Help with Fractal R6 Airflow.

[Deleted member 362816]

Items used

240mm rad
Vertical GPU mount

Here is my current airflow, Temps are ok but I feel I am looking to much intake air due to the position of the tops fans.

Blue Lines Indicate Intake, Red lines Indicate Exhaust.

My feeling is to remove all of the top fans, Seal this area off, Leave the 4 fans that are intake alone and have one exhaust. Would this improve GPU temps. Because right now the tops fans seem to steal all the air from the front.

If I am wrong or this is a stupid idea let me know.

 

[terry4536]

The current system looks OK except...

The vertical mount of the GPU in't a great idea unless you have a side vent.

You should block off at least the front-most top port. You want the flow to be from the lower front to the upper rear. And the top ports can disturb that. Also I would turn the top fans RPM down.

 

[madmatt30]

Nothing wrong withhow you have it if youre happy with noise levels.

If ypu have a top fan exhausting in front of the 240mm rad though that would probably be the sole one Id remove ,its doing virtually nothing but steal air from the top,front intake.

 

[jossrik]

That case isn't well ventilated for a vertical card like that. The air gets trapped at the window. If your temps are all right, no worries the way it is. The video card isn't getting enough ventilation, turn it back to a horizontal positioning, and maybe add an exhaust under it. Generally you want pressure in the case to help with dust, so maybe three strong fans in the front, remove the bottom fan and leave the top two and rear fans on low. Just ideas.

 

[Deleted member 362816]

Temps are fine. Just seems like I am wasting allot of my fans potential.

Any thoughts on blocking of the top. Case comes with a top plate noise damper etc. Moving the 240mm rad to the front as intake plus. So 3x 120mm in front, 1x 140mm on bottom for gpu intake and one 120 or 140mm at back for exhaust. Seems like air would get around the card more this way.

Am I wrong?

 

[terry4536]

Temps are fine. Just seems like I am wasting allot of my fans potential.

Any thoughts on blocking of the top. Case comes with a top plate noise damper etc. Moving the 240mm rad to the front as intake plus. So 3x 120mm in front, 1x 140mm on bottom for gpu intake and one 120 or 140mm at back for exhaust. Seems like air would get around the card more this way.

Am I wrong?

The GPU fans are blocked by the glass. I would block only the front most top fan. If you have three fans on the front, then you can block the top one.

And I would mount the GPU to the board.

Other than that i would leave it.