Options - better cooling or new case?
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Cheers. Fans haven't arrived yet, guess it'll be Monday now.
Right, finally got everything sorted. Can actually feel a draught coming from the case now so I'm pretty happy I shouldn't have problems with some gentle overclocking and the GPU I've got planned.
I've put the Akasa white LED 120mm as an inlet opposite the mobo on the left of the case, the Sharkoon Silent Eagle 80mm on the right opposite the back of the mobo as an inlet (not that I imagine it'll do much there, but it is literally silent so I'm happy), a Scythe 120mm on the bottom as an inlet and another on the top as an exhaust.
There is an increase in noise but in the time it's taken to post this I'm pretty much used to it. I might consider a fan controller down the line but I don't think it's going to be necessary.
Some photo's - apologies for poor quality, they're phone photo's:
I can't help but think my 'dump everything in the HDD enclosure' approach to cable management leaves something to be desired but it takes me forever to do basic things and I just want to enjoy it.
I wasn't able to get a photo that shows off the effect of the white LED on the side, but it works nicely with the mesh effect.
I've put the Akasa white LED 120mm as an inlet opposite the mobo on the left of the case, the Sharkoon Silent Eagle 80mm on the right opposite the back of the mobo as an inlet (not that I imagine it'll do much there, but it is literally silent so I'm happy), a Scythe 120mm on the bottom as an inlet and another on the top as an exhaust.
There is an increase in noise but in the time it's taken to post this I'm pretty much used to it. I might consider a fan controller down the line but I don't think it's going to be necessary.
Some photo's - apologies for poor quality, they're phone photo's:
I can't help but think my 'dump everything in the HDD enclosure' approach to cable management leaves something to be desired but it takes me forever to do basic things and I just want to enjoy it.
I wasn't able to get a photo that shows off the effect of the white LED on the side, but it works nicely with the mesh effect.
Seems to look quite nice altho i'm not an expert!
Couple of things i did notice though:
1) You've purchased inlet fans for the front, but then crammed your excess cables in there... To me that screams airflow blockage? Or will enough break through the birds nest?
2) Your top and rear fans (the set of 3 above mobo) seem to be setup as 2x inlet and 1x exhaust, am i correct? I thought that was the wrong way to setup airflow at the top of a case?
Edit:- just had another look and noticed that the fans are actually 2 exhaust and 1 inlet! But even then, wouldnt 3 exhaust be more beneficial to airflow at the top?
Those are just my thoughts and are probably wrong though, like i said i'm no expert
Couple of things i did notice though:
1) You've purchased inlet fans for the front, but then crammed your excess cables in there... To me that screams airflow blockage? Or will enough break through the birds nest?
2) Your top and rear fans (the set of 3 above mobo) seem to be setup as 2x inlet and 1x exhaust, am i correct? I thought that was the wrong way to setup airflow at the top of a case?
Edit:- just had another look and noticed that the fans are actually 2 exhaust and 1 inlet! But even then, wouldnt 3 exhaust be more beneficial to airflow at the top?
Those are just my thoughts and are probably wrong though, like i said i'm no expert
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I've not added any fans to the front - theres just the stock one and I hadn't noticed the cables were blocking the path until you pointed it out - doh! I'll have to do some proper cable management later to try and get them out of the airflow.
As for the top case fans, the right hand fan is the one I've added - the other two are stock. I hadn't thought to check which way they were pointed - I just assumed they'd be exhaust fans. I'll have a look and switch them round if need be.
Cheers for that, I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't said.
As for the top case fans, the right hand fan is the one I've added - the other two are stock. I hadn't thought to check which way they were pointed - I just assumed they'd be exhaust fans. I'll have a look and switch them round if need be.
Cheers for that, I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't said.
I'll give that a go later/tomorrow then. Any particular tips or is it just trial and error to make them all fit?