3d aurora cooling better now

Furic

Furic

Furic

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Ok when i bought case i was ok on heat but the front filter has clogged over two months and the temps have risen about 2 degrees all over.

I have since removed the filter and getting better airflow. and now dropped by 5 degrees.

To take front panel off you need to take off side panels. and unclip the front. there are 3 clips each side.

Dust was collecting anyway so cleaning it every 2 weeks isnt, :) bad as i clean it anyway due to window.

Quicknote make sure you clear the hdd cage from leads. If your using sata then its fine.

Just thought id post it as im now getting better airflow and hopefully will help some one else.
 
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im not too happy with the airflow at the front of my case, im thinking about replacing athe fan with a propper non volt modded 120mm, and just control it via a fan controlwer.
i just theink the front fan spins a little TOO slow to pass air over the vital heatsinks on the mainboard.

do you have an aurora with the grill or the perspex ?

Rick
 
Sounds interesting, i might give it a go. Since getting my Aurora temps on my gfx card have risen to around 60c idle as a pose to 54c. It's now become a bit unstable when playing some games like FEAR. I like the case, but i agree with the above, the fans could be a little faster and push more air.
 
i dont know if it makes sense, but ive noticed my case system is coolwer with the pannels on thant off.. you know what its like with a new build its weeks before you screw the sddides on !
so i was wondering...
i didnt realsie they done a perspex one, but i got one delivered, so im thinking the perspex side has better cooling due to the fact it can channel air throug the case rather than the mesh sided one just sucking air through the side out the back.
for such a water cooling friendly case, the upper back fan could really do with some more volts, as it lacks the airflow of a CPU fan. around that whole important area.
 
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i dont know if it makes sense, but ive noticed my case system is coolwer with the pannels on thant off.. you know what its like with a new build its weeks before you screw the sddides on !
so i was wondering...
i didnt realsie they done a perspex one, but i got one delivered, so im thinking the perspex side has better cooling due to the fact it can channel air throug the case rather than the mesh sided one just sucking air through the side out the back.
for such a water cooling friendly case, the upper back fan could really do with some more volts, as it lacks the airflow of a CPU fan. around that whole important area.
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Yeh, it's something to do with the airflow that when you have the sidepanels on it flows correctly and when they're off it disrupts it. That's why i chose the perspex one, i thought i might get better temps.

I wish all the fans span faster and if anyone wanted to slow them down then they can use a fan controller. i might replace them all with some nicer ones, they'll have to be blue LED's though otherwise it wouldn't look right.
 
Random clearup comment:

The way to find out if you have acheived optimal cooling in your case is to remove the side panel, if the temperatures go up, it means that the airflow you had was covering all the main components and providing good cooling with little heat pockets.

By taking the panel off, the air that is being moved will go into the room, not in the box that was the case, if your temps stay the same or get lower, it means that there was a heat pocket in your case and that you need to do something about it.

Example: My v1000+ runs case temperature as room+3 with the side panel on, if I take the side panel off it jumps to room+12. It is a HUGE leap for me due to how my case is setup; not quite average but it is a prime example of showing that the case is a important part of the cooling.

(On a note, a V series case needs the side panel on, or it just traps the heat like you would not beleive, my temps were taken with the 3 probes on the TR3-a)
 
Well i removed the fan filter and replaced the fan with an older, more powerful fan and now the gcard temps under full load are back to the usual 74c whereas before i was getting 85c :o

It's surprising how much difference it makes.

BTW Yewen, i'll be writing up the case review for you today ;)
 
I have this case and would be interested if anyone has any ideas on how to improve it's cooling potential. I have the mesh side panel and I'm going to experiment with covering it up to see if my system temps go up or down. Perhaps the mesh panel would have been better toward the front of the case rather than the rear. It's a shame there is no provision to add more cooling fans as it really is an excellent case in all other respects i.e ease of build, looks etc. :(
 
id juist buy a fan controller and soem un-volt modded fans mate. theres not a lot else you can do with out drilling stuff.
btw yewen... handy tip with the temps !! took the side off and it went up 6C

the only other issue i ahve is that theres a HUGE gap between the mobo and the PSU, my tagan PSU fan hardly spins so anything it does take out is not a lot so ti owuldnt rely on the PSU to exctrac heat from the case too much either.
all it means it that the top back corner of the case must be icy !

try some nexus 120mm fans mate... or if you wanna keep in with the pretty luights id use a fan bus to slow them down as lit fans tend to be a bit nooisy and have less build quality.

as for build quality... ive had the thing to bits. and theres really nothign to complain about here. everything fits SO well and is well thought out too. maybey the lower HDD tray could have done with being removable though :(

excuse the terrible image quality makes it look crap lol. the finish is perfct though ;)
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The first thing I've done is to remove the toolbox from the HD compartment, it's pretty useless other than to restrict airflow. I may change the front filter to something with a more open texture. We have some stuff hanging around at work that is used in electrical cabinets etc. that should be just the job. I'm not overly concerned but there's an article in Custom PC where they've used a thermal imaging camera to rate various cases as regards airflow etc. The Aurora is rated as poor due mainly to the poor airflow caused by the HD caddy and also the lack of a roof vent. As I said, so far my case and component temps are fine but I'm a little worried as to how it will perform in the summer when the ambient temp will be so much higher. :(
 
If your temps are fine now, and the PC is stable (read sub 60 temp on cpu) then your PC should be just fine in the summer, articles like that are slightly annoying.

There will be some big name pre-built PC's with 3700, 2gb ram and 6800's about in the summer, they will be in £5 cases and will be like a oven, but I am sure they will still run as semi-stable as they usually do.
 
Thats reassuring to know thanks. My system specs are as follows:

Abit AN8 SLI, Hiper Type R 580 watt PSU, AMD 3700+ San Diego core, 2 Gb Corsair XMS, XFX 7900 GT Extreme.

I played F.E.A.R last night for a couple of hours and my CPU didn't go much over 40 deg and my system temp was around 37 deg so all in all I'm not worried and I still think the case was a good choice. :cool:
 
Unless most of the UK dies from the heat, the PC will be fine.

And if everyone was going from the heat, the PC would be the least of my worries :p

Good temps, ignore that review as it is probably a load of rubbish in the real world like most of them are :)
 
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