This is a new build and I am still tweaking it a bit. Temps are OK, but not as good as I would like.
Case: NZXT Phantom
cpu: i7 930 OC @4Ghz
Mobo: Asus P6T Deluxe V2
GPU: 2X 470GTX
heatsink: Noctua NH-D14
Basically, I have changed the airflow around from a traditional setup. While reading about the H50 and the success people were having with pulling in cool air from the outside to cool the radiator, I thought this might work well for a bigass air cooler as well.
The Phantom has a lot of flexibility in water/air cooling, but in air cooling in particular. So my current design is to pull in cool air from the rear and exhaust it through the 200mm in the top front.
However, I am thinking about changing this up a bit by hooking up an ultra Kaze fan for massive cool air intake in the back (the Phantom has a fan controller, so I can dial it down when not needed) and then have the 2X 200mm top exhaust fans exhausting air out of the top. this will require rotating the heatsink 90 degrees clockwise. This will be the "top Zone".
Then the "Bottom Zone" will receive cool air from the bottom and sides and exhaust it out through the 470 rear exhaust (they pull 94cfm at max load).
I was also thinking about setting up a fan on the bottom intake vent, but angled up to blow right on the 470's.
Thoughts?
Case: NZXT Phantom
cpu: i7 930 OC @4Ghz
Mobo: Asus P6T Deluxe V2
GPU: 2X 470GTX
heatsink: Noctua NH-D14
Basically, I have changed the airflow around from a traditional setup. While reading about the H50 and the success people were having with pulling in cool air from the outside to cool the radiator, I thought this might work well for a bigass air cooler as well.
The Phantom has a lot of flexibility in water/air cooling, but in air cooling in particular. So my current design is to pull in cool air from the rear and exhaust it through the 200mm in the top front.
However, I am thinking about changing this up a bit by hooking up an ultra Kaze fan for massive cool air intake in the back (the Phantom has a fan controller, so I can dial it down when not needed) and then have the 2X 200mm top exhaust fans exhausting air out of the top. this will require rotating the heatsink 90 degrees clockwise. This will be the "top Zone".
Then the "Bottom Zone" will receive cool air from the bottom and sides and exhaust it out through the 470 rear exhaust (they pull 94cfm at max load).
I was also thinking about setting up a fan on the bottom intake vent, but angled up to blow right on the 470's.
Thoughts?
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