PC case fan setup (Advice Please)

TheRift said:
But you just said you remove first part of the top side bracket, so I assumed you remove part of the duct, meaning some part of the duct was still there.

So how did it run with the duct removed?
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same, But it seems the exhaust fan is doing stuff all because of it can't push air through the grill
 
Cut the grille off like I did. :D

You going to have to keep playing I guess in order to get this flow correct.
 
Well I have no idea what to suggest right now, but it looks like pushing air in is helping the motherboard temps. Just left sorting that CPU temp. If removing the duct (or part of it) hasn't helped, then fit it in again and adjust it to be close to the CPU heatsink and perhaps put the side fan inside the duct again to help bring the cool air in.
 
For my experiment :

I switched the top fans so they exhaust out. My PC crashed a few times whilst doing the burn in test with OCCT. Busy running the normal test now. Using Everest to monitor the temps, seems to be around 50C. Will update and post the OCCT graph results when it's done.

@Tpex:

Shouldn't the side panel and duct fan be blowing into the chassis and rear fan exhausting out? Just seems logical that way.

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I was also thinking. Can you get a CPU HSF where the fan is 90 degrees to the motherboard and running parallel to your exhaust fan? If you can, perhaps putting another fan in where your CD-RW drive bays are will help? That's what I've done in my setup.
 
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Those standard heatsinks are quite rubbish. An aftermarket one will probably make a world of difference.
 
TheRift said:
Those standard heatsinks are quite rubbish. An aftermarket one will probably make a world of difference.
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I agree! Probably would. Especially if you get one that doesn't blow onto the board but runs in sync with the rear exhaust fan.

Here are the OCCT normal test results:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/kug4/2010-01-13-16h04-CPU2.png?t=1263392149
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d101/kug4/2010-01-13-16h04-CPU1.png?t=1263392151

What I don't get is that it peaks at 90C ? But I was monitoring the temps via Everest and it didn't go above 60C? Which program is lying?
 
Isn't the 90 actually CPU usage? Or am I missing something.

Anyway, could be a number of things including which sensor it is monitoring. Per core or overall CPU temperature? Is it using the motherboard's CPU temp sensor or is it reporting on-die sensor? There's also probably a conversion that needs to be applied reading the values out of the temperature monitoring IC.
 
TheRift said:
Isn't the 90 actually CPU usage? Or am I missing something.

Anyway, could be a number of things including which sensor it is monitoring. Per core or overall CPU temperature? Is it using the motherboard's CPU temp sensor or is it reporting on-die sensor? There's also probably a conversion that needs to be applied reading the values out of the temperature monitoring IC.
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The green is CPU usage, the red is temperature.. I have no idea what sensors are being used. If you check it says CPU 1 and CPU 2, which is why I uploaded 2 images. Eh. I would imagine that OCCT reported on die temps and Everest was CPU surface temp?
 
TheRift said:
Ok, but I still don't see a temperature in excess of 52.5C or so.
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Oh ROFL!

I didn't see that there were numbers on the left hand side of the graph as well. I thought the temp and usage were using both the right numbers. Doh!

So is that a pretty good temp then for my cooling considering my overclock?
 
My motherboard reading is currently sitting at 41C just idling. Cape Town is bloeming cooking today. :P

Those Hyper 212 seem to be a highly recommended item, which is shocking to think of when you see the pricing of its competitors. As 3DGameMan normally said "this is a ... kickass product". :)
 
My temps idling are around 39C for the CPU, 34 for the motherboard, GPU is 49. As per Everest. :P

I would LOVE to go watercooling, but I cannot afford it :(
 
somethings fusked up with my pc, temps hitting 61 regularly! :eek:
 
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