Ambient Temperature Concern

[Gamefreak501]

Hey everyone,

I have a (scavenged) X2 based setup - consisting of Corsair 2GB DDR2, 3800+ CPU, 640mb 8800 GTS and Asus M2N-SLI motherboard.

This is all housed in a really old beaten and bruised Lian Li PC60 which has 3 fans installed - all facing outwards (exhaust) fans - which is probably my first mistake. Powered by a 600W StealthStream OCZ PSU.

The front two fans are controlled by an inbuilt slide switch which I often have set to 'Low' rather than Medium or High. The rear fan is running at full speed.

I was playing some Left for Dead 2 last night and Fallout 3 and my ambient temperature went from the idle of around 44 degrees C to 65 degrees C, whilst my video card was up to around 75 degrees C I think.

I have no more space in the case for fans - short of modding the case really.

But I am concerned about the ambient temperature being too high for the motherboard.

Is there anything that I can do about this, or is a new case really the only option? If so, do you have any recommendations?

Kind Regards,

David

 

[Gamefreak501]

Why are all your fans facing outwards? Get some cool air flowing through the case and check your temps before looking into any other solutions...

Probably a silly thing for me to do - I thought that by exhausting all the air outside, it will push the warm air out - but I'll try with the fans the other way.

Kind Regards,

David

 

[Gamefreak501]

I should get the Darwin award - my fans were already set up for intake (in the front) and exhaust in the back.

I'm thinking of putting an 80mm fan in the top - I know later Lian-Li PC 60s had one installed on the top.

I may also bring my sata drive to the 3.5mm drive bays - meaning I won't be blocking the intake fans at all.

I'll let you know how my temperatures go with these measures!

Thank you for your assistance so far all!

Kind Regards,

David