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post #6271 of 7767
Man, that Megahalem looks wicked in there.

It and the Xigmatek Dark Night are really improved in appearance by switching to Corsair fans...
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post #6272 of 7767
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Originally Posted by halfeatenwaffles View Post

Someone is a big fan of Malik's work tongue.gif Still, looks nice thumb.gif

Hahaha.

I was actually planning a SP120 and either a Megahelms or H100i, but than i saw Maliks air build and decided on the Megahelms.
post #6273 of 7767
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Edited by Rylen - 2/17/13 at 5:17pm
post #6274 of 7767

Can anyone help me with my fan config? My GPU temps are 73 C. My current fan config is one intake at the bottom and another intake in the front (with the hard drive cage rotated). I have no exhaust fan b/c my Evo will do that job just fine.

 

How do I lower the GPU temps?

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post #6275 of 7767
Try changing your bottom fan to exhaust. Is your Define R4 with a side window or a side fan vent? If side fan vent, try setting that one to exhaust and bottom to intake. Non-reference GPU designs have their fans blow hot air out into the case, so it helps more to exhaust that hot air so as to not recycle it through the GPU.
   
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post #6276 of 7767
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Originally Posted by ElevenEleven View Post

Try changing your bottom fan to exhaust. Is your Define R4 with a side window or a side fan vent? If side fan vent, try setting that one to exhaust and bottom to intake. Non-reference GPU designs have their fans blow hot air out into the case, so it helps more to exhaust that hot air so as to not recycle it through the GPU.

I have the side fan vent. I don't really want to remove the vent b/c it'll create more noise. I'll try the bottom fan as an exhaust. Thanks for the help.

 

Here's a pic

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post #6277 of 7767
The GPU fans will be exhausting to the sides of the card, so it's better to have the side vent with an exhaust fan, but try exhausting from the bottom, yeah. Next step would be trying bottom as intake and side vent as exhaust--at least as an experiment. You should also attach a rear exhaust fan to help guide the air out. It might help in this case, because your CPU heatsink is pretty far away from the far grille, and the grille itself is not an empty cut-out hole but has metal mesh that blocks the airflow hitting it casually. I've seen recommendations to avoid rear exhaust fans and allow CPU fans guide the air out, but cutting out the rear grille is one of the things that should be done along with that, which you are not doing.
Edited by ElevenEleven - 2/17/13 at 6:26pm
   
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That blue Mega looks great and would really tie in with my future UD3H. Definitely going to save up for it.
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post #6279 of 7767
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Black Megahelms FTW smile.gif

Here is mine


Fantastic biggrin.gif

Really can't wait for my Megahalems now wheee.gif
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I have the side fan vent. I don't really want to remove the vent b/c it'll create more noise. I'll try the bottom fan as an exhaust. Thanks for the help.

I agree with Eleven.
I would add a rear exhaust fan (which should greatly improve moving hot GPU exhaust out of your case).
I would also remove the top HDD cage if it's not being populated by any drives (to improve airflow).
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