How can I better setup my radiator & case fans?

JustinXCIV

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I have a Corsair H100i cooling my CPU and its mounted to the front of my case (bringing air in from the front and exhausting it into the case), a rear 120mm exhaust fan, two 140mm fans on the top as exhausts, and my GPU is a GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 and it is exhausting all this air into the case. Also I can only mount the radiator to the front, my case doesn't have enough clearance on the top for a rad. I've also realized that the radiator is spilling hot air over the GPU while the GPU is spilling hot air on the radiator...

I was testing temps while playing Mass Effect Andromeda for about 45mins and my GPU was around 74 degrees Celsius and my CPU was fluctuating around 70-75 degrees Celsius. I decided to take off my tempered glass side panel and both my GPU and CPU dropped by 10-12 degrees Celsius.

So now I'm questioning my current radiator & case fan setup, maybe there is an alternative to my cooling. How can I better the cooling in my case aside from always taking off the side panel?

 
Solution
Why not reversing the airflow?
Make the rear & top exhausts intake and configure the rad to push hot air out the front

It's not ideal but certainly better than cooling your system with the hot air of your rad.