Case airflow

-SylvanOct 20, 2011, 4:41 AM

Below is a 2D diagram I've drawn up to illustrate my current airflow configuration inside my HAF - X (I'm not an artist, I know it sucks lol).

It's pretty self explanatory, it's looking in from the side of the case.
In addition to what you see in the illustration, I have 320mm fan that goes on the side and sucks cool air in and blows it onto the GPU.

Coretemp says the 4 cores on my i5 2500k are running around 28 degrees celcius idle.

I need opinions on my current airflow set up, it's pretty much default.

Are there going to be dead spots?
Could it be improved?

Thanks in advance.

7 answers Last reply Oct 20, 2011

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davconOct 20, 2011, 4:55 AM

Looks like good airflow to me.
I'm not fond of side fans and don't use them in any of my set-ups.
I use a 120mm in front of gpu instead which your case also supports.
-SylvanOct 20, 2011, 4:59 AM

I'm not sure about the side fan either, I may or may not install the airduct.

Could I add another fan on top to draw out hot air, or should I leave it as is?

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davconOct 20, 2011, 5:11 AM

-Sylvan said:

I'm not sure about the side fan either, I may or may not install the airduct.

Could I add another fan on top to draw out hot air, or should I leave it as 1 near the back?

I would lean towards another top exhaust personally = hot air rises.
I've tried the side fan thing and was never impressed enough to keep it.
All it ever did was add more dust and a negligible temp drop not even 2-3C, 1C maybe.
120mm in front of my gpu in two rigs dropped gpu temp by 2C.
The HAFX has huge fans,very different from what i'm use to.
Someone with a HAFX will reply and share their experience.
Otherwise your airflow looks great imo.
-SylvanOct 20, 2011, 5:14 AM

davcon said:

I would lean towards another top exhaust personally = hot air rises.
I've tried the side fan thing and was never impressed enough to keep it.
All it ever did was add more dust and a negligible temp drop not even 2-3C, 1C maybe.
120mm in front of my gpu in two rigs dropped gpu temp by 2C.
The HAFX has huge fans,very different from what i'm use to.
Someone with a HAFX will reply and share their experience.
Otherwise your airflow looks great imo.

Alright, I will turn off the side fan. Thanks

I'll work on getting the airduct installed, I have no idea how to install it currently lol

Then I can focus on OC'ing my GTX 580.
davconOct 20, 2011, 5:28 AM

-Sylvan said:

Alright, I will turn off the side fan. Thanks

I'll work on getting the airduct installed, I have no idea how to install it currently lol

Then I can focus on OC'ing my GTX 580.

Don't take my word for it.
Run some temp test first with the side fan/without
you're results might be different.
You have huge fans.
Then try the air duct and take temps.
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
-SylvanOct 20, 2011, 5:32 AM

davcon said:

Don't take my word for it.
Run some temp test first with the side fan/without
you're results might be different.
You have huge fans.
Then try the air duct and take temps.
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

Alright.
Know any graphic intensive programs I can run?
I don't have any games installed atm

davconOct 20, 2011, 5:37 AM

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm
MSI Afterburner comes with Kombuster.
FurMark 1.9.1 which is like Kombuster
Read before you use these apps.
http://unigine.com/
http://www.futuremark.com/

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