Is my PC going to be the right temperature?

TheMightyPotatoe · Sep 5, 2014

Hi

I was wondering if
two 120mm SickleFlow fans and a Coolermaster Hyper-212X
in a Coolermaster NSE-500-KKN2
could support the following system:

Cpu: Intel i5-4690k
Gpu: Gigabyte GTX 760
M/B: Asus Z87-A
Sound: Xonar DG
PSU: Corsair VS650 650W
One HDD and one SSD

I am happy to add more fans but would prefer to leave it as is.
I will accept any recommendations.
Thanks

masmotors · Sep 5, 2014

yes for sure

volcanoscout · Sep 5, 2014

Is it going to keep your rig as cool as possible? No.

Is it going to keep your within acceptable limits? Probably, but you'll have to test it out and see what temps you get on your CPU and GPU. I think you'll probably want to add at least one more 120mm (side intake).

TheMightyPotatoe · Sep 6, 2014

volcanoscout :

Any reason you suggested intake over exhaust?

volcanoscout · Sep 6, 2014

For most setups, the best config is: front, side, bottom=intake; top, rear=exhaust. This gives you a good front-to-back airflow. With two fans, front and back. With three fans, front and side intakes, back exhaust. The side intake blows directly on your GPU and mobo which cools tham AND combines with your front intake keep the general airflow moving back and up so the hot air is being efficiently exhausted from the case, rather than pooling in dead spots and retaining heat. If you have two GPUs in SLI, using the side as an exhaust fan can be more effective.

If you add a fourth fan, tests have shown that benefit of the side fan drops considerably in favor of using two front intakes (or a front and bottom) and using using the other two in the rear and top/rear mounts as exhaust.

There are airflow characteristic differences between cases, but this holds true for most cases. You'll want to play around with the configuration and chart the temp differences to verify what works best for your particular case and fan models.

volcanoscout · Sep 6, 2014

Here's a good article about case fan configurations:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/02/10/the-big-cooling-investigation/1

TheMightyPotatoe · Sep 6, 2014

volcanoscout :

For most setups, the best config is: front, side, bottom=intake; top, rear=exhaust. This gives you a good front-to-back airflow. With two fans, front and back. With three fans, front and side intakes, back exhaust. The side intake blows directly on your GPU and mobo which cools tham AND combines with your front intake keep the general airflow moving back and up so the hot air is being efficiently exhausted from the case, rather than pooling in dead spots and retaining heat. If you have two GPUs in SLI, using the side as an exhaust fan can be more effective.

If you add a fourth fan, tests have shown that benefit of the side fan drops considerably in favor of using two front intakes (or a front and bottom) and using using the other two in the rear and top/rear mounts as exhaust.

There are airflow characteristic differences between cases, but this holds true for most cases. You'll want to play around with the configuration and chart the temp differences to verify what works best for your particular case and fan models.

Thanks for your help
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