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Rinqt

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Greetings all!

I had bought all these things for my ultimate comp because I was tired of the crap comp I had before. So, I bought the following things to complete my dream.

- Cooler Master Storm Stryker
- Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AM3+
- AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo)
- Corsair Neutron Series 2.5" 64GB SATA III
- SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620W
- G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB
- Western Digital Internal Drive VelociRaptor 600GB
- Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm (it fits the case however, it's a tight fit and if I rotate it it either bumps into the ram or it's on the other side it gets close to the back panel fan)
- Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound

*- I have used my old gfx card for this since I had spent a hefty bit on new parts I recycled my card for this: Nivida GTX 560 Ti

My temperatures for my rig gets really hot. I had to open the side door so it can vent properly or somewhat efficiently. My cpu has once topped at 120 F. And, that scared me because AMD aren't suppose to run that hot. Please note, i'm used to Intel and AMD is new to me. My mobo runs about 90-105 F. Day before yesterday my gfx card ran at 191 F. In fear of it melting i had to shut all programs, game and let it cool down and I even put the A/C to 68 degrees to cool it off naturally, since I didn't want to turn off my computer in fear of things staying too hot. My drives run pretty warm too 90-106 F. I have all my fans on high and I try my best to not really game because it causes it to overheat. Now, I got this for my to game on all settings up and me playing whenever I want after work and now that I can't really game efficiently It's kinda made me a lil -grumpy. Lol Also, I've never OC'd my rig before but when I learn more about it I'll try it out in the future. I -really- appreciate any feedback and looking forward to discussing this matter. :) Thanks again!

-Rin
 
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Swordkd
Well, I'd certainly recommend you clean up your cable routing. You have a good case for it, and it will help out with air flow. Watch a video for ideas, or look at pictures. Make sure you've got enough clearance under your case for your PSU to draw air in. I burned out a 700w OCZ Psu because I didn't think about that and it fried. I see you aren't using the NH-D14 cooler though, I'd def. suggest you use it, or sell it and get something smaller if the size worries you.

Read your motherboard manual as well. If you do, you'll find out you don't have the memory installed the way Asus recommends(A2 + B2 for two sticks). That might free up the Noctua Cooler since it will prolly hang over the A1 slot. Do all of that, and record...
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Well, you want the Cpu cooler to exhaust towards the back of your case, so that will get rid of some heat right there. Make sure you have more fans blowing in that blowing out(positive pressure). This will make sure your inside case air gets circulated so hot air doesn't sit next to the components and just get hotter. If you open the side panel on your Pc, you can actually inhibit cooling. The fans are placed so that there is an airflow pattern, and when you open the side panel you just get air that moves around but doesn't *go* anywhere. Unless you have a box fan blowing directly on your case you can actually make things hotter.

What are your ambient temps like?
 
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Rinqt

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My room temp is 74 most the time. When I close my rigs panel it gets hot again.
 
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ur6beersaway

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If you can use Celsius it makes things easier. 120*f on cpu underload is good. 100*f mobo is ok.
"I got this for my to game on all settings up " You are still running a 560ti and just because you have a better rig doesn't mean you can now run on "ultra". Throttle back some game settings so the card will not pass 70+C.
 
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Rinqt

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I'm sorry, I didn't intend any harm. I will take some pictures, mind you there is wires from the power supply since its hard to wire it from the back and wherever. I will get it straighten when i have time since i have a major ear infection right now.
 
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Rinqt

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I don't run it on ultra just enough to make it good. For instance, I ran Tera Online on reg and it shat a brick.
 
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I've never had a problem with it ever overheating on the old rig. And it was during when the game was running. Like, when I play LoL it does get hot but not overheating.
 
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Well, I'd certainly recommend you clean up your cable routing. You have a good case for it, and it will help out with air flow. Watch a video for ideas, or look at pictures. Make sure you've got enough clearance under your case for your PSU to draw air in. I burned out a 700w OCZ Psu because I didn't think about that and it fried. I see you aren't using the NH-D14 cooler though, I'd def. suggest you use it, or sell it and get something smaller if the size worries you.

Read your motherboard manual as well. If you do, you'll find out you don't have the memory installed the way Asus recommends(A2 + B2 for two sticks). That might free up the Noctua Cooler since it will prolly hang over the A1 slot. Do all of that, and record temps when running Prime95. Let us know.
 
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Well your case looks to have PLENTY of air flow compared to mine :)

As said above, try to clean up some of those cables for sure.

Are the hard drive bays from the front facing the video card so they act as air tunnels(recommend this for sure) or are they sideways? The case seems to allow either way.

I would say if you can keep the video card in the low 80's it should be ok

Also making sure the video card fan/heatsink does not have too much dust build up is also a good idea.
 
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ur6beersaway

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Hey nuke, can you fit a radiator on that upper shelf? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181031
 
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