Intro

francky

francky

francky

Associate
Joined
7 Jun 2011
Posts
1,652
Afternoon Guys

I havent posted on here before, but I read the posts regularly and it has helped me loads.

So I thought I would join and introduce myself and post a couple of pics and specs of my new PC build and see what you guys think...maybe give me feedback if I need to change anything as it my first real PC build, that ive put time, research and money into.

Spec:

EVGA X58 SLI 3 MB

Intel i7 960 @ 4.0Ghz - Cooled By Corsair H70

6GB DDR3 Dominator GT RAM @ 1600Mhz - 8-8-8-24-1T

2 x 1TB Smasung F3 HDD's

Nvidia Geforce 470 GTX SC Graphics Card

OCZ 750Watt PSU (Non Modular - Total Pain Hiding Cables)

Pics:





Let me know what you think and thanks for all of you indirect help :)
 
If I were you I'd be tempted to move the hard drives to the other caddy and remove that front one, it looks like it might obstruct the airflow from the front fan quite a lot. The drives should still get enough airflow down there. I also see another fan attached to the top of the caddy, doesn't look like that would do much there. I'd be tempted to bodge something together and stick it in your spare drive bays since you're only using the top one for the disk drive. Would help send air towards the radiator.

Edit: Just noticed the big top fan. Is that an intake or an outtake?
 
Last edited:
Phenomenologica said:
If I were you I'd be tempted to move the hard drives to the other caddy and remove that front one, it looks like it might obstruct the airflow from the front fan quite a lot. The drives should still get enough airflow down there. I also see another fan attached to the top of the caddy, doesn't look like that would do much there. I'd be tempted to bodge something together and stick it in your spare drive bays since you're only using the top one for the disk drive. Would help send air towards the radiator.

Edit: Just noticed the big top fan. Is that an intake or an outtake?
Click to expand...

Looks like there iis another fan sitting on top of the hard cage.
 
Hmmm sounds a good idea.....I spent ages thinking about where to put the HDD's and I was a little cautious in thinking that down in the lower caddy they might not get good air flow (the 240mm fans from corsair dont blow much air).but yeah could try your idea.

Allthough to be honest my system isnt running too hot. 35-38 on idle and 70 degrees on prime @ 4ghz.......GPU never really goers above 70 when gaming, so im ok heat wise.
 
RJC said:
Looks like there is another fan sitting on top of the hard cage.
Click to expand...

Yep, that's the one I reckon would be better off in the drive bays above the big front fan.

Hard drives don't require much cooling, as long as you have some airflow (Which you do) they'll be fine in the lower caddies. It's more important to shove some air towards the radiator. I imagine that top fan is extracting, and given the low position of the front fan it may be robbing the radiator fans of air, hence I imagine that small fan blowing directly at the rad will help. Worth a try anyway, just to see if it changes the temps.
 
Yea top fan is extracting and Rad fans are pulling in cold air from outside and pushing it into the case...although its warmish when it gets into the case.
 
francky said:
Yea top fan is extracting and Rad fans are pulling in cold air from outside and pushing it into the case...although its warmish when it gets into the case.
Click to expand...

Oh the rad pulls in from the back. In that case don't shift the fans around, I assumed it was extracting. You've got a slightly bizarre bi-directional airflow arrangement there, but if the temperatures are fine then all is well. Nice clean build, though personally I'd be tempted to get some braided extension cables just to make the wiring match the case. But I'm finickity. ;)
 
thanks all for the compliments......yeah I have it pulling in as apparently you get better temps on the CPU when the rad had cool outside air running over it instead of the warmer case air.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom