Cooling dilemma in upside down case

ScoTTyBEEE · 8 Jan 2015 at 16:29

I cannot decide on the best course of action for cooling my case. It's a bitfenix phenom and this works upside down. The problem I have is the graphics card will be pulling air in from the top, so I cannot use the traditional method of exhausting through the top. I've drawn a diagram and I was hoping that you could all take a look and see what you recommend.

Make · 8 Jan 2015 at 16:38

Maybe add those top fan slots as well, then you'll have a large amount of air going in, but only 1 fan blowing out. The back of the case is well ventilated, so that should work.

Or turn the whole goddamn case upside down and you will get the problem solved on it's own

(ofc. you'd have to reverse the new "top" fans).

ScoTTyBEEE · 8 Jan 2015 at 17:32

Make said:
Maybe add those top fan slots as well, then you'll have a large amount of air going in, but only 1 fan blowing out. The back of the case is well ventilated, so that should work.

Or turn the whole goddamn case upside down and you will get the problem solved on it's own (ofc. you'd have to reverse the new "top" fans).

HAHA, a bit drastic I'll admit.

Make · 8 Jan 2015 at 18:29

To be honest, your current setup is probably fine anyway. What kind of hardware are you putting in it?

The temps might be on the high side, but they might not.. the only way to test is.. to test.

ScoTTyBEEE · 8 Jan 2015 at 18:40

I've got a 4770k @ 4.4 in it with an AIO cooler. Temps seems OK I just wanted to check if there is a better alternative as summer is the time to reveal any issues!

doyll · 9 Jan 2015 at 22:41

Try removing emove unused PCIe back covers.
Maybe add the front top intake.

I control case fans with same speed control as component they are supplying air to; CPU cooler and GPU cooler. This way case airflow is optimized to whatever airflow the component needs and keeps cool air supplied to component and removes their heated exhaust as well.