600t gpu cooling help!

Maxi011 · 5 Oct 2011 at 18:56

Hey I have the 600t white edition, and a gtx 480 SE, which has the same cooler design as this card in case your not sure.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-086-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

So I take it that design dumps a lot of hot air into the case.
The cooling on the case is practically stock at the moment, except I have added a fan above a hdd bay. I'm finding it doesn't really cool my GPU as well as it should do.
Here is a diagram of what I'm basically doing.

I am thinking I should try to use the mesh side panel, and put an exhaust fan on it? Try and get some of that hot air out of the case.

If you have any suggestions please let me know as i am a complete noob when it comes to cooling.

pgi947 · 5 Oct 2011 at 19:30

I would go with adding fans to the mesh pannel, if my memory serves me correctly there should be room for 4 x 120mm fans. Try put 1 or 2 on the lower fan holders as exhaust, you should see some improvement.

Skepticx · 6 Oct 2011 at 09:01

You can also replace the top exhaust with 2x120mm should increase the amount of exhaust air.

Marine-RX179 · 6 Oct 2011 at 09:49

You might consider replacing the fan you got on the drive bay that's blowing toward the graphic card with the Silverstone Air Pentrator fan, most standard fans blow the air spread out, rather than focusing on a straight line. Here's a video for the Silverstone Air Pentrator fan...the video pretty much self-explainatory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m8fC809TK0

pgi947 · 6 Oct 2011 at 11:12

Thats quite an impressive fan!

Its surprising how poorly some fans distribute air, the 3rd fan in that video for example you can see it pushing smoke out from under the fan, presumably recycling the hot air/smoke.

Maxi011 · 6 Oct 2011 at 20:21

Yeah that video is pretty informative, never really thought there would be that much of a difference.

I have put the mesh panel on and a gentle typhoon on it Pretty big difference straight away, I was reaching into the 90's on Witcher 2 and now its around mid 70's.
This card really seems to like exhaust, so I'm probably not gonna change that 120m fan to a better one.

But the real reason for sorting this out, is because at 70 degrees the card is a lot quieter than when its in the 90's. so much so that chucking more fans at the machine actually makes it quieter

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I'm definitely considering replacing the top 200mm fan with two 120's (i swear most of the noise comes from this fan).
Its a shame because i really like the white LED's. If anyone knows any good 120mm fans with white LED's let me know

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pgi947 · 6 Oct 2011 at 20:38

I put in a pair of Xigmatek Crystal White 120mm fans, bright white glow, shift a fair chunk of air too, and are far from noisy, pretty cheap too, think I paid around £7 each from overclockers.

Either that, or if you want things a little quieter these should fit (pretty sure the 600T has 120/140 mounts on the top). http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-056-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1816

setter · 6 Oct 2011 at 22:50

Marine-RX179 said:
You might consider replacing the fan you got on the drive bay that's blowing toward the graphic card with the Silverstone Air Pentrator fan, most standard fans blow the air spread out, rather than focusing on a straight line. Here's a video for the Silverstone Air Pentrator fan...the video pretty much self-explainatory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m8fC809TK0

Agree with this, i bought two of the 1500 rpm 140mm versions last week. The 1400 rpm yates i had were struggling to push air through my hdd case, managed to drop my gpu load temps by 7c with the silverstones.