*****Should I be worried about overheating with this build?*****

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Hi. I wasn't to sure where to put this thread so If anyone has any problems please let me know and I'll re-post it. I recently purchased this build (http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kfg6NG). Haven't built it yet, as I am still waiting for some parts. Anyway, I have been doing some more research just to kill time and I am starting to worry about my build. I knew before I purchased the H440, that it has a slight problem with airflow. But I didn't think it was all that bad. But now I am hearing more and more people say to not use AIO coolers with it, as the rad blocks a lot of airflow. I can understand doing so to lower the temps, but is having an AIO in this case dangerous? Because I am going with the H110, should I expect major problems in terms of overheating with this case? I plan to play Skyrim with a lot of mods and I am not quite sure on how my system will do in terms of performance and temperatures. I don't plan to overclock at this point as I am not to knowledgeable on the subject. I have looked around and have found a lot of mixed opinions in terms of "safe" temps for the i7 4790k and the Asus GTX 780ti, as well as a lot of problems with the i7 4790k overheating. What should I be aiming for and at what temps should I start to worry for the CPU and GPU? Are there any tips to improve the cooling in the H440? And lastly, am I right in worrying about this or am I just overreacting?
 
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Hot diggity damn that's quite a nice build there.

The H440 is a great case, one of the community favourites pretty much everywhere you go.
I would imagine the airflow thing refers to radiators mounted in the front of the chasis, I believe you can also mount yours in the top. Given that you're going with a massive rad overheating isn't going to be a huge issue for you regardless of lack of airflow.

If you mount it in the top, what you could do is reverse the rear fan so that it's an intake (Watch for dust), this would provide pretty much unrestricted airflow in the top end of the case, essentially feeding fresh air straight to your rad.

The H440 allows 3 fans to be mounted in the front, the lower one being somewhat blocked by the...
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Hot diggity damn that's quite a nice build there.

The H440 is a great case, one of the community favourites pretty much everywhere you go.
I would imagine the airflow thing refers to radiators mounted in the front of the chasis, I believe you can also mount yours in the top. Given that you're going with a massive rad overheating isn't going to be a huge issue for you regardless of lack of airflow.

If you mount it in the top, what you could do is reverse the rear fan so that it's an intake (Watch for dust), this would provide pretty much unrestricted airflow in the top end of the case, essentially feeding fresh air straight to your rad.

The H440 allows 3 fans to be mounted in the front, the lower one being somewhat blocked by the fancy PSU cover, while it has a closed front design, there are intake holes. Much like a Define R4 from Fractal.
Going by your number of drives you should be able to remove a couple of the drive bays, further allowing airflow.

Trust me, with that heatsink, and of course the ASUS version of the 780TI, you're going to have no issues with overheating.
To satisfy your curiosity though, the 780TI can apparently go up to 95c, 85c is the recommended limit, but on that after market version you're probably never going to see anything past 70c.
Skyrim is a very CPU-Intensive game over GPU.
 
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Like what would the average temps be around for my build for the i7 4790k and the Asus 780ti? What about the max temps while still being safe? What about the load? What should I be expecting in terms of load usage for Skyrim with my build?
 
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Most Intel CPUs the limit is about 75c, but they can go up to 80-85c before throttling. You will never see anything near this high unless you overclock quite severely.

From what I can tell, the limit Intel has set for that chip is 72c, presumably it would throttle at that level.
The Devils Canyon chips run quite hot due to Intels highly increased clockspeed for them, on the plus side, it makes them blisteringly fast. You'll still have room to overclock.

Anything below these limits is perfectly safe, plus, you'll most likely only ever get to 'said limits by using a stress test, gaming won't ever load things up as much as a stress test that's designed for it - On both CPU and GPU.
 
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If the case isn't that bad in terms of airflow, then why do so many people keep saying how this case is so restrictive (especially with an AIO)? If it is so restrictive, should I be expecting higher CPU and GPU temps or case temps?
 
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Case flow will only really effect things by a few degrees, unless you live in the tropics.
Quit worrying xD It's a good build.

I believe stress tests load the cpu even more than 100% for the purpose of achieving the maximum temps possible.
I don't know why people are saying it's restrictive, I've heard nothing but good things about the H440.
 
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Well, Tech Uploaded has made a few videos on it, here's one, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hry6ThUjUIc) as well as Linus not being happy with its airflow. I usually do overreact but with so many sources saying its so restrictive, I naturally worry.
 
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The version of the 780TI that you have is arguably the coldest running one you can get.
You're not overclocking for the time being and still you're sticking a 280mm radiator on your CPU.

Seriously, that thing is going to run balls to the walls cold.
 
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Ok. Thanks for your help! Again, I usually overreact when it comes to things like this. One more question though. The airflow problems I have been hearing about generally base off of either the fact that the small vents are well small....or the fact that a rad as such on the H110, will cause a major block in the airflow even though AIO cooling in general is better than air cooling. But in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMl7iEzpzsA) the Noctua NH-D15 outperforms the H105. Why is this? Doesn't that mean that the H110 won't perform as well because of the case? Again, I realize in general that AIO's will perform better but why is it so different in the H440 as shown in the video?
 
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I would imagine they refer to mounting in the front of the case, if possible. I'm no expert on the H440 aside from the basics.
Mounting in the top isn't going to cause any impact on the front fans airflow.

AIOs generally perform on par and trade blows with top-end air coolers such as that Noctua, both have advantages and disadvantages.
Every case has atleast one bad point, it's expected.
 
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