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6/23/12 at 8:10am
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Hi There,

I currently have a Cooler Master HAF X 942, by default it comes with a single top 200mm exhaust fan, before that I had a Antec 900 which has a single 200mm top exhaust fan, would it be better to add the fan from the Antec case into the HAF X ?.

I'm trying to keep my Video card more cool, an MSI GTX 690 which iv'e seen a peak of 81 Degrees just yesterday. Here's a pic of my PC.

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With the door on, it has a side intake 200mm Fan. Not sure what else I can do. Keep going round in circles trying think of different ways.
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6/23/12 at 8:20am
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more fans more airflow more cool. go for it.
81 is not hot, you've got nothing to worry about.
adding a custom fan profile for your 690 might be a good idea; having it ramp up faster at lower temperatures.
that's a massive case, are you running your fans at top speed?
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post #3 of 4
6/23/12 at 10:51am
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Yeah i'll give it a shot then and let ya know.

I know that in tests for the 690 they were averaging peaks of 85 Degrees but I thought I should have gotten slightly better temps given the setup, however I believe the reason for the hot temps is because i'm a silent freak so all fans run at their lowest speed, and the 690 Fan doesn't run at it's fullest when gaming so I might just set profiles like you said to increase it.

But yeah I'm not running fans at top speed, completely the opposite because I keep this on 24/7. I'm kinda going for the best silent performance without going full WC. I think I got a good ratio of noise/temps so far but will try adding the fan and let you know it makes any difference.

Also this sits under a desk so it's like the air has no where to go, especially the top exhaust but I can't really change the postion of the PC.

Thanks for the reply though.
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6/23/12 at 6:23pm
try this:
move HDD to lower portion of rack.
move opti-drive to top slot, intall a 120/140mm fan in the opti-bay and
direct it towards the GPU card. remove all unused pci slot covers.
seeing the rear roof fan is limited, move the fan forward and retest.

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