- Jun 28, 2013
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Hello,
So I have a question on how to go about with my PSU and if I can use it to further reduce the temps in my Corsair 300r Windowed Case. Reason I'm doing this is because the 300r is one of the smallest ATX Mid Tower cases and I have lots of components in there. So I thought since I have a good durable PSU (EVGA SuperNOVA 1000PS 80+ Platinum) I could use it to help cool the my SLI 980ti's that have the custom EVGA ACX 2.0+ coolers more.
Keep in mind my case does have a mesh at the bottom to provide me a way to mount the fan downwards to supply it with fresh air so that is always an option but I want to try it with fan up to see if I can further remove hot air from the case that is dispensed by the custom cooler GPU's.
Here is my parts list:
i7-4790k @4.7Ghz
Corsair h100i GTX CPU Cooler
16Gb DDR3 2133 Cas-9 G.Skill RAM
MSI OC M-Power z97 motherboard
2x EVGA ACX 2.0+ 980ti (in SLI) each clocked at +250/+500 and no voltage increase
6x 500Gb SSD's in Raid 1
1x 2T Seagate HDD
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000PS 80+ Platinum PSU
Corsair 300r Windowed Case
Case Fans:
Front Intake: 2x Noctua NF-p14 FLX at 1200rpm
Side Panel Intake (to supply air to the GPU's): 2x Noctua NF-p14 FLX at 900rpm
Top radiator exhaust: 2x Noctua NF-p12 PWM at 1300rpm
Rear exhaust: 1x Corsair 120SP
The additional (and the one I have a question about):
Bottom/PSU exhaust: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000PS 80+ Platinum PSU in eco mode to take the hot air away from the bottom GPU.
To draw this out I took a random image of the case online with SLI and added air flow arrows to it. THIS IS NOT MY BUILD, JUST A RANDOM IMAGE. I'm wondering if I should really use the PSU as an exhaust to help remove hot air from the case and whether or not this new bottom rear exhaust really is beneficial at all since I know there is a possibility that it could be disrupting the air flow. Anyone deal with a similar situation? Or have any advice on whether or not I should still orient it as an exhaust. If I had reference cooler GPU's I would have went fan down but since custom coolers sent air into the case I wan't to at least help move it out faster, as I'm sure the PSU can take it no issue (especially since when I was doing my all time max benchmarks the kill-a-watt meter gave me 880W peak usage at max OC which was at CPU 4.9 and GPU's at +310/+575). Thank you.
Here is the air flow right now.
So I have a question on how to go about with my PSU and if I can use it to further reduce the temps in my Corsair 300r Windowed Case. Reason I'm doing this is because the 300r is one of the smallest ATX Mid Tower cases and I have lots of components in there. So I thought since I have a good durable PSU (EVGA SuperNOVA 1000PS 80+ Platinum) I could use it to help cool the my SLI 980ti's that have the custom EVGA ACX 2.0+ coolers more.
Keep in mind my case does have a mesh at the bottom to provide me a way to mount the fan downwards to supply it with fresh air so that is always an option but I want to try it with fan up to see if I can further remove hot air from the case that is dispensed by the custom cooler GPU's.
Here is my parts list:
i7-4790k @4.7Ghz
Corsair h100i GTX CPU Cooler
16Gb DDR3 2133 Cas-9 G.Skill RAM
MSI OC M-Power z97 motherboard
2x EVGA ACX 2.0+ 980ti (in SLI) each clocked at +250/+500 and no voltage increase
6x 500Gb SSD's in Raid 1
1x 2T Seagate HDD
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000PS 80+ Platinum PSU
Corsair 300r Windowed Case
Case Fans:
Front Intake: 2x Noctua NF-p14 FLX at 1200rpm
Side Panel Intake (to supply air to the GPU's): 2x Noctua NF-p14 FLX at 900rpm
Top radiator exhaust: 2x Noctua NF-p12 PWM at 1300rpm
Rear exhaust: 1x Corsair 120SP
The additional (and the one I have a question about):
Bottom/PSU exhaust: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000PS 80+ Platinum PSU in eco mode to take the hot air away from the bottom GPU.
To draw this out I took a random image of the case online with SLI and added air flow arrows to it. THIS IS NOT MY BUILD, JUST A RANDOM IMAGE. I'm wondering if I should really use the PSU as an exhaust to help remove hot air from the case and whether or not this new bottom rear exhaust really is beneficial at all since I know there is a possibility that it could be disrupting the air flow. Anyone deal with a similar situation? Or have any advice on whether or not I should still orient it as an exhaust. If I had reference cooler GPU's I would have went fan down but since custom coolers sent air into the case I wan't to at least help move it out faster, as I'm sure the PSU can take it no issue (especially since when I was doing my all time max benchmarks the kill-a-watt meter gave me 880W peak usage at max OC which was at CPU 4.9 and GPU's at +310/+575). Thank you.
Here is the air flow right now.
and I like small and quiet cases. (i know it's stupid but that's just me). I'll maybe go full tower on my next build.
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