Hey all,
Just thought I'd post my new build, first time I did a build all on my own... so while everything works... I've ended up with a few questions people might be able to help with... but first the build...
So that's it, I was working on a budget... went for a Seidon 240M to cool the CPU (which is fx8350). what u can't see in the pic is the radiator in the top compartment of the phantom 410, problem is that the fans below the radiator don't really push the hot air far enough, so it kind of just hangs around heating up the top compartment, effecting cooling. should I put the radiator below and fans in the compartment instead to keep the air moving past the compartment? or is it better to have the fans as they are blowing cool air over the radiator instead of on top? there's not enough room for a second set of fans above the radiator unless they are ultra thin ones. The more complicated option is to remove the HDD bays and have the radiator on the front... where there's more room for 4 fans... but thats a lot more work cuz the bottom HDD bay doesn't come out so easily...
Also, I never noticed my RAM running so hot before... its Corsair XMS3... is that a problem? I read RAM can run pretty hot anyway... and its not burn your finger hot..
Just thought I'd post my new build, first time I did a build all on my own... so while everything works... I've ended up with a few questions people might be able to help with... but first the build...
So that's it, I was working on a budget... went for a Seidon 240M to cool the CPU (which is fx8350). what u can't see in the pic is the radiator in the top compartment of the phantom 410, problem is that the fans below the radiator don't really push the hot air far enough, so it kind of just hangs around heating up the top compartment, effecting cooling. should I put the radiator below and fans in the compartment instead to keep the air moving past the compartment? or is it better to have the fans as they are blowing cool air over the radiator instead of on top? there's not enough room for a second set of fans above the radiator unless they are ultra thin ones. The more complicated option is to remove the HDD bays and have the radiator on the front... where there's more room for 4 fans... but thats a lot more work cuz the bottom HDD bay doesn't come out so easily...
Also, I never noticed my RAM running so hot before... its Corsair XMS3... is that a problem? I read RAM can run pretty hot anyway... and its not burn your finger hot..
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