Phantom 820 airflow

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Aedus

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Unsure whether I should put this in cooling or cases, so mods please move if it's under the wrong sub-forum.

I'm using a Kraken x60 CPU Cooler with push/pull configuration.

The issue here is the airflow inside the case, i'm sure I've done it completely wrong but unsure what would be the best course of action to resolve it. Right now I have my Kraken mounted at the top as an intake with 4 fans pulling in cool air, my rear 140mm fan is an exhaust, my 240mm side fan is an intake onto the graphics card, my front 240mm fan is an intake and an optional 120mm fan blowing directly on to the GPU. My GPU is a stock cooler so it exhausts hot air out of the back. So there is a lot of intake, but not much exhaust, which i'm sure is causing the GPU to get hot hot hot.

If I change my CPU cooler around it'll be taking in hot air from the case and exhausting it out over the radiator, which would increase temps I think? What would be the best option to fix this?

Just FYI, the CPU cooler has the option to be mounted at the bottom of the case too, but I'd prefer to keep it at the top if possible, unless it'll make a dramatic difference.
 
Okay i'll try switching them about at the weekend, maybe after depending on when I can get the fans. What fans should I get, I have 4 crappy 140mm fans, could probably get a better brand tbh? My case is themed red, if it matters.

Also for the big side and front 200mm fans, are you using the cables to plug them into the case, or directly to the PSU?
 
I'm pretty sure your set-up is how I had mine originally, but I shuffled it around. Looks like it needs to be shuffled again, but I want to get 4 decent 140mm fans to go on the radiator first, and 1 decent 140mm fan to go pointing over the GPU in the optional front slot.
 
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