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10 hours ago, M21z said:

And yes, there is a fan under the gpu... I got creative.

 

Anyhow would this have good airflow or can someone give me some opinions how to fix it?

(This is me making assumptions about your set up since you provided little information)

 

While your PCI'E slotted fan is creative, if your GPU is an aftermarket open air design, it can partially hurt your GPU, as your GPU sucks air in from the bottom and blows it out the sides. If you insist on using all six fans, I'd reverse the direction of the Rear fans so the top blows out and the bottom draws in (heat rises, after all)

So just got a Coolermaster storm trooper (window) and was wondering what people think of the air flow setup I currently have.

 

https://m.imgur.com/a/WExTN (Illustration of fan config)

 

The red are normal fans (2000 rpm)

Top two hreen is where the radiator is located and fan placement

Other green (under gpu) is  normal fan

All fans are 120mm

 

And yes, there is a fan under the gpu... I got creative.

 

Anyhow would this have good airflow or can someone give me some opinions how to fix it?

 

 

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how is there a fan where the gpu ports are???

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40
Storage: Boot Drive: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD

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GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB ROG STRIX GAMING OC
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PSU: Silverstone Strider Platinum S 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit
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Headphones: Corsair VOID PRO Surround Cherry 7.1ch

Speakers: Logitech Z213 7W 2.1ch

 

Laptop:

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @Stock

Hard Drives: x8 WD Red 2TB

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You would be much better off putting another one in the front (for three intake) and then 1 rear and 2 exhaust. But seriously though, you only really need 3 fans, not 6.

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40
Storage: Boot Drive: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD

               Other Storage: Mass Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200 RPM, Western Digital Caviar Blue 2TB 5400 RPM, Scratch Disk: Intel X25-E SSDSA2SH032G1 32GB SATA II SSD, Backup Drive: Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB HDD
GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB ROG STRIX GAMING OC
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower
PSU: Silverstone Strider Platinum S 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit
Monitors: Primary: Samsung S34E790C 34" 3440*1440 60 Hz UWQHD; Secondary: LG 34UM58-P 34" 2560*1080 75 Hz UWFHD; Tertiary: BenQ GL2460 24" 1920*1080 60 Hz FHD

Keyboard: Corsair K70 Mk. 2 RGB Gaming Keyboard - Black

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro RGB FPS Gaming Mouse - Black, Logitech MX Master 3

Headphones: Corsair VOID PRO Surround Cherry 7.1ch

Speakers: Logitech Z213 7W 2.1ch

 

Laptop:

Asus Zenbook Pro 15 (UX535Li-E2018T) with Intel Core i7-10750-H 12MB @ 2.60GHz (Turbo @ 5.0 GHz), 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2933 MHz SODIMM and Intel(R) UHD Graphics; NVidia Geforce GTX 1650-Ti with Max-Q Design, using WDC NVMe PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1102, on a 96-Wh battery

 

NAS Specs:

Make & Model: QNAP TS-1277

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @Stock

Hard Drives: x8 WD Red 2TB

SSDs (2.5"): x1 Samsung 850 Evo 250GB V-NAND (cache drive)

M.2 SSDs: None

RAID Configuration: RAID 6 (excluding SSD)

Total Storage: 12TB

Expansion Cards: None

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8 hours ago, Hugs12343 said:

You would be much better off putting another one in the front (for three intake) and then 1 rear and 2 exhaust. But seriously though, you only really need 3 fans, not 6.

I would make 3 intake if there was room, probably don't need all of them but I bought them so ima use em ?.

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10 hours ago, M21z said:

And yes, there is a fan under the gpu... I got creative.

 

Anyhow would this have good airflow or can someone give me some opinions how to fix it?

(This is me making assumptions about your set up since you provided little information)

 

While your PCI'E slotted fan is creative, if your GPU is an aftermarket open air design, it can partially hurt your GPU, as your GPU sucks air in from the bottom and blows it out the sides. If you insist on using all six fans, I'd reverse the direction of the Rear fans so the top blows out and the bottom draws in (heat rises, after all)

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It's a pretty janky setup, it's difficult to guess how it will perform. If you had a CPU cooler like the one pictured then I think the rear exhaust as intake would be detrimental to cooling. To create positive air pressure you want more intake than exhaust, and you want the air moving in a certain direction to avoid air pockets. 

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Which way is CPU cooler blowing? Atm looks like its fighting against rear intake. If you continue with rear intake, switch CPU cooler to exhaust towards top. Also remember to filter all intakes.

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