H100i as an intake or exhaust on NZXT 410

lethalkilr · Oct 13, 2014

I bought a H100i and installed it as an intake to the case (The manual recommended it).
My idle temps (when i5 3570k is at 5-10% load) are 35-40 degrees Celsius (25 degrees room temps) when running on the default mode in Corsair Link.
Not sure about the temps at full load but my computer hasn't shut down or shown errors when playing Shadow of Mordor on high/ultra setting on my Gtx 670 Sli 1920 * 1080
The temps for my graphics cards are about 45 degrees at idle.

My airflow setup:
-Rear fan as exhaust
-Top radiator fans as intake
-Front fan as intake
-Side fan as exhaust

Are these temperatures good or should I change them?

ss202sl · Oct 13, 2014

"Not sure about the temps at full load"

You need to look at the temps under load. Then you can see if the H100i is really doing the job properly. It also shows how much room you have for overclocking.

huilun02 · Oct 13, 2014

Radiators should always be used as exhaust. You don't want it heating up the air that your graphics card uses to cool itself.

Also the radiator will collect dust faster if it is used as intake.

Ideally you want it to exhaust at the top of your case if it fits there. So that the warm air will rise away from the PC.

Intakes on top is a bad idea because it will suck in all the dust that settles on top.

Eximo · Oct 13, 2014

Right now all your fans are fighting each other, probably some dead space in the middle.

Traditionally bottom and front are intakes, top and rear are exhaust. It is the way most cases are laid out.

There are some people that run reverse flows with top and rear as intake and front/bottom as exhaust. Usually when there is a part that won't quite fit the other way, usually only see it in ITX builds.

lethalkilr · Oct 13, 2014

Eximo :

By bottom fan do you mean the PSU? There is a space for a fan but it's blocked by all the cables of my Power Supply. I have a fan on the side of my case though, right next to my graphics cards, and I'm using it as an exhaust. Should I keep it as an exhaust with the fan on the back of the computer and have my H100i fans as exhausts too? This means that Im only going to have my front fan as an intake though and I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not. What do you think?

Eximo · Oct 13, 2014

Generally side panel fans are intake to provide air to the GPU(s). Older style cases used a shroud to direct outside air directly to the CPU.

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