Case cooling for my upgrade

bannedbrother

bannedbrother

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Clockers I come to you for a word of advice please. My current system looks like this:

MY CURRENT SETUP:

- Corsair 400R case, with 2 x 120mm intake fans at the front and 1 x 140mm exhaust fan at the top rear. (unused at this stage are 2 x 120 or 140mm exhaust top and 2 x 120 or 140mm intake side panel) It has not been necessary to add more fans there yet.

- Asus P8Z77-V Pro Mobo

- 3570K OC'd to 4.5GHz

- Noctua NH-D14 cooler (you probably know that it has 1 x 120mm and 1 x 140mm fans attached to it. I have configured it to blow horizontally in line with the 140mm exhaust fan at the back of my case, so they are all blowing in the same direction.)

- 16GB GSkill Ripjaws (these are nicely cooled by the Noctua too)

- Normal optical DVD RW drive at the front

- 1 x Intel 520 240GB SSD and 1 x 1TB WD Cavaliar Black (both these are mounted just behind the front intake fans in horizontal position)

- MSI 660ti PE GPU mounted in the top PCIe slot

- Corsair TXM semi modular PSU mounted in the bottom of the case and everything very well cable managed.

MY INTENTIONS FOR UPGRADE:

- 850W PSU

- SLI the MSI 660ti PE

WHERE I NEED ADVICE:

1) Do I add more case fans to my system? Keep in mind that I am happy with the cooling setup I have at the moment and the case is brilliant for that. I will not mind to add more though hence the question.

2) What size case fans should I look at 120mm or 140mm?

3) Where to mount these case fans (side intake or top exhaust)? Keep in mind I have 2 x spaces on the side panel for intake and 2 x spaces at the top of the case for exhaust. (Intakes on the side panel will roughly be in line with 2 GPU's, exhaust at the top will be in line with my Noctua cooler which is currently blowing out the back of the case, I do not really want too change hat config as it lines up near perfectly with the 140mm exhaust fan I have at the top rear.

Thank you in advance for looking at this. I am relatively new to the PC enthusiast thing, so I am very cautious and would rather ask the seasoned vets here.

Thanks again and hope you all have a great weekend.

bannedbrother
 
Those temps are pretty good, though once you add a second card the topmost one will run a bit warmer than the lowest one. As the PE's use a non reference cooler, theyll be dumping the heat into the case. But i suggest seeing how things go once you have the second card installed. The P8 Z77 V Pro is pretty well spaced for sli gpu's.
 
setter said:
Those temps are pretty good, though once you add a second card the topmost one will run a bit warmer than the lowest one. As the PE's use a non reference cooler, theyll be dumping the heat into the case. But i suggest seeing how things go once you have the second card installed. The P8 Z77 V Pro is pretty well spaced for sli gpu's.
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That is exactly what what concerns me the top card being warmer and the potential disruption of airflow in the case
 
I cant see it making too drastic a difference tbh, if need be you could add a side panel fan as an exhaust to help draw air away from the cards.
 
setter said:
I cant see it making too drastic a difference tbh, if need be you could add a side panel fan as an exhaust to help draw air away from the cards.
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just notice now we have similar specs ;).... i asked a few weeks ago whether to SLI or not and most said go single 670 or 680, but having done a lot more research I decided to go SLI provided I can keep my current temps in tact. Would mounting a side exhaust not interfere with the 2 fronts sucking air into the case? Also what size do you think 120 or 140mm?
 
I suppose you could test with a side fan as intake or exhaust then see what the difference is. Regarding size, id go with 140's, theyll run quieter yet shift as much air as louser 120's.

This pic below will give you an idea of how your cards will be spaced on the pro.

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Im pleasantly surprised by how good the spacing is on it. Im also gonna be going with sli soon.
 
setter said:
I suppose you could test with a side fan as intake or exhaust then see what the difference is. Regarding size, id go with 140's, theyll run quieter yet shift as much air as louser 120's.

This pic below will give you an idea of how your cards will be spaced on the pro.

P1090890_zps3f1971b7.jpg


Im pleasantly surprised by how good the spacing is on it. Im also gonna be going with sli soon.
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you know I just realised looking at that pic that i have space for 1 more fan at the bottom too...what a pleb I am! do you think another 140mm t the bottom sucking in would be a good option?
 
Thats not my case, but i have a 120mm mounted in a similair spot in my shinobi xl. It certainly helps with gpu cooling as front air intake in my case is virtually non existent.
 
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