Midi Tower Cooling Setup Idea..

TheKork

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Just thought I'd stick this up before i hit the hay (late night innovation)

Opinions on this setup below in a Sharkoon Rebel 9 Economy Midi.

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The obvious thing thats a bit different here is the use of 120mm flexi ducting which will be attached to a 120mm intake fan, run direct to a 120mm fan infront of the heatsink and continue behind the heatsink to an 80mm exhaust fan. Cool air brought from front channeled directly through the heatsink and immediated sucked out the back.
I have two huge 160mm YSTech 12V fans, 1 of which will also act as an intake fan running at 7v sucking in roughly 70-80cfm for the other components.
On paper it looks pretty good to me and I can easily source the ducting materials.

Your opinions on wether this method will positively affect cpu temps etc. Im also thinking about an 80mm side fan directed at ram/northbridge.
 
I'm no engineer, but looks good to me!

As with a lot of these things, try it and see if it's better before or after changes, temperature wise.
 
Your PSU has a 60MM fan?

I would suggest possibly your NB and RAM aren't getting a lot of airflow in that setup though? I'd maybe think about mounting that lower intake fan not at the front, but at the back of those drivebays, so it's almost centered 'in' the case, that way it's not only closer to the GFX but you could also angle it upwards slightly giving a mighty breeze over the mobo, you could also duct it to the front of the case so it's getting a clean fresh air supply,

But then, not suer on the overall case dimensions, and it is a 160MM fan, you'll know better if it's going to cool the mobo enough from there,

And I'd run a test, but perhaps the duct away from the CPU isn't needed, having the 2 80's there might give enough/better exhaust? I like the CPU intake though, had a few setup likes that in the past!
 
Are you going to cool your mosfets in the CPU ducting, it depends how far you want to overclock, but they may need some extra airflow
 
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