Case air flow

[Kayn]

Hello Linus tech tip forums as you can see from my title I will be seeking help with air flow in my case. The case that I have currently is a NZXT source 210 elite. So far this case has served me well but now that I have games that make my GPU (MSI radeon HD 7950 twin frozr III) and CPU (i5 3570 with CM hyper 212 evo) produce a generous amount of heat. While playing games from the never settle bundle (crysis 3 and bioshock infinite) my GPU temps are from 60-68c and CPU temps in the mid 40c to low 50c. To help love these temps be a little lower I was wondering if changing my fan configuration will help. As of now I have 4 fans, 2 corsair 120mm af quiet edition and 2 stock fans (1x120mm and 1x140mm) I currently have 1 corsair fan on my side panel and another corsair fan on the bottom next to my PSU for intake. the NZXT stock fans are in the places that they came in which is 120mm for rear exhaust and 140mm top exhaust.

now until i can get more fans for my case I was wondering that if I can move that top 140mm exhaust to make it an intake instead and have only the rear 120mm as the exhaust. would this help temps at all or would it just be the same?

[X1XNobleX1X]

This is the optimal airflow for this case. This layout is positive air pressure which will keep most dust out. But temperature would raise a little bit.

If you want negative use the side panel as a exhaust.Which will help your temperatures a little.

I forgot the side panel which should be a intake as you have had it.

I'm assuming your power supply is exhausting?

Hope this helped

Noble

[ZombifiedPyro]

That is positive pressure with the side panel fan as an intake.

I would have the highest airflow fans as intakes, with the highest for the side panel. Which for you is the 140mm stock fan, assuming it will fit there. Then the stock 120mm in the front, along with one of the corsair fans. Then put the other fan as an exhaust on the back.

I think those are very good temps and would not worry about them. More airflow isn't going to make your room any colder, just the components, unless you want to overclock the GPU.

[Kayn]

thanks guys for the info ill probably have to check out some different configurations and see what i like the best.

[ZombifiedPyro]

With those temps I would personsly go for the quietest.

[Wats]

Those temps are good. You have room to overclock.