Overheating During Gaming

Samplayz

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Hi, I have a few questions concerning pc overheating during gaming. As of right now, I don't know if this has happened, because I've literally only played Dota, and that is basically like running Firefox. Because I plan to buy some new games soon, such as Arkham Knight for PC (argh) and Fallout 4 when it comes out. Will my pc overheat during loads like this? Is there anyway to test or simulate playing games similar to that? (I plan to run on high if not ultra, perhaps some anti aliasing as well) I've read about stress testing, but I read somewhere that's only to test stability during Overclocking. (I've done no overclocking) if I do need to run a stress test how long should I do it for, that, and what kind?

Please Note: I have extreme paranoia when it comes to computers and heat, mainly because I spent a lot on this pc

My Spec:
i7 4790K
Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970
Cooler Master TX3
Bitfenix Prodigy
Asus Maximus Impact VII M ITX
16Gb Corsair Vengance

How my fans are set up:
One Corsair Af 140 Blowing air in through the front
120mm fan on top blowing air in, onto the mb, supposedly cooling the vrm and ram, etc
120mm blowing air in from back
Tx3 90mm fan taking air in from the 120mm fan in the back
-The 120mm is 'spoon feeding' the air to the tx3 fan, which is taking that air in

Concerning the air flow:
1) I understand lack of exhaust, my question is where should I exhaust from (yes ik noob q)
2) I gave this info so I could ask to see if I should change this because it's not good or could cause the overheating during games

PLEASE NOTE: The case is located in somewhat of a tight corner, there is 6 inch clearance for the back, the front, and the side where the graphics card goes, just not the side where the power switch is
I have also received 'ram Overclocking faliure' at 1866mhz, which is weird because I bought 1866 modules (I am unaware of the voltage)
I have also received supposed crashes because of power supply overheating or failure, because I am a complete sh*t head, I didn't check to see the problem.

Also note: the last two questions are for those of you who may know what this issue is, I don't feel like making more threads to answer those questions
I have received the psu overheat twice, where as I have received the memory one multiple times.

Thank you for all answers, I greatly appreciate it!
 


Sorry, did not mean to select that as the answer. My cpu cooler is the Cooler Master TX3, I do believe it is seated properly, and I'm using the stock thermal paste, which I guess should be good enough
 


Not oc'ing, but I'm pretty sure I put the right amount.