Case very hot!

somewhatdamaged

somewhatdamaged

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I have a NZXT Switch 810 with a triple Alphacool Monsta Rad in the top, with three Scythe Gentle Typhoons on the top in exhaust

2 x 140mm Bitfenix Spectre fans in the front (I’m not that impressed with)
140mm bitfenix Spectre fan at the back exhausting
Dual radiator on the bottom, with two scythe fans underneath pulling air in from the outside

2 x Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X GPUs

My question is this:-

After an extended gaming session, my side window from the middle up was very hot to touch, the heat from the GPUs was practically melting the side panel!

I am looking to improve the cooling here, is there something I am doing wrong i.e not enough exhaust, or have I chosen the wrong fans?

I considering trying to put a fan on the side window but shouldn’t need to really?

I noticed the Vapor-X coolers, just exhaust the heat into the case and not out the back, is this normal?

Any tips would be great thanks
 
somewhatdamaged said:
After an extended gaming session, my side window from the middle up was very hot to touch, the heat from the GPUs was practically melting the side panel!
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I try and go for cases these days with vents on the side. Graphics cards with custom coolers tend to blast hot air out from all sides which heat up the cases side panel and also the motherboard!
 
PowerPie5000 said:
I try and go for cases these days with vents on the side. Graphics cards with custom coolers tend to blast hot air out from all sides which heat up the cases side panel and also the motherboard!
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Yeah my XFX 290 does that...even in my Corsair 540 which has very good air flow, but not my MSI 780, so I have stopped using the 290 ( might get rid of it )...but it does sit idle at around 44-45c( with fans set to 45%) where as my 780 sits at around 29-32c with fans on default



maybe take the middle HDD cage out ?...if you haven't already
 
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Hang on, am I missing something here? You have a dual rad in the bottom of the case and a beast of a triple rad in the roof yet your gpu's are on air. What on earth are all those rads cooling? Surely not just the cpu?
 
Well I originally planned to do both GPUs ages ago, but having bought the vapour X cards, I never bothered in the end

I’m going to remove the bottom dual rad as it’s massive overkill. Hell, the 360 in the top is overkill for the cpu alone!

I can’t find waterblocks for the vapour X cards anyway, even if I wanted to WC them
 
Universal blocks for the gpu core, ramsinks for the memory (any will do as they all perform the same) and Sapphire have already placed a nice heatsink on the vrms that is independant of the stock cooler. A pair of these, one of these and a pair of these (should come with the block for the price it costs) are what you would need.

Another option that is similar is the Watercool HEATKILLER® GPU-X³ Core LT and a Watercool GPU-X Dual-Link to connect the blocks together. Can't give you links as they are at competitors but a google should show them.

Alternatively, there is also the XSPC Raystorm GPU but they would be more difficult to connect together.

I have always used universal blocks on my cards and have never had a problem. There's also the fact that a block will last through many upgrades when a full cover block only fits a single card and need replacing everytime you upgrade. One I do before fitting ramsinks is to clean the chips using IPA to remove any oily residue that the staock coolers pads leave behind and replace the thermal tape on the ramsinks with Akasa's excellent thermal tape. I have never had a ramsink fall off using this method.
 
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possibly try 5 exhaust fans at the top 2push/3pull or 6 if you have the space if top drive bay not being used


you could even try add a few 60mm fans at the rear of the case wher the 4 holes are for WC pipes try suck out some hot air from there
 
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