Fractal Design Define R4 Fan Setup Help

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Hello all! First off, I want to apologize for asking a question that has probably been asked more than needed, but I would like specific advice.

I recently purchased a fractal design define r4 WINDOWED (no side vent). To keep within my budget, I purchased two fans, by fractal design, NOT by noctua or other brands unfortunately. One is 140mm and the other is 120mm. I need some advice for my fan setup. Currently, I have setup the default rear 140mm fan and the default 140mm front lower intake fan. My other 140mm fan is at the bottom intake, to try and help ease heat from my gpu, an MSI radeon R9 270. The 120mm fan I purchased is the front high intake. I have another 140mm fan I'm reusing from my other case, as the top rear exhaust. The top front vent is closed with the moduvent to try and quiet down the pc. Of course, my setup is leaving me with high uneeded temps. I should also note that I have a cooler master hyper 212 evo for my amd fx6300. Particularly when I'm playing battlefield 4, it's practically an oven in there without the heat going anywhere. In speed fan, my system temperature is at 41 degrees which is alarming for me.
Please help me out! I had to make this quick due to shortage of time. I do apologize! Thank you all for help!
 
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40 degrees is very low for a computer. I only use one 120mm fan and I have the same case. I use the stock CPU cooler and all of the sound-proof moduvent stuff are in the same place as they are. Peak CPU and GPU temps are low-mid 60 degrees on load and I've over clocked and modified voltage. Computers are good with heat up till around 80 degrees. You can run PCs at around 90 degrees but it's not recommended. Provided throttling doesn't happen at those temps (computer slows down to try and get cooler) it should shut down when it reaches thermal limit which is around 100-105 degrees to prevent eventual or instant damage.

There's nothing to be worried about 40 degrees for a computer - the silicon and metal which the parts are made out of...
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I forgot to mention that my mobo is a gigabyte mobo. From my understanding, the system temperature displayed in speed fan is the most likely the northbridge or the southbridge on the mobo. Unfortunately, the heatsinks for them are a little bad now. Its never gone above 40 degrees. But honestly, doesnt that temp for the bridge seem like a bit much?
 
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40 degrees is very low for a computer. I only use one 120mm fan and I have the same case. I use the stock CPU cooler and all of the sound-proof moduvent stuff are in the same place as they are. Peak CPU and GPU temps are low-mid 60 degrees on load and I've over clocked and modified voltage. Computers are good with heat up till around 80 degrees. You can run PCs at around 90 degrees but it's not recommended. Provided throttling doesn't happen at those temps (computer slows down to try and get cooler) it should shut down when it reaches thermal limit which is around 100-105 degrees to prevent eventual or instant damage.

There's nothing to be worried about 40 degrees for a computer - the silicon and metal which the parts are made out of can withstand more heat than we can.
 
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