shinobi XL and airflow

xXxsephirothxXx · 8 May 2013 at 20:14

hi,
as title suggests what sort of air flow this case got?

i finally got round to ordering a load of watercooling stuff OCuk V12 for the cpu but cus my GTX670's are non-reference i cant get waterblocks for them. so are my GPU's gunna overheat in this case?

setter · 8 May 2013 at 20:18

Airflow isnt great in it in stock form tbh. Had stock cooled gtx 470's in sli in it. They ran 5-6c hotter than my previous case, (lian li a70f). Replacing the terrible front 230mm fan with 2x 120mm fans helps a bit.

Regarding your 670's, which non reference models are they? Some of the non ref models use the larger 680 circuit board, therefore 680 blocks fit some models.

xXxsephirothxXx · 8 May 2013 at 20:36

MSI GTX670 PE

setter · 8 May 2013 at 20:47

From a quick google scan, seems that there are no full cover blocks for those cards. Adding a fan in the bottom of the shinobi xl does also help a bit with gpu cooling. For intake, i highly reccomend silverstone air penetrator fans.

xXxsephirothxXx · 9 May 2013 at 09:23

yer i was thinking of putting an air penetrator in there, that and filling the case out with decent fans should do the trick you think?

im using a HAF X atm and iv got a fairly aggressive fan profile to keep the temps under 70c during gaming.

setter · 9 May 2013 at 19:32

Should certainly help. In stock configuration, the air intake in the xl is woefully poor. Ive also added a 120mm fan in my 3 empty 5.25 bays. Put some lian li mesh bezels in front of it. Theese are just a nice fit in the xl.