Need some help deciding on airflow inside my case. My GPU is running hotter than I would like so I figure I need to either reconfigure a fan or investigate other options.
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer
Has spots in the front, bottom, back, and top for fan mounts. I have something in each spot.
Front fan: Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 as Intake
Bottom: Covered by the power supply (Corsair RM850) - shouldn't add to internal circulation since it sucks in the back and blows out the bottom.
Top: Another MegaFlow 200, as exhaust
Back: Two Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition set up push/pull through the radiator on a Corsair H80i pump, as intake
GPU is a Gigabyte GTX 780 TI WindForce
Other misc stuff: One optical drive in the top bay, one WD 7200 HD in the bottom section.
I oriented the radiator fans as Intake because I figured with the MegaFlow sucking air out of the top, that should be enough to offset the extra ambient heat. But my 780 TI "Windforce" runs around 80-84*C when gaming. 57*C right now which is basically idling with a web browser open.
The CPU (3930K - stock speed) runs between 28-30*C idle and upwards of 59*C when stressed out with Prime95. I want to overclock it but not until I sort out this heat issue.
Can someone with more experience calculating airflows suggest any changes to my fan orientations? The only change I could think would be to make the radiator fans as exhaust as well, but that would make the cpu run hotter and cause extreme negative pressure with that front 200 providing the only intake inside the case.. might suck my cat up or something.
Alternately, might be a post for the GPU forum, is there a better way to cool a Gigabyte WindForce than relying on its triple fan configuration?
My thanks to those who know more than me.
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer
Has spots in the front, bottom, back, and top for fan mounts. I have something in each spot.
Front fan: Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 as Intake
Bottom: Covered by the power supply (Corsair RM850) - shouldn't add to internal circulation since it sucks in the back and blows out the bottom.
Top: Another MegaFlow 200, as exhaust
Back: Two Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition set up push/pull through the radiator on a Corsair H80i pump, as intake
GPU is a Gigabyte GTX 780 TI WindForce
Other misc stuff: One optical drive in the top bay, one WD 7200 HD in the bottom section.
I oriented the radiator fans as Intake because I figured with the MegaFlow sucking air out of the top, that should be enough to offset the extra ambient heat. But my 780 TI "Windforce" runs around 80-84*C when gaming. 57*C right now which is basically idling with a web browser open.
The CPU (3930K - stock speed) runs between 28-30*C idle and upwards of 59*C when stressed out with Prime95. I want to overclock it but not until I sort out this heat issue.
Can someone with more experience calculating airflows suggest any changes to my fan orientations? The only change I could think would be to make the radiator fans as exhaust as well, but that would make the cpu run hotter and cause extreme negative pressure with that front 200 providing the only intake inside the case.. might suck my cat up or something.
Alternately, might be a post for the GPU forum, is there a better way to cool a Gigabyte WindForce than relying on its triple fan configuration?
My thanks to those who know more than me.
Wonder why Corsair's instructions say to orient it as intake.
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