In my setup, It looks like the answer is - no.
Test setup -
Sig Rig
Rear 120mm fan on medium.
Top 140mm fan on low.
CPU fan on full blast.
CPU & Mobo temps
Using IBT for 10 passes on high setting. Adding 2 Yate Loon mediums as front intakes only dropped my core temp by 1C. CPU, MOSFET, and NB temps were unchanged.
GPU temps
Using Furmark stability test for 5 mins. Adding the same front intakes as above dropped my gpu temps 3-4C.
The difference in GPU temps might have been significant if I weren't well below the thermal max for my card. The card stays below 75C with no front intakes, the thermal max is somewhere around 100C IIRC.
As for the hard drives? They stay below 35C with no front intakes.
Has anyone else experimented with front intakes vs none?
Test setup -
Sig Rig
Rear 120mm fan on medium.
Top 140mm fan on low.
CPU fan on full blast.
CPU & Mobo temps
Using IBT for 10 passes on high setting. Adding 2 Yate Loon mediums as front intakes only dropped my core temp by 1C. CPU, MOSFET, and NB temps were unchanged.
GPU temps
Using Furmark stability test for 5 mins. Adding the same front intakes as above dropped my gpu temps 3-4C.
The difference in GPU temps might have been significant if I weren't well below the thermal max for my card. The card stays below 75C with no front intakes, the thermal max is somewhere around 100C IIRC.
As for the hard drives? They stay below 35C with no front intakes.
Has anyone else experimented with front intakes vs none?