Airflow Questions H440

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bradenheron

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Hi,

So I am upgrading my system this summer and I had some questions concerning cooling and airflow. Here is my build:

I5- 4670K 3.5GHz (plan on OC when I figure it out)
Kraken X60
Asus Z87 Plus
G.Skill Ares 2133 (2x4GB)
Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM
MSI 760 2GB Twin Frozr
NZXT 440 (Orange/Black when its available)
XFX ProSeries 750W
Cougar Vortex PWM 120mm (x3) (70.5 CFM)
Cougar Vortex PWM 140mm (x1) (70.5-119.8CFM)

I was wondering what the best setup for cooling was.

I was thinking 3 120mm on front pulling in and the 140mm as an exhaust in back with X60 uptop. Should the X60 pull air in or push out? Is there a better set up? Also with the 760 it has two downward facing fans will this affect airflow drastically?

Thank you so much in advance.
 
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Depends how quiet you want your rig. The x60 should be long enough to mount in the front so you would be running 2 140's blowing air through the radiator and the gpu would be cooled from the already cooled air. Then you can mount your 3 120s uptop as exhaust. If you have the time I would run the setup and test multiple radiator/fan locations. Mount uptop with the gpu dumping the hot air into the x60 as exhaust and see watch temps. Overclock cpu and watch temps. Overclock the 760 with your i5 and watch temps. If you dont like them move the radiator up front and repeat. This is something you may have to play around with. And I would change out the 140s on the x60. These rads are not restrictive so there is no need for special sp fans.
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silky salamandr

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Air flow is decent not excellent but If you dont live in a hot place it shouldnt be a problem. I just did my new build in the red/black H440 but I knew this going in.

Im running an h105 on my 4770K and a kraken G10 bracket with an H110 cooling my EVGA 780 FTW with the ACX cooler on it. I didnt want the ACX cooler dumping all that heat into my H105 so thats why I went that route and I couldnt be happier.

If you're running the x60 uptop you would want to run it pulling air from the outside cause you have a gpu that dumps hot air into the case. I upgraded all the fans to Corsair ones due to the CFM on the nzxt fans being set up for total silence.

If your budget allows it as well as your gpu warranty, I would go the Kraken g10 route honestly. This case is beautiful and Im very happy with this build but there is no way I would run strictly on air in this case.
 
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bradenheron

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Well with the X60 it would not be strictly air. But with the 760 Twin Frozr the G10 does not fit :(

Also, with the X60 Fans, should I upgrade them to vortex also? and if the X60 is on top should I have them above or below the X60 pulling air in?
 
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Depends how quiet you want your rig. The x60 should be long enough to mount in the front so you would be running 2 140's blowing air through the radiator and the gpu would be cooled from the already cooled air. Then you can mount your 3 120s uptop as exhaust. If you have the time I would run the setup and test multiple radiator/fan locations. Mount uptop with the gpu dumping the hot air into the x60 as exhaust and see watch temps. Overclock cpu and watch temps. Overclock the 760 with your i5 and watch temps. If you dont like them move the radiator up front and repeat. This is something you may have to play around with. And I would change out the 140s on the x60. These rads are not restrictive so there is no need for special sp fans.
 
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