Case Cooling Configuration

[Rocketninja16]

Hey folks,

Just looking for some opinions on case cooling with my current setup.

I have a SilverStone Raven case: http://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/index.php?model=rv03&area=en

It's an awesome case with great cooling, but I was wondering if I could maybe make it better.

Here's an image of the current setup:

http://imgur.com/6UZN2zn

The large fans on the bottom pull in all the cool air, the power supply pulls in air from the bottom as well, and shoots the hot air out of the side.

The gpu pulls in cool air from the side of it and shoots it out of the top, there's a 120mm fan on the back of the case that pulls air out, and the H80i pulls air from inside the case, and out the top.

I know that typically it should pull cool air into the case from the top or back, but I'd have to reverse the big fans on the bottom to do this, otherwise there's a jumble of hot air sitting over the RAM/Mobo and CPU.

I've got room for one 120 fan on the front of the case to pull more cool air in, and space for a 120 mm fan behind the CPU and Mobo to pull hot air away from the bottom of the CPU, currently there are no fans there.

right now as we speak my idle temp is 25 degrees Celcius, as for gaming, I don't know yet because I've literally just switched the fans on the H80i and haven't tested yet, wanted to post on here while I was still thinking about it. Before the switch, I would run around 60 to 65 celcius when gaming.

So there you have it, I'm looking for opinions on case cooling and the current configuration, and what would work better.

Update:

It seems that leaving everything the same, and flipping the H80i from pulling cool air in, to sucking the air from the bottom of the case and pushing hot air out, has dropped my case's ambient temperature, and dropped the CPU temp when gaming by about 15 degrees, holy crap I really didn't think that would help at all, never mind help that much.

I'm now considering putting a cold air intake on the front of the case which would suck air in and directly at the RAM and CPU, thoughts on that? Would it cause too much turbulence?

Cheers!

 

[Dom_79]

An intake on the front most likely would not cause too much turbulence but would most likely only reduce ambient temps in the case by a few degrees tops. Your current setup (with the push out on the H80i) seems excellent and is how I would setup that rig. If you have the 120 for the front already (or don't mind spending a couple bucks for a decent one) why not put it as front intake. It can only help!

Also if you have room for a 120 behind the mobo ( one of the only features I wish my case had at the moment) I would suggest using it as an intake (not much air circulating/entering the space back there to start with thus not much warm air to "pull" off of it).