Cooling issue in this build!

AmbitionAnt

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Jun 30, 2015
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I have this build:

Fractal Design R5 (NON - WINDOW VERSION)
i7 4790k + 212 EVO Cooler
ASUS Maximus VII Hero motherboard
2x MSI GTX 670
16GB Kingston Genesis RAM
EVGA Supernova G2 750W

I have the 2 default fans that come with the case (1x front 1x rear) and with my going SLI with the gfx cards i purched two corsair AF120's and placed them in the bottom and an extra in the front. But my temps with GFX cards is 80 degrees and around 75-80 with cpu on full load/stress tests. Idle temps arent brilliant either - sitting around 35 for cpu.. should i move the fans around? if so where and how should i set them up? as in push / pull config etc.
 


Yeah they do rev up - to virtually max RPM. Yeah it is heavy on the front with the door. Should I move one of the front ones to the side ?
 


I dont want to put one on top if i can help it tbh - opening up the top would make it much more noisy and I don't really want that. maybe keeping a bottom one and moving one of the front ones and putting it on the side? should i make the side one an exhaust then ? or should i keep them all intakes except the rear fan#?
 
Well if they don't have to work as hard they won't rev up as much, and if noise is an issue then get noctuas, also maybe look at getting a larger heatsink for your CPU. Another question what is your GPUs idle temps?