How to improve case cooling?

Those temps don't sound like an issue to me...

My 7950 idles at 29-35 and hits 66-68 under load. CPU idles around 28-30 and hits 60-62 under stress testing.

How's your cable management? Are the fans PWM? Is your mobo a Gigabyte? If so you can use EasyTune to set fan PWM profiles.

To put your fans into perspective - I've got two Noiseblockers, one at the top, one at the back - no front or side fans although a front fan would probably help me.
 
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The carbide comes with several AF 140s, which are the best case fans too, though if you have half decent airflow already, you wont see temp drops. A good way to see if introducing more fans will have a significant affect, would be to open the side panel of your case and see if temps change much.

You can check aftermarket air cooling solutions, though there is a simple easy mod to allow you to fix AIO coolers to many ATI cards. I have not tried it myself with a 7950 but i have fixed AIO loops to a 6950 and a gtx 580.

Here is a link to a list of similar mods:

http://www.overclock.net/t/1203636/official-amd-ati-gpu-mod-club-aka-the-red-mod


It may seem ambitious but results can be absolutely stunning and it is not as difficult as it looks if you pick the right coolers. Most mods just have them Zip tied rather than trying to fiddle with mounting it evenly with screws and a custom mount.
 
Indeed open the case and see if your temps drop at all.

If they do, adding a side-intake will reduce em by about the same amount. It's right next to the GFX afterall. Just remember a dust filter as well.
 
A decent side fan will help.

I use to have that case and temps all round was great.

I had the fans setup up like so......

Front 200mm - Intake
Side 140mm - Intake (use a dust filter :))
Rear 120mm - Exhaust
Top 200mm - Exhaust

Just make sure your cable management is tidy as this will help also :)
 
side fans can seriously mess up airflow inside the case so take that into account.

Murah's top tips for a cool pc:
Buy decent fans, many many to choose from out there, personally 120mm Bitfenix Spectre pros are what i use they are pretty damn good!
but shop around, ask people on the forums as everyone has a favorite

Fan controller - Some mobo's just dont have the power for all these fans + oc cpu, sometimes a FC can help boost the speed of your fans

CLEAN build ie: cables hidden as much as possible

Drive trays: got them in the way of the front fans? removeable? if so chuck it out the PC and mount your HDD in your optical bay using the bungee mod (Silent!) 4mm bungee cord @ a popular well known auction site for less than £5

Experiment with different fan orientations, what works for one doesn't always work for another

Decent intake fans (Front especially important) if it doesn't have decent static pressure (NOT CFM) dont use it. If its 200mm either look into fitting 2x 120/140mm or get a bitfenix spectre pro 200mm as its one of the best on the market for the job

Make sure you are not creating a dead spot of warm air around your GPU, eg: recently I had 2x 120mm fans on the roof as intakes, it kept my CPU cool but wasn't letting the heat around the GPU vent so the GPU was recycling warm air. Changing over my Rear + top fans to exhaust fix this issue and only added 4c to my CPU load/idle temps. GPU went from 70c>62c

finally the advanced technique:
Cut out the cheese hole style metal that is infront of fans so your fans have a clean opening, line with u-channel blow hole trim (around 95p/1meter) for a clean professional look, WILL VOID WARRANTY.
 
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The only way to know what works best in your case (no pun) is test different combinations and see.

There is much more to cooling than good cases, good fans and good CPU / GPU coolers. Modern GPU's make more heat than CPU... and getting that heat out of the case can be a challenge.

Setting up the case to cool properly is the hardest and most time consuming part of a build... And the most neglected by most builders.

Cases, especially those with filters, usually benefit from fans with higher static pressure ratings than stock fans... "cooler" fans instead of "case" fans.

Intakes are typically more restricted than exhaust; air filter, more restrictive grill, HDD cage, etc. I prefer a little more intake than exhaust.

And don't confuse number of fans with amount of airflow... or cofuse airflow with airblow

Airflow is flowing cool air from intake to component and flowing hot air from component out of case without the hot air mixing with the cool air.

Airblow is lots of fans blowing air with some of hot air from components mixing with cool air making it warmer resulting in warm air not cooling components as well as the cool air will.

Putting fans in case as intake and/or exhaust is only the first step. These fans only move air in and out of case.

This does not mean heated air is not mixing with cool air.

Nor does it mean cool air is going to where it is needed.

Getting the air to flow inside of case properly is even more important. We still need to manage where the air flows inside the case. We can do this several ways; deflectors, cooler intake fans, exhaust fans, removing vent grills, using fans with higher pressure/airflow, building ducts to or from CPU/GPU cooler, etc.

Using a remote temperature sensor to monitor what air temps are is the key to finding out where the cool air is flowing and knowing heated air is not mixing into it. By monitoring this we can than make changes to get airflow the way we want it.

I monitor the temps with a cheap indoor/outdoor wired remote or terrarium digital thermometer. Twist a piece of stiff insulated wire into the last 8" of sensor lead so you can bend it to position sensor where you want it... like 40mm in front of your GPU cooler/radiator intake.. to see what the air temp going into CPU / GPU cooler is compared to room temp. The closer it is to room temp the better.. Shouldn't be more 5c maximum, 2-3c is what I usually end up with after 30 minutes full load on both CPU and GPU.
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Arctic F12 fans, cheap with great airflow and is quieter then my SP120 high performance fan

I have the same GPU as you and i have a fan blowing cool air directly into the turbine fan

I moved one of my HDD's down to sort of bridge a gap between the GPU and HDD so my bottom front fan wont be disturbed when blowing air onto the GPU http://i.imgur.com/WqctvdD.jpg

idle temp is 27, Max temp is 55 and thats the highest i have seen it go

I has 1 F12 and 1 Xilence wing at the front blowing in, 1 F12 at the top blowing in and 2 corsair SP120s exhausting out the back through the H60 Rad

My cpu temp is 30-33 idle and 45-50 load

And normally its cooler inside my case then it is outside.....damn cold case
 
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