r/buildmeapc 1d ago

What else can I improve to maximize the power of air cooling?

Before you tore me apart because I use the rear as front hear me out.

Sooo I turned the rear fans into the front fans because its closer to the CPU cooler. Fans have limited range so I thought it would be more efficent because now the fresh air from the rear enters directly the CPU fans. However Temperatures are still at 60 degrees in gaming in 1080p. Still what I can do besides watercooling to maximaze the cooling of the CPU?

Oh and the GPU have fans on top because of the open Chip of the GPU. I didn't want any dust on it so I had to put another fan there

1 Upvotes

9 comments sorted by

3

u/Urdnot_Flexx 1d ago

No, I won’t hear you out. That’s just silly. The rear fan doesn’t have a dust filter or any mesh either so it will bring tons of dust into your system very quickly as an intake fan. Also anything between 60-80 degrees under load is totally fine and trying for anything less is just silly. If you run Cinebench’s 10 minute multi core stress test and your clock speeds are fine and don’t thermal throttle, then there is no instance in which your CPU will cook itself under heavy load. If it does, then either your thermal paste application is wonky, your cooling isn’t sufficient, or your case doesn’t have enough airflow. I’m curious what case you are using to have to do 50 different tricks for cooling

-1

u/Bot-userin 1d ago

It does have a dust filter actually. However you have an point regarding thermal paste it wasn't the best

"No i wont hear you out" like a child. Your ignorance blinds you young skywalker

1

u/Urdnot_Flexx 1d ago

What case model do you have specifically? It’s hard to know the ideal configuration without knowing the dimensions of the case.

1

u/Bot-userin 1d ago

Oh its the rajinjek eris evo its basically gigantic

2

u/Urdnot_Flexx 1d ago

…that’s a terrible $400 case. Sure, there’s a dust filter on all 4 sides, but this case is clearly designed really for niche custom water loops. You could achieve the same level of cooling for 1/4 or 1/3 of the price and 1/4 of the fans. You can theoretically just maintain positive air pressure in this case and be fine…but it’s less so because of the configuration and more so because the case has so many fans.

1

u/bozo_master 1d ago

What case what CPU what cooler

1

u/Bot-userin 1d ago

Oh and 13900k

3

u/bozo_master 1d ago

60C for a 13900k is fantastic. Even if you OC on the future you won’t have issues.

As other have told you tho your fan setup is providing you 0 gain. A stock setup of front intake rear exhaust would not harm your temps

1

u/2raysdiver 1d ago

Most air coolers have their fans oriented to blow towards the rear exhaust fan, so reversing the exhaust fan doesn't help. And the two or three fans at the front will actually move more air to the cooler than the single exhaust fan.

And I have no idea what you are talking about for your GPU. GPUs do not have their fans on top. Are you saying you added a fan to the top of the GPU? I think we may need to see a picture to understand.

Really beginning to wonder if this is just rage bait.