cooling - fan placement/temps

[techmob]

my setup is

asus p5w ph deluxe

E6600 2.4ghz core duo

2gb corsair 6400 ram/dual channel

1x320gb sata2

1x400gb sata2

1x tv tuner card

Ati x1950 pro

1x dvd rw

hiper 580w psu

case - asipre x-crusier

i have

1x 120mm exhuast fan

1x 80mm fan blowing out of the top

2x 80mm fans on the front (intake)

1x stock intel fan (soon to be Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro )

1x side panel duct to channel cpu

NB: the psu has a 120mm fan which either draws air into the psu from the case or blows out, this is very close to the 120mm exhaust fan and cpu fan, not sure if this is having an affect on the cooling?

All fans are blowing at max, there is no managment on the fan controls being used

current idle temps with everest and thermal analysis tool - cpu temps are the same with both programs

from everest

Temperatures

Motherboard 46 °C (115 °F)

CPU 40 °C (104 °F)

CPU #1 / Core #1 52 °C (126 °F)

CPU #1 / Core #2 50 °C (122 °F)

GPU 56 °C (133 °F)

GPU Ambient 50 °C (122 °F)

Seagate ST3320620AS 43 °C (109 °F)

Seagate ST3400633AS 38 °C (100 °F)

Cooling Fans

CPU 2789 RPM

Voltage Values

CPU Core 1.24 V

+3.3 V 3.33 V

+5 V 5.15 V

+12 V 10.40 V

+5 V Standby 4.99 V

...............

this is not an overclocked system and is all running at stock speeds

one thing i will say about this case, the front design is really poor, as it has a front door on it, which is mostly closed, so the two 80mm intake fans are not having a great affect on the cooling i don't think, and not only that the air holes on the front of the metal case, where the fans get mounted are not ideal and are some what hindered.

as pictured here

so there is my current setup, is it wise having 2x 80mm intake,(i can only fit 2x80mm at the front) with 120mm exhaust and 1x80mm blowing out of the top

also the side window has a vent and also a air duct which is aligned over the cpu fan

as pictured here

any suggestions on how i should have the fans etc

if you got this far

thanks for reading

 

[FarFarAway]

Without even thinking about fans - tidy those cables a bit more and you will get better airflow

Check this (right at the top of this forum as a sticky) for ideal fan placement

 

[techmob]

Without even thinking about fans - tidy those cables a bit more and you will get better airflow

Check this (right at the top of this forum as a sticky) for ideal fan placement

lol, don't say that

it took me 2 hours to tidy those cables, the fan control and all the extra cables coming from the front didn't help

one thing i did notice, is that once i swapped the ati x1650 to ati x1950, and i mess with the cables a bit, the heat has gone up a little , which is expected i suppose

thanks for the link, will check that out now

 

[Rastalovich]

Yeah, to be fair I`m the last person to do any preeching about cable tidying, but if u`r thinking seriously about the airflow of u`r case, the wires can screw up u`r whole theory.

 

[techmob]

i have never been the tidyest of people, and this is the first time i have tried to tidy the pc cables

with this case it has, built in lights, fan control etc, with 4 case fans to wire up

i am finiding it difficult to place these cables in a nice tidy position

 

[llwyd]

Cable ties are your friend. I generally route everything behind the drive rack (small case) but if you want to go for broke you can cut holes in the motherboard tray and route all your fan connectors / 4/8pin-12v / sata cables under the motherboard.

Also turning your HDD around so the connectors are at the front of the rack can makes things look a bit neater

 

[techmob]

Cable ties are your friend. I generally route everything behind the drive rack (small case) but if you want to go for broke you can cut holes in the motherboard tray and route all your fan connectors / 4/8pin-12v / sata cables under the motherboard.

Also turning your HDD around so the connectors are at the front of the rack can makes things look a bit neater

turning my drives round will be something i will do in the future

not sure where else i can shove the remaining cables, for the them all to reach

i have 4 seperate power connections that come from the case, these need to be hooked upto the psu and between the fans, then i have the psu and all the connections.

sorry for being thick, but where do you exactly mean behind the drive rack, do you mean the case's front side of the drive rack, or the left side of the drive rack

probably sounds a silly question ^ (just doesn't seem to be allot of room)

 

[techmob]

Cable ties are your friend. I generally route everything behind the drive rack (small case) but if you want to go for broke you can cut holes in the motherboard tray and route all your fan connectors / 4/8pin-12v / sata cables under the motherboard.

Also turning your HDD around so the connectors are at the front of the rack can makes things look a bit neater

my pc is in bits and for the life of me cannot turn the hardrives round, the screw holes just don't line up

maybe it cannot be done with my case?

been trying to find pictures of how people have theres but no luck

 

[techmob]

i am going to replace my side panels air duct, because i will be fitting an arctic freezer 7 soon, and the fan will be faced in a different position, so this duct will serve no purpose, as far as i am aware

i will be replacing it with an 80cm fan, just to add a little extra cooling

do i want this fan blowing in or blowing out of the side panel?

the arctic freezer, will be drawing air to the back of the case, where the 120mm exhaust fan should pull the warm air out

which way should i have the fan on the side panel, is it best to blow air into the direction of the heatsink?

cheers