H105 Extreme edition and fan config.

So i bought these fans to replace the stock ones on my h105E.
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/air-series-sp120-pwm-quiet-edition-high-static-pressure-fan-twin-pack, and it seems the temps maybe went down 2-3c, now i have them pulling air into the case since i have little choice in my corsair air 240t, would it make a difference if i had them pushing air into the case instead? My case temps are pretty low since i have 2 more intake fance and when i crank everything up i feel little to no warm air exhausting. Any suggestion would be helpful and thanks in advance for your input.

Why would you pull hot air into the case?

Set them to exhaust out the case

This is my case
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/carbid...e-high-airflow-micro-atx-and-mini-itx-pc-case
As you can see i have limited options, i thought about exhausting air out of the front but that wouldn't be good airflow? since air kinda moves in a straight path, and the only intake is at teh bottom blowing air right into my video card from the bottom(or side in this instance due to orientatio) of that case, the air pressure in the case is positive. also i have a fan at the other side of the case exhausting.

Personally, I have mine pulling air in to my case. I go for a positive pressure inside so the case isn't sucking air/dust in from all the openings which makes it so I only have to clean the intake filters. Works great for me. No temp issues aside from vid cards running slightly warmer, but doesn't overheat.

HydroBudz said:

Personally, I have mine pulling air in to my case. I go for a positive pressure inside so the case isn't sucking air/dust in from all the openings which makes it so I only have to clean the intake filters. Works great for me. No temp issues aside from vid cards running slightly warmer, but doesn't overheat.

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I don't need to worry about the video card, due to the size of the case the fans are maybe 3 inches away from it, tops. There are 2 blowing cool air on the video card..

I just so happen to have the same case + H105. Here is what I chose to do:











I re-used the 120mm fans from my Prodigy case because I find them to be rather quiet. I set the radiator against the front of my case and have the fans pulling air in from the front across the rad.

Temps have been outstanding. This is after a few hours of gaming



I have a slim 92mm Noctua fan I may put at the rear of the case but really don't see a need at this point. I'd prefer to help it exhaust the GPU in some way but even those temps are not bad 66c max with fan set on auto (MSI 970 @ 1500/8000)

jrweis said:

Why would you pull hot air into the case?

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wrong, my cpu runs 12c cooler when air is pulled inside the case using H105.

why use hot air from inside the case to cool the radiator? use your head.

im using pull+pull fan setup and the air exiting the pull fans inside the case still feels cool, so im still getting cool air inside the case after the air gets passed thru the radiator.

with enough exhaust fans this is the best way to go.

here are my idle temps: http://postimg.org/image/rj17wavtf/

I think the question is why make your case an oven by heating it with radiator?

What are your load temps for all components in case with radiator as intake and exhaust?

TroyX said:

wrong, my cpu runs 12c cooler when air is pulled inside the case using H105.

why use hot air from inside the case to cool the radiator? use your head.

im using pull+pull fan setup and the air exiting the pull fans inside the case still feels cool, so im still getting cool air inside the case after the air gets passed thru the radiator.

with enough exhaust fans this is the best way to go.

here are my idle temps: http://postimg.org/image/rj17wavtf/

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then you have a serious airflow problem there in your case.. no matter how the fans are set, if you have a good case with a good airflow the differences from push or pull intake/exhaust should be minimal at most couple of degrees, 12C its just a abysmal difference specially with a little chip like a 4770K specially if you have delidded as the heat its just so tiny to make any difference in a fat 240mm radiator. what case are you using? I have used push, pull, push/pull in all the different ways in a lot of cases, at most the push/pull intake setup only drop my heavy loads (P95) by two degrees over 1 hour of use, in typical load scenarios and idle it make zero difference if i use exhaust or intake.

Honestly, at 20-30F (10-17C) above ambient, you are pumping some pretty hot air into your case. If you don't have (or, even if you do have) some other intake, it's probably not (generally) a good idea, particularly in a small case with few exhaust fans. Of course, that's the temps I'm getting off the fins of my H80i (don't think they're in direct contact with the sensor), yours might be more or less.