Cooling ideas needed.

lee20010 · 21 Oct 2011 at 19:43

Hi guys. I have a 650D case. With a 200mm front fan for intake (replacing it though as its stock and noisy) I also have 4 typhoons on the top for my H100 rad. Theres also my 120mm stock fan on the back as an exhaust. My question is, and Im sorry for my image where ive used MS paint and used the original pics

Should I leave it like this

or should I do this, as I have a 6950 which does let out a lot of heat, and my pc is by a window thats always slightly open (and its freezing outside) so it makes the air going through the CPU cooler. Colder, meaning lower temps?

Opinions please.

pgi947 · 21 Oct 2011 at 20:09

I think you need to do some modding on the 650d to get an aftermarket 200mm fan in the front, as the stock one is 20mm thick where as aftermarket fans are 25mm.

Is the 6950 reference or aftermarket cooler?

I don't know about the H100 but for the H80 corsair recommend the air is pulled in through the top of the case rather from within the case. But thats at stock with 2 fans, so 4 fans probably changes that.

Personally I'd try increase flow by loosing one of the HDD cages.

ThePengu1n · 21 Oct 2011 at 20:36

Difficult to say really, just try both ways and see what's best, it's not like it takes a lot of effort to turn that one fan around

lee20010 · 21 Oct 2011 at 20:39

Well my 6950 is an MSI one with their cooler.The reason Im changing the exhaust fan is mainly due to it not pushing out much air....It's pretty useless, but if I turn the speed up its noisy. With the air coming in from outside it makes my hands freeze so I'm assuming it would be epic for the H100.

The HDD cages aren't set up like the ones in the pics above. I have them side by side with the SSD next to the 200mm fan as that gets hotter then the other drives.

Does anyone have a suggestion on which 200mm fan to get? theres limited choice, I need good cooling but quite too.

pgi947 · 21 Oct 2011 at 21:54

Popular choice for the 200mm is the CM megaflow, but as I said above I think the 650D needs some modding or the closest HDD cage to be removed to fit a megaflow in as its 200x25mm.

I think I'll be putting a megaflow on the side of my 500R at some point in the near future, the only fan that beats it (as far as I know) at that size is an NZXT one, which is specially designed for the phantom cases, so the mounting holes wont line up with any other case.