Need help with airflow config

[ValkyrieStar]

So my system is as follows

 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 (matx mid tower case)

 

CPU: i7-7700K (OC, 5.1ghz 1.425v)

CPU Cooler: ThermalTake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm (in roof of case, exhausting out of top, in push config).

 

GPU: GTX 1080 Ti (+150core +500mem, max powerlimits etc)

GPU Cooler: EVGA Hybrid Kit (120mm AIO cooler thing)

 

So, the issue is with the GPU AIO cooler, no matter which config i place it in, it causes issues, either for itself, or for the CPU.

The only position it can go in is the front of the case.

 

If it's Intake, the GPU doesnt go over 50c, but CPU temps are ~20c higher, and when rendering while gaming this pushes it towards 90c, where it would normally only get to ~70c. The pc gets hot and noisy.

 

If its Exhaust, the CPU is cool and quiet, but now the GPU runs upto 70c, and throttles roughly 150mhz (making the OC pointless) due to GPU boost. Putting GPU fans on 100% drops this down to 65c. The radiator itself is incredibly hot (painful to touch for more than a couple seconds), and it makes my room smell of burning dust (not the nicest smell).

 

Any tips?

 

 

 

[emosun]

well the solution is to either mount eh rad entirely on the outside of the machine , or run the pc with the side panel off.

basically your rad needs cold air in , and to blow the hot air out , so mount it outside

[ValkyrieStar]

10 minutes ago, emosun said:

well the solution is to either mount eh rad entirely on the outside of the machine , or run the pc with the side panel off.

basically your rad needs cold air in , and to blow the hot air out , so mount it outside

Well it's an AIO so i cant get it out of the case, i might just ditch the AIO on the gpu and just stick with the FE cooler and put up with the noise and slightly lower clocks.

 

Guess ill just have to put up with higher gpu temps and hot dust smell for a while till i can take it out again.

[emosun]

12 hours ago, ValkyrieStar said:

Guess ill just have to put up with higher gpu temps and hot dust smell for a while till i can take it out again.

just take the side panel off for now at least

[ValkyrieStar]

On 09/09/2017 at 8:19 AM, emosun said:

just take the side panel off for now at least

I ended up returning the cooler, it reduced noise, and temps quite significantly, but I was quite dissapointed with the build quality, the pump was loud (even after plugging it externally to the motherboard and reducing its speed manually), and the fan on the radiator was non-controllable and loud, again i ended up swapping to an NF-F12 fan, however due to the things built in fan control the fan wouldnt work properly, i instead had to run it off the motherboard. The VRM heatsink did not feel very securely attached to the VRMS (i had a hard shutdown at one point (i went back to stock FE cooler after this event) and it turns out the VRMs had overheated as the VRM heatsink had come detached from the card, thankfully the GPU was ok.

 

As for installation, it would have been nice to have a hex socket driver to remove the screws that go through the PCB on the card, they were not easy to remove and it was somewhat risky using an adjustable spanner as that was very close to damaging nearby components, but it was the only thing that i had which could fit  (the heads were too low profile to be able to grip with a hex nut bolt driver i had).

 

Overall, either buy MSI Sea Hawk X, or the Gigabyte AORUS WaterForce version, steer away from the EVGA SC2 Hybrid Kit, or the SC2 card itself. Very dissapointed. Long list of issues for only two positives, also it's just a re-branded asetek 120mm cooler, had i known that i could have saved half the money and bought a Kraken G12 bracket and probably a 240mm asetek aio.. oh well. Onwards and upwards. Next job: Threadripper Build!