Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced
CPU: AMD A8-3850 (Stock Cooler/Heatsink)
Case Fans: Stock 120mm Cooler Master (Front of case), 120mm Cooler Master Excalibur HDD fan, stock 80mm Cooler Master 2nd CPU fan
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 650 Ti
PSU: Corsair AX850
I was reading up on water cooling and it mentioned that a case with bad airflow may not benefit as much from water cooling so I thought I'd test out the flow on mine. Apparently a greater than 5% deviation in temps with the case off as opposed to the case on would mean it has bad air flow. Here are some temps I took with Speed fan:
Case on; Idle: CPU 36c / GPU 34c/ MB 35c
Case on; Running Far Cry 3: CPU 57c / GPU 60c / MB 46c
Case off; Idle: CPU 36c / GPU 30c / MB 32 c
Case off; Running Far Cry 3: CPU 50c / CPU 56c / MB 37c
I use running that game as the example of stress because that's the system-intensive thing I run on my PC (I don't render video or use Photoshop).
I've always wondered if the small 80mm fan on the side is disrupting airflow since its blowing air into the side of the case while the two 120mm's blow air from the front of the case to the back vent. Maybe switching that fan to an exhaust fan could help with airflow?
Also, the GPU deviations seem normal since, without the case, its granted quite a bit more airflow than the vent on the side of the case. The CPU deviation and system temps seem concerning to drop so much without a case. Am I wrong or is there something I could be doing to help the situation?
CPU: AMD A8-3850 (Stock Cooler/Heatsink)
Case Fans: Stock 120mm Cooler Master (Front of case), 120mm Cooler Master Excalibur HDD fan, stock 80mm Cooler Master 2nd CPU fan
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 650 Ti
PSU: Corsair AX850
I was reading up on water cooling and it mentioned that a case with bad airflow may not benefit as much from water cooling so I thought I'd test out the flow on mine. Apparently a greater than 5% deviation in temps with the case off as opposed to the case on would mean it has bad air flow. Here are some temps I took with Speed fan:
Case on; Idle: CPU 36c / GPU 34c/ MB 35c
Case on; Running Far Cry 3: CPU 57c / GPU 60c / MB 46c
Case off; Idle: CPU 36c / GPU 30c / MB 32 c
Case off; Running Far Cry 3: CPU 50c / CPU 56c / MB 37c
I use running that game as the example of stress because that's the system-intensive thing I run on my PC (I don't render video or use Photoshop).
I've always wondered if the small 80mm fan on the side is disrupting airflow since its blowing air into the side of the case while the two 120mm's blow air from the front of the case to the back vent. Maybe switching that fan to an exhaust fan could help with airflow?
Also, the GPU deviations seem normal since, without the case, its granted quite a bit more airflow than the vent on the side of the case. The CPU deviation and system temps seem concerning to drop so much without a case. Am I wrong or is there something I could be doing to help the situation?
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