Question about my cooling Setup

[meffie]

NZXT Phantom 820 Case, i5 4690, Asus Maximus VII Hero, GTX 780, 256GbSSD, 2 TB WD Black, Gskill ram, Corsair H105i Radiator.

This is my fan setup.

Top: 2 200mm INTAKE (top of case)
Top: H105i Radiator (in between) Push/Pull Setup
Top: 2 140mm INTAKE (under radiator)

Front: 200mm INTAKE
Middle: 140mm INTAKE (Flow is inline with the 200mm front)

Bottom: 2 140mm INTAKE

Side: 200mm EXHAUST

Rear: 140MM EXHAUST

Now I should say I'm not having heat issue's, my CPU stays around 35c, and my vid card running Ultra on 3 monitor surround stays around 60c.

I'm just curious if this setup is optimal, or if there's anything I should or need to change.

Thanks so much.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

NZXT Phantom 820 Case, i5 4690, Asus Maximus VII Hero, GTX 780, 256GbSSD, 2 TB WD Black, Gskill ram, Corsair H105i Radiator.

This is my fan setup.

Top: 2 200mm INTAKE (top of case)
Top: H105i Radiator (in between) Push/Pull Setup
Top: 2 140mm INTAKE (under radiator)

Front: 200mm INTAKE
Middle: 140mm INTAKE (Flow is inline with the 200mm front)

Bottom: 2 140mm INTAKE

Side: 200mm EXHAUST

Rear: 140MM EXHAUST

Now I should say I'm not having heat issue's, my CPU stays around 35c, and my vid card running Ultra on 3 monitor surround stays around 60c.

I'm just curious if this setup is optimal, or if there's anything I should or need to change.

Thanks so much.

I'm not going to criticize somebody's fan deployment. I'm also not using an H105 AiO cooler. I'm using an NH-D14 air-cooler, and I've deployed exactly four fans: two 200mm front and side intake, a "round" 140mm between the D14 towers, and a Gentle Typhoon AP-30 ducted to the cooler rear and acoustically deadened.

The strategy was to minimize the number of fans, increase interior case pressure and increase airflow through the cooler and out the single rear exhaust.

I would attempt to do with your H105 cooler and rig what I'd done with my rig. But in your case, the trick is to maximize the airflow through the radiator while -- well -- matching the intake to exhaust under different temperature conditions.

I might feel inclined to think you have too many fans. But before I finalize that conclusion, I'd want to think how I might get the same or better effective cooling with fewer fans. I'm not even looking at your case yet, but it would require some study. And I can tell you that it's not always optimal to use every single fan port the case-makers provided; those are provided as options. I might want to block off a vent or two with black foam artboard, and thus improve pressurization of the case.

In these remarks, I'm just offering you some food for thought.