Air Flow in PC CPU

[tony_ong]

Water-cooling not my thing. But I know that if the heated air inside the rig doesn't get expelled ASAP, it will cause an increase in temp. Looking at your setup, looks like yeah, the air doesn't get expelled fast enough with so much incoming fresh air.. End up they have to find their way out which isn't the best way for ventilation.

any recommendation? if i put extra top exhaust the fresher air wont be able to reach the radiator right?

or shld i put one at the side panel to draw out?

 

[DeenzX]

any recommendation? if i put extra top exhaust the fresher air wont be able to reach the radiator right?

or shld i put one at the side panel to draw out?

What model is your casing?

 

[tony_ong]

What model is your casing?

Same as my rig detials ->

Cooler Master Elite 430

 

[DeenzX]

Same as my rig detials ->

Cooler Master Elite 430

Looks like you only have one front fan (you drew 2 in your pic). That makes it worse. Best if you put one more intake on the side.

 

[Strikk]

I just bought a h60 and mounted it on my rv02. 3 intake from 3 180mm fan from the bottom while doing a push against the rad as the only exhaust on top of the casing. So far so good, core temp while playing bf 4 is ard 45 deg oc to 4.5ghz.

The only problem is the socket temp, can go up to 75 to 80 deg when I run prime 95. Anyone knows how to lower the socket temp? Can I mount 80mm or 40mm fan to the vrm/northbridge/southbridge?.

 

[tony_ong]

Looks like you only have one front fan (you drew 2 in your pic). That makes it worse. Best if you put one more intake on the side.

I installed one more front fan at the cd-rom area as i got no disc drive so i got 2 front fans.

So install one more at the side and leave the top empty?

I just bought a h60 and mounted it on my rv02. 3 intake from 3 180mm fan from the bottom while doing a push against the rad as the only exhaust on top of the casing. So far so good, core temp while playing bf 4 is ard 45 deg oc to 4.5ghz.

The only problem is the socket temp, can go up to 75 to 80 deg when I run prime 95. Anyone knows how to lower the socket temp? Can I mount 80mm or 40mm fan to the vrm/northbridge/southbridge?.

45 deg is air-con room right?

 

[DeenzX]

There are some 15MM slim fans you can get out there.

 

[tony_ong]

There are some 15MM slim fans you can get out there.

not sure if can squeeze one slim fan there or not.

 

[DeenzX]

not sure if can squeeze one slim fan there or not.

Then put one output at the side. No choice le.

 

[tony_ong]

Then put one output at the side. No choice le.

ya.. think need try out the different config see which work better..

 

[DeenzX]

ya.. think need try out the different config see which work better..

Thought of something straight-forward.
Why not you try doing it like this:

Using the law of "Heated air rises", maybe it will cool the GFX more?

 

[crystalnox]

Thought of something straight-forward.
Why not you try doing it like this:

Using the law of "Heated air rises", maybe it will cool the GFX more?

Hot air will not rise in a case full of fans pushing air all over, it will just follow where you push it.

 

[DeenzX]

Hot air will not rise in a case full of fans pushing air all over, it will just follow where you push it.

Oops, yeah true. Only in a stagnant environment will heated air rise visibly. But it is popular for the intakes to be at the lower part of the rig.

 

[wtfwfs]

how do you guys compare corsair h80i and coolermaster seidon 120v... stucked between these 2

 

[shadow84]

how do you guys compare corsair h80i and coolermaster seidon 120v... stucked between these 2

h80i is better as it is 38mm thick, whereas 120v is only 27mm thick.

 

[tony_ong]

Thought of something straight-forward.
Why not you try doing it like this:

Using the law of "Heated air rises", maybe it will cool the GFX more?

I think like this the air flow like not as good leh. too many direction the air travelling

 

[DeenzX]

I think like this the air flow like not as good leh. too many direction the air travelling

There is only one general direction the air is travelling. -Upwards.
I know normally is front to back, but for yours front to back config made your GFX hotter.

 

[tony_ong]

There is only one general direction the air is travelling. -Upwards.
I know normally is front to back, but for yours front to back config made your GFX hotter.

i think the front output will be hard to push air out cause of the mesh for the cd-rom slots

 

[Strikk]

45 deg is air-con room right?

No, on room temp late afternoon. I down volt my fx8350 too.

 

[DeenzX]

I seriously need to mod my mITX case. I cannot figure how to squeeze everything into this and still provide enough fresh air for my GPU/CPU.

As you can see, my GPU is outside. Which isn't nice because I was supposed to go for a compact case. Now I have this component hanging outside to make space for air to get inside. And 4x40MM? No way man.