I doubt by very much though.Ģ.) If the side fan is delivering more air to the region beneath the PSU shelf than the GPU is using and venting through its rear own PCIe vents, a slightly positive air pocket should form beneath the PSU shelf at the rear, pushing any excess air forward toward the air coming out the water cooled radiator.
Depending on the amount of heat coming out of the radiator, this could potentially affect the cooling efficiency of the GPU cooler. This will suck the warmer air coming out of the CPU radiator towards the rear of the case and towards those components, leaving the GPU fan to suck it in and vent it. Now the only question is what happens to the air coming through the CPU radiator and into the case? Depending on how effectively your GPU is dealing with the air coming in from the side fan at the bottom at back of the case, one of two things could/should happen.ġ) If the GPU is blowing more air out the back faster than the side fan is delivering air to this region, it will create a slightly more negative air pocket beneath the PSU shelf. Assuming this is a mid to high range GPU, it should effectively take that newly delivered cool air and blow it through its own cooling system and out the back through its own PCIe vents effectively keeping it cool and happy and removing any residual warm air from that region of the case. Which is a good thing, because the fan down there should be more than able to take care of those same components by sucking in fresh cool air through the side and back vents and delivering it to your HDDs mounted at the bottom and to your GPU and other PCI peripherals beneath the PSU shelf. The position of the PSU shelf and the air coming through the CPU raditor at the front of the case should effectively keep the PSU isolated from these lower components and keep the air coming in from the lower side fan "trapped" near these same components. Away from your CPU and the PSU right next door.Īll the rest of the major heat generating components are going to be near the bottom, but toward the rear of the case beneath the PSU shelf. It should be sucking in some cool air through the side and ejecting it out of its own rear vent as intended.īy water cooling your CPU you are effectively and rather efficiently relocating any residual heat generated to the radiator at the bottom and near the front of your case. Unfortunately, achieving a good and clean airflow in these cases short of some serious cutting and modding can be notoriously tricky, especially with the newer PSU 120mm fan configurations that suck in air from the side, instead of directly blowing it out the back like the old style 80mm fan PSUs.įrom my perspective, your PSU should be taking care of itself just fine. The hardrives will be in its original place so i cant put anything more on the floor. As far as i can see, i only have fans taking in air but nothing blowing out air. I made some holes in the wall for the PSU to get some extra fresh air for the PSU. Also i have the stock fan in its place where is used to be taking in air. the fan is facing the metal and taking in air in the case trough the radiator that is on the top. I have watercooled CPU and the radiator is on the floor to the left under where the optical drive would have been. I have some question though, about the cooling. The build is already in process and some parts has arrived also, the case is almost modded so i think i am in the process of putting back all the plastic soon. As this is my first build i will most likely learn alot of stuff and maybe i´ll do some misstakes as well. So this is my first Hackintosh build, i thought i would go ahead and use a Power Mac G4 case. Harddrive: Kingston 240GB SSD as maindrive
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