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What a difference a new case makes

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49erinnc

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Prior to receiving a new case from Newegg yesterday, I had no idea just how pitiful my previous situation was. I had a standard ATX case but it was pretty small. My power supply, literally sat right on top of my CPU fan and there was mayb 1/4 inch in-between the two. You couldn't even see the CPU/fan from the side of the case unless you removed the PSU. Not to mention, my previous case had NO case fans on it at all. Only fans turing were the PSU fan, CPU fan and the fan on my MSI 9800Pro (412/365). I had the CPU overclocked as well and did a lot of gaming, so as you can imagine, my stability was bad. My case temp was usually around 100F (idle) and my CPU was usually around 135+F.

Got a new case that is much more roomier. CPU fan is completely exposed now and not obstructed by the PSU at all. Case came with a pretty good 80mm side panel fan and I bought an additional 80mm fan for the rear of the case. Now, I can get my video card significantly above XT speeds with no problems and I can get my CPU speed up significantly more as well. And after some hardcore gaming, my CPU temp has yet to pass 109F. And maybe I'm just imagining things but I'd swear that my CPU even performs better (not counting the additional overclocking). Hell, even my small computer room is noticably cooler without my CPU getting so hot.

Anyway...just wanted to share that in case some people don't understand how important proper cooling is. I had NO idea and have spent the last year using my previous setup which was terrible on my hardware/performance. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
yes it does, and make sure your side fan is blowing in, it will help lower temps even further.
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Really?? I have both my side panel fan and rear fan both blowing out of the case. My CPU fan is pretty much straight across from my side panel fan so I figured that it would be best to have it blow out since it would probably exhaust most of the CPU fan air that is blowing towards it. Wasn't under the impression that having it blow IN would be better. I might give it a try and check my case temps again.
 
If your CPU fan is blowing out, then you would be better to have the case fan going out as well. But you might want to try turning them both to intake. Sometimes it's better to have your CPU fan blowing on the heatsink, sometimes it's better the other way. I think it depends on how the heatsink itself was designed.
 
Your cpu fan wants cool air from outside the case if its blowing towards the cpu (most heatsinks perform better that way). A side panel fan blowing into the case will give it that cool air. The CPU temp is, of course, directly dependent on the temperature of the air used by the hsf.
 
Learn something new every day. I had everything on exhaust and still had very cool case/cpu temps. Haven't made the changes yet but I plan on doing that tomorrow to see if I can get another few degrees lower.
 
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