what to do about bad airflow case

[nitharsank]

Well yea I have bad airflow in my current case is the one for gateway dx4860.

I'm running a i7 2600 that is running very low temps never above 70c even during prime95 stress test.

My gpu however runs cool usually 60-70c however the temperatures slowly pick up and after a few hours of gaming can hit 80c.

Worst scenario so far was hitting 98c in a little over 3minutes of furmark when I shut furmark down. After opening the side panel the case hits a Max of 76c after 30minutes of furmark. I'm now worried about lots of dust going into the system. Thanks for the help BTW.

 

[prit87]

yea improper airflow in the case and dust can cause overheating so lean your case add a side intake fan if you have a space for it i the case..generally a front intake a top and rear exhaust and a side intake makes the case cooler..

 

[nitharsank]

Yea the only problem is because of the plastic covering around the body, both the front panel and top panel is blocked so I only have a rear exhaust with no intake fan. I'm not sure what to do because I really like the case and rather not change it. Is keeping my side panel off an acceptable solution or will dust build up way to quickly. BTW my card is a MSI r9 280x

 

[prit87]

r9 280x creates lots of heat and one exhaust with no intake is very bad for cooling ......and plastic covering what do u mean by that ??

 

[nitharsank]

By plastic covering I mean the plastic with the logo on the front panel. Sorry for the confusion

 

[prit87]

what case are u using make and model pls??

 

[coozie7]

Running with the side panel off is OK, you'll soon see any dust build up anyway and with not filtered intake/s things will probably not get any worse.
Without changing the case your only other option is to create some additional airflow, and with that solid, non vented front panel I think your only option is a simple, but brutal one: Cut a hole in the case floor, towards the back so the rising cool air can get to the graphics card.
Magnetic or stick on air filters are available and a single decent fan will dramatically increase the system cooling, try for a 140m.m. size first, they're quieter and can shift more air than a 120m.m. one.

 

[RobCrezz]

Looks like they conform to the Micro-ATX standard, so in theory you could move all your components to a better Micro-ATX case.