I got myself 4 80mm coolermaster case fans, as my case has 4 outlets/inlets. It's a crappy case - has no front air intake and only two side vents, fairly close to the rear of the case and two rear vents. I decided to put in the fans when my core temp of the cpu (e6400) started nudging 71 degrees at full load.
Blue denotes a side vent with a fan attached.
Green denotes a side vent with a air funnel thing attached leading to cpu.
Top red is the CPU.
Bottom red is GPU (ASUS HD4850 with Glacier cooling fan)
Rear black boxes are case fans.
Note that the funnel does not actually sit squarely over the cpu, and same with the air intake leading to the gpu.
My reasoning:
The additional red part here is the hard drive, but it runs relatively cool.
However, the core idle temp with 3 more fans still rests at around 49 degrees, and under load levels out at 68 degrees (only 3 degrees better). The actual cpu temp (case temp) levels out at around 62 to 63. The fans are hooked up to the PSU using molex, so they run at full speed constantly.
Where/how (in/out) should I position the fans?
Blue denotes a side vent with a fan attached.
Green denotes a side vent with a air funnel thing attached leading to cpu.
Top red is the CPU.
Bottom red is GPU (ASUS HD4850 with Glacier cooling fan)
Rear black boxes are case fans.
Note that the funnel does not actually sit squarely over the cpu, and same with the air intake leading to the gpu.
My reasoning:
The additional red part here is the hard drive, but it runs relatively cool.
However, the core idle temp with 3 more fans still rests at around 49 degrees, and under load levels out at 68 degrees (only 3 degrees better). The actual cpu temp (case temp) levels out at around 62 to 63. The fans are hooked up to the PSU using molex, so they run at full speed constantly.
Where/how (in/out) should I position the fans?
Last edited by some_random_panda (2008-09-25 23:18:57)
