Running hot on a Dell XPS 8910

[Syeknom]

I just bought a Dell XPS 8910 a few weeks ago.

GPU - Nvidia GeForce 1070 SC, EVGA Supernova 850 power supply.
32 GB ddr4 ram


At idle I'm around 40-45 c. During gaming I'm anywhere between 64-79. I've looked into changing the CPU fan but with the power supply folding over right on the CPU I'm not sure what aftermarket choices I have. Is it possible to use all the components and move it to a better case where the power supply didn't sit on the CPU. I was looking at this case for better airflow. Also then adding a better CPU fan like the Cooler Master Hyper Evo 212. Any ideas of this is plausible?

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[lfkfkfkffs]

I would just buy a super cheap intel stock cooler first and see if switching it out is possible. It looks like a normal mount for a heat sink

 

[Syeknom]

I've tried replacing the stock cooler with a Intel cooler using artic silver 5 thermal compound and it still seems to run hot. I believe this is because the power supply folding over the CPU fan and is less than a half inch above it.

 

[Syeknom]

I also bought 2 different aftermarket heatsinks but they won't fit because of the power supply.

 

[lfkfkfkffs]

The board seems to be matx. Have you considered buying a new case and aftermarket cooler?

 

[Syeknom]

The board seems to be matx. Have you considered buying a new case and aftermarket cooler?

I actually bought one today. I should get it on Friday and hopefully it will fix all of my issues.

 

[zerounix]

did you ever get to moving into the new case? I'm in the same boat, where my CPU @ idle is okay, but with just my GPU (gigabyte 1080 G1 gaming) under load my CPU goes up to 50-60C even at 0% load itself, lol. the case design is terrible, not sure if i should grab a cooler, new z170 MB and PSU and just use the ram cpu and gpu in the new case.. its really frustrating as besides the terrible thermals, its a fast little machine.

 

[Syeknom]

did you ever get to moving into the new case? I'm in the same boat, where my CPU @ idle is okay, but with just my GPU (gigabyte 1080 G1 gaming) under load my CPU goes up to 50-60C even at 0% load itself, lol. the case design is terrible, not sure if i should grab a cooler, new z170 MB and PSU and just use the ram cpu and gpu in the new case.. its really frustrating as besides the terrible thermals, its a fast little machine.

I ended up returning the computer because it didn't make sense moving the components to a new PC when I could just build one. I did try a different cooler and power supply but neither helped. The case design is a major flaw.