room for one 120mm rear exhaust fan (currently installed) and two 120mm front fans (not currently installed). Luckily, I live in England and the temperatures are never very high here so the ambient temperatures are okay :). Here are some of my other system specs in case they're relevant:

 

CPU: i7-4790k @ 4.0GHz

CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 7 PRO

RAM: HyperX FURY 16GB (4x4) @ 1600MHz

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-K

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GS

 

From the limited testing that I've done so far (haven't had much time yet), the temps haven't been anything outrageously or abnormally high. However, it does get up to the default temperature target of 83 degrees fairly easily with the default fan curve under load after a little while. It sits at around 29-35 degrees when idle.

 

Would installing one or two front fans as intakes help very much? Does anyone have any recommendations for a custom fan curve to use? What type of temperatures and fan speeds would you guys say are unhealthy? I'm not looking to overclock so I don't mind things not being perfect. I'd also rather not shell out more money for a new case yet but I would appreciate recommendations on that too if anybody thinks that a new case would be best. Thank you :D.

[Devin92]

add another intake case fan will help, you need to have fresh cool air blowing in. Blower style is tend to be either load or toasty. i think you can still use MSI afterburner to change the fan curve. you need to do some experiment on how you want the fan curve be. just test it out to see if the noise level and gpu temp is the balance you want.