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Need Air Flow Ideas

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cnick79

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I have my water cooling all set and my OC maxed out. The only problem is when I OC'ed I had my case open so my temps are with the side case open. When I put my side panel on things really heated up. I almost know it's because I have more air coming in then going out and the hot air is drowning my system.

Since I dont have a camera I drew up a picture for you visual learners.



The only air coming in is from the 2 80mm fans (F4) that came with my Lian-li PC6070B. I'm not sure how much air these two take in but I know it's more then my 80mm fan (F1) sucking 15cfm. I think I'll have to replace fan labeled F1 with something stronger and/or add another fan below it.

Any ideas or fan recommendations?
 
I know this is a PITA to do, but you might want to swap your res/rad positions. The rad is dumping all the heat in your case. If the temps are that bad, swapping positions is the best bet.
 
SpoogeMonkey said:
I know this is a PITA to do, but you might want to swap your res/rad positions. The rad is dumping all the heat in your case. If the temps are that bad, swapping positions is the best bet.
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I originally had my rad where my res is but I couldn't take the noise and dust it sucked in so I moved it. Come to think of it, I don't think I had any air being sucked out during that setup. I might be forced to cut a whole below F1 and insert another fan. The only thing is I don't want to take everything out of the case. Plus, I have two screws holding my res in place and one of those screws will have to be removed if I use another fan.

I was hoping for some creative suggestions because my brain is empty.
 
I wonder if I turn the 2 front case fans and the radiator fan so they blow air out if that will do the trick. I should also mention I plan on adding a Black Ice Micro radiator attached to the rear F1 case fan.
 
What if I have all of my fans blowing out the case? Will doing that provide poor cooling?
 
yes, bottom front in top back out side panel blows in top blows unless you have a odd setup, my air cooling in my self contained wc case is fine dont know why you have problems
 
why not get a PCI slot cooler and cut a whole in your side panel and stick a 120mm in or maybe a 80mm if your going after looks? get a panaflo 120mm for the side and you can make a CD hower 6 inches in the air with that behemoth.
 
sort of what im doing when i upgrade my fans, dual U1A's for the rad intake and dual 120mm thermaltake smart fan (the 94 cfm one) blow holes i could prob hover a vid card over those lol no fan controller on the U1A's i officialy give up on the silent front, i may redecide depending on just how loud the panaflos are
 
the 120 panaflo is pretty loud. not as loud as a tornado, but still pretty loud. its pretty thick too, but awesome. if my case could support a 120mm fan id stick one in
 
my M1A at 12v is acceptable, how much more louder would the U1A be how about two?
 
I'm trying to keep the noise down to a minimum. I think I'm going to replace my rear fan (F1) with something more a little more powerful and have it blow out. Then I'm going to flip the fan on my Rad to push and the two front (F4) case fans to suck air out. I think I'll try to work with what I have now before trying to cut anything in my case. If I have to do some cutting I'll either cut out a hole below the rear case fan or insert a side fan to suck air out. I'm hoping reversing the fans will do the trick.
 
Dont know if your case has a whole lot of little holes for a fan grill.
If it has cut them out! these things cause the fans to run stalled and noisy. (about 5% of the airflow you would get without them)
If you have to have grilles the round wire grilles are best for airflow.
:)
 
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