I am building my biggest system to date and need some advice in regards to the cooling of my system.
I am running an i7 4790k at 4.6-4.7, msi z97 gaming 9 AC board, 2 way sli gtx 980s and am thinking in putting in either 3 NZXT KRAKEN x61s or one x61 and 2 x41s for the gpu. I have a NZXT Phantom 820 case. In my old case my gpu ( stock cooler was reaching 90c on the core and over 107c on the far end of the board!!! I had a very tight NZXT 440 case. I don't want the same issue to come again. I will be using the pivot fan to blow are onto the gpu. The question that I am wrestling with is the top radiator and the side panel fan. I am uncertain if I should have my top rad ( with probably 4x fans instead of the stock 2x ) pulling or pushing air in while the side panel does the opposite? I'm not sure if that thinking is correct because heat rises but then I feel like my top rad and the rear exhaust would not be able to handle all the pull. Any advice would really be appreciated.
I am running an i7 4790k at 4.6-4.7, msi z97 gaming 9 AC board, 2 way sli gtx 980s and am thinking in putting in either 3 NZXT KRAKEN x61s or one x61 and 2 x41s for the gpu. I have a NZXT Phantom 820 case. In my old case my gpu ( stock cooler was reaching 90c on the core and over 107c on the far end of the board!!! I had a very tight NZXT 440 case. I don't want the same issue to come again. I will be using the pivot fan to blow are onto the gpu. The question that I am wrestling with is the top radiator and the side panel fan. I am uncertain if I should have my top rad ( with probably 4x fans instead of the stock 2x ) pulling or pushing air in while the side panel does the opposite? I'm not sure if that thinking is correct because heat rises but then I feel like my top rad and the rear exhaust would not be able to handle all the pull. Any advice would really be appreciated.