Vertical or Horizontal CPU Air Cooler Mounting

GrimArt

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Aug 19, 2014
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So I recently bought a new case the Fractal Define R5 and a new CPU cooler the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 190TDP for an am3+ socket

My CPU is the AMD FX 8350 4.0 Ghz
GPU is the MSI Rx 480 8g

My motherboard the Asus M5A97 R2.0 only allows the Dark Rock 3 to be orientated so that the fan in drawing fair from behind the GPU (air flow comes from the bottom and exits top side)

Temps taken from SpeedFan

Idle:
Socket 37C
CPU 28C
GPU 58C (GPU Fan is Off)

Load
Socket 51C
CPU 42C
GPU 60C



My question is, am I gaining temps because the fan is drawing air from behind the gpu?