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rRansom

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Hi Toms!!

This is how I currently have my fans/airflow laid out. I have a Phenom II x4 965 BE running stock at 33°C-35°C while ambient is around 26°C-28°C. This setup currently houses 7 [seven] 120mm fans [including the CPU cooler], a mix of Deepcool and Aerocool fans. The case is an AeroCool RS-9 Devil Red.

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Processor: AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE [running 3.4GHz]
Motherboard: Biostar TA870+
RAM: Kingston HyperX 1x4GB DDR3 1600MHz [running 1333MHz]
CPU Cooler: Deepcool Ice Blade Pro
Thermal Paste: Deepcool Z5
GPU: Inno3D GeForce 6500 [I know, very old hardware]
PSU: 450W 80+ Bronze

I plan to get a new 650W PSU and a 7850 next month. And suggestions on how I can improve the airflow in my system or am I good? I was thinking about getting an H100i and ditching the IceBlade but that would mean stepping down from a 7850 to a 7790 or something. I plan to crank this baby at least up to 3.8GHz
 
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fatboytyler

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Some might argue, but I feel as if this is a good setup. Practically the same setup as mine, but my rear fan is exhaust, however I have a watercooler. Having your rear fan to intake with your cpu cooler sucking air up is fine. So I feel as if you're doing good.

Also, can you not overclock to 3.8 with that cooler? If not then I suggest the Coolermaster Evo cooler which is a great air budget cooler.
 
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Tradesman1

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I'd re-orientate your CPU cooler to draw from the front, as diagram shows you are drawing from the bottom where the PSU and discrete video card are (plus any other add on cards) and with the exhaust up top all the air coming in is going straight up and out, so the CPU is pulling warm/hot air up and across the CPU - set it to face the front of the case and it will drag some outside air in thats coming in with the front fans and have the rear as an exhaust. Think I'd also have top fans 3-4 blow into the case also - just my 2 cents on how set most rigs up
 
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rRansom

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Thanks for the inputs, guys. As much as I'd like the orientation of the CPU cooler, I don't think it has the brackets so I can rotate it 90° to make it pull air from the front of the case. I've read the manual for this unit and only the LGA775 and 1155 sockets show that it can be oriented in a horizontal [left to right or right to left] while AMD setup shows vertical orientations only.

Anyway, here's what it currently looks like from inside my case:

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I'm thinking about getting a closed looped cooler or maybe just another air cooler with better performance but that'll have to wait. Is there like a case-mod style to get this ginormous CPU cooler to rotate 90°?? :pt1cable:

TIA
 
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fatboytyler

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If you happen to get a close looped cooler I highly recommend the Swift Tech H220. It is a bit more expensive but provides better cooling, much quieter, and can be easily modded to add other watercooling blocks without voiding the warranty.
 
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rRansom

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Hey Ty, thanks for your feedback. I watched Linus review the H220 and can't say I wasn't impressed. I might get that and then run a block on the 7850/7950 that I'll get next quarter.
 
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