worried about temps

greenbrucelee · 1 May 2018 at 21:16

I am building a new system soon and will be using an alphacool aisobaer 360 cooler with some high static fans and will have it front mounted with the fans pulling air through the rad. But I am worried about the temps of the GPU and mobo will end up being too high. I am planning on using a fractle define design r6 case. And the GPU will be a 1080Ti most likely ASUS ROG OC. Anyone got any suggestions and how I can keep the GPU and mobo cooler?

LuckyBenski · 1 May 2018 at 22:49

Why not use the radiator as exhaust? That will trade off a little CPU temperature in favour of the GPU and mobo.

Alternatively weight up the GPU heat output versus your CPU and let the hotter thing have fresher air.

Good case air flow and arrangement is the answer to most heat problems. Experiment. I've had good results with top intake and rear or front exhausts.

greenbrucelee · 1 May 2018 at 23:32

LuckyBenski said:
Why not use the radiator as exhaust? That will trade off a little CPU temperature in favour of the GPU and mobo.

Alternatively weight up the GPU heat output versus your CPU and let the hotter thing have fresher air.

Good case air flow and arrangement is the answer to most heat problems. Experiment. I've had good results with top intake and rear or front exhausts.

Should i try top intake which would leave me able to have front airflow blowing towards mobo and gpu?

LuckyBenski · 2 May 2018 at 00:48

greenbrucelee said:
Should i try top intake which would leave me able to have front airflow blowing towards mobo and gpu?

That sounds like all intake and no exhaust. I would recommend getting a few extra fans and experimenting. There are some decent fans available in packs of 4, like the Arctic F12 PWM.

greenbrucelee · 2 May 2018 at 18:53

What I meant is intake at front (airflow) rad at top intake (static) and the usual exhaust fan at the back. I wonder if I could find a case that would take a 360mm rad at the bottom.

greenbrucelee · 2 May 2018 at 19:29

got it sorted I think will still get the fractle define design r6 will have the front with 360 rad and static fans 2 120 airflow fans at the bottom as intake and the back as exhaust and possibly top as exhaust.