Fan Filters and Temperatures.

[mastervodo]

OK.. I found some 1/4 inch air conditioner foam. Here are pictures of what I have done with the case: Also, I have some pictures of my completed cable management.

Left Side Panel 230mm fan with fan filter. (This is looking from the inside)

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Front Grill taken out and filter put in.

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I have four empty (currently) 5.25 bays with grills.

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Now some cable management pictures:

Side panel fan connector.

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Closeup back panel cable management. A little crowded, but everything is organized and tied down tight.

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Full view of back cable management.

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Full view of front. I don't have the best camera and lighting. But, I think the main area looks pretty clean.

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OK... so I have some more questions.


Those fan filters should keep out a lot of dust, and I'm only putting them on the intake fans. Are they going to block the airflow into the case?

Second, I got myself a fan controller/temperature monitor deal for one of my 5.25 bays. I have 1 temperature probe by the CPU under the heatsink. (1) I have 1 in between my 2 260's. (2) I have 1 between the bottom 260 and the power supply. (3) and I have one hovering over my hard drive. (4)

My question is: The temperature probe things came with little plastic tubes over the ends. I took those off. Should I have kept those on? That may be a dumb question.

I've been running my computer (mainly internet - nothing really stressful on the system - maybe a few movies or something) for about 8 hours now. My temps are currently (according to the probe card)

1) 35.5 C / 95.5 F
2) 43.2 C / 109.6 F
3) 26.5 C / 79.7 F
4) 40.3 C / 104 F

So, I'm wondering if that's good/bad temps and what else I can do to cool it down more. Also, I'm wondering if the whole temperature probe thing is kinda worthless or if it's a good thing. Also, if there's any software that anyone knows about/uses that monitors temperature that I'm not aware of.

Next week, I should get 1 more 120mm fan that I'm going to try and mount in my extra 5.25 drive bays, plus I'm getting a red cold cathode that I'm hoping to mount kinda in the top of my case, above the side window.

Thanks in advance for your comments. I've learned a lot here the last few weeks, and you've been a great help to me building this thing.

 

[PCKid777]

Your picture links are broken....

In general, cable management, good heat sinks, and proper air flow the moves air in a uniform direction helps.

EDIT: Did you put a temperature probe between the CPU heatsink and CPU heatspreader, and even on your 260's????? If so, that is a horrible idea and will raise temperatures, as it lessens contact between the heatspreader and heatsink.... Usually the motherboard manufacturer has their own monitoring software to check for temperatures, as does the GPU manufacturer (i.e. ASUS has PC Probe II, eVGA Precision)

 

[mastervodo]

I'll work on the links tomorrow - they worked earlier. I'll check the Precision thing.