Airflow problem (maybe?)

I just recently finished an AMD box. Here is a link to all of the parts I used.

http://pastebin.com/tjAG9fpg

If you know that case or fine a picture of it there are multiple vents. One on the front, the underside, the top, and the back. This allows for fans and such to be placed anywhere in the case as well as the PSU to be it's own heatzone.

The way I have everything set is my cooler has 2 fans on it, a deepcool something or another. It doesn't have a model number on the box sadly. One fan is mounted on the back as exhaust and the cooler is blowing into that. Directly above both of these is the top vents where I have another fan blowing in. Should I move this to the front?

The only reason i ask is because the box gets to around 55 C under load. I don't have too much of a problem with that since that seems to be breaking records compared to some of my friends builds, but is there a way I could push that temp down even more or is this just a normality?

55 is perfectly normal, my own CPU does 55 and it has so much cooling that there's a minor hurricane going on inside the case. Most CPUs have a maximum operating temp somewhere in the 70s.

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My last box was an i7 and it got up to 86 once. Didn't shut down at all. This is an AMD Phenom Black Edition so I think it could get that hot again, as much.

Hmm, have you tried making the top fan as an exhaust? I know the logic is to pull, sinking, cool air in, but it might be more effective to blow hot air out of the case.

Is your setup like this currently?

  • Front - intake
  • Back - exhaust
  • Bottom - intake
  • Top - intake

If it is, you have a positive pressure system right now (minimizes dust collection), which is good, reversing the top would make it neutral pressure, not as good, but better than negative pressure (i.e. your case is a vacuum cleaner). Well, you can try it out, and if you do get lower temps, then you'll have a conundrum on your hands. Do you sacrifice positive pressure for lower temps but a neutral pressure system or just keep the status quo?

I don't see your case listed in the specs. Does it have a fan mount on the side panel? You could always add an intake there, but every change your make is going to affect the airflow, so it could work with or against you, if you try to maintain positive air pressure.

Good luck with whatever you try.

My first setup had the rear fan blowing into the CPU cooler which blew into the case and the top fan was exhaust. The CPU also functions as another exhaust.

The bottom is a separate heat zone for the PSU specifically.

When you get everything complete and working head here to post your specs:

https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/2015-to-2016-post-your-cpu-gpu-and-idle-temperatures/86551/