Some help with heat

[Yuudai]

So I recently built a PC* first time ever*
And I notice that the top of the case will get warm when I do gaming..I have my exhaust fan in the back set to a higher RPM than its default
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/McQQXL

This is my build..I am thinking of rewiring the whole thing on the weekend to get better cable management, to help get better air flow in my case

[edit] Would adding blowing air in/ would I be able to add another 120 mm fan to the side of the case?

 

[Ecolouge]

For case air flow, you want negative pressure which means you have ore air being sucked out of the case rather than more being sucked inside. If you have more air coming in than you system can such out, you will have excess hot air floating in your case. I personally have 2 front intakes, one fan in back sucking out, and 2 fans up top of my case sucking out too. This gives me one more fan to suck that to pull in.

Working on your cable management will alone help you a lot with good airflow and a cooler...quieter PC.

 

[Yuudai]

Ahh..So I should have the RPM on my rear fan at a lower % than the front intake then?

 

[Yuudai]

Highest temp I saw while running RE4 HD was 45 C on my CPU and about 62 C on my GPU..Once the GPU hit 61+ its fans turned on and cooled it down

 

[Ecolouge]

Well, you still want to have good amounts of air coming in. Where are your current fans setup?

 

[Yuudai]

I have 1 120mm in the lower front pushing cold air in, and another 120mm in the upper back sucking air out...I noticed the hottest it got was when I was testing out a Tom Clancy game..Could it be that since my CPU wasn't good enough..Then game was pushing my CPU past what it could do,creating even more heat?

 

[Ecolouge]

Yea, you could defiantly use more fans. Just make sure you have one more pulling in than sucking out.

 

[Yuudai]

would running a game my CPU can't handle put a ton of stress on it to make it preform above its normal..Making more heat?

 

[Ecolouge]

Yes, in theory it would. I actually have the same CPU as you and I have yet found a game that would use it all up. Games don't really use the cpu that much and the fx6300 is pretty gooda.

 

[Yuudai]

But what case do you have? And you probably have many more fans

 

[Ecolouge]

I have a spec-03. And yea, I do. I told you my fan set up previously. But a Fer more fans and a cpu cooler should do you swell.

 

[lodders]

If you add enough fans, maybe you could get your PC to take off and hover like a drone.

However, for cooling your PC your CPU and GPU temperatures are OK, so you already have enough fans.

 

[assassin445522]

Yes, in theory it would. I actually have the same CPU as you and I have yet found a game that would use it all up. Games don't really use the cpu that much and the fx6300 is pretty gooda.

that used to be true but games use the cpu alot more now days

 

[Yuudai]

One thing I found is that I may have put too much thermal paste on my cpu..Reading that too much can make the temp go from low to high fast and then back and forth..So I'm going to pretty much take it all apart on Saturday and rewire/reapply paste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ
[edit] My temps while watching a stream* in source quality* jumps from 30-40C C

 

[Ecolouge]

Sounds like a plan!

 

[Yuudai]

So redid wiring, much better..Just wondering..I'm playing EQ2 on pretty much max settings, and have itunes going in the back round..I'm at around 56.6 C..Thats fine right?..When I touch the top of my case its warm above where the CPU cooler is..I'm not going over protective am I?

 

[Ecolouge]

So redid wiring, much better..Just wondering..I'm playing EQ2 on pretty much max settings, and have itunes going in the back round..I'm at around 56.6 C..Thats fine right?..When I touch the top of my case its warm above where the CPU cooler is..I'm not going over protective am I?

Nope, your fine. My case is a bit warm there too.

 

[Yuudai]

So I'm just being over cautious then? Its my first PC build..Just don't want anything to explode on me

 

[Ecolouge]

yes, I don't blame you though.