OC & Modding Cabinet airflow

rockstah

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Anyone using cooler master H500 mesh?
Hot air from the gpu is getting trapped in the marked place inside the cabinet(check image below) and it increases GPU temps. Without the tempered glass panel the temperature is 4° less. I was looking in to vertical Mount but all reviews say it'll only make the temps worse for gpu. Will vertical Mount along with changing my intake and exhaust fans to something like the noctua 3000rpm fans help?

I was also thinking of attaching fans below the GPU but there's no option to place the fans in psu shroud, tried looking for pcie slot fan setup but not able to find anything for that either. Any suggestions to decrease temps is appreciated.

 

princeoo7

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rockstah said:
Anyone using cooler master H500 mesh?
Hot air from the gpu is getting trapped in the marked place inside the cabinet(check image below) and it increases GPU temps. Without the tempered glass panel the temperature is 4° less. I was looking in to vertical Mount but all reviews say it'll only make the temps worse for gpu. Will vertical Mount along with changing my intake and exhaust fans to something like the noctua 3000rpm fans help?

I was also thinking of attaching fans below the GPU but there's no option to place the fans in psu shroud, tried looking for pcie slot fan setup but not able to find anything for that either. Any suggestions to decrease temps is appreciated.

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how many fans you have installed ? i can see that the top is empty. add all the possible fans there. verticle mount will increase the temp. here nothing more you can do. you need a proper push - pull configuration.
 

rockstah

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princeoo7 said:
how many fans you have installed ? i can see that the top is empty. add all the possible fans there. verticle mount will increase the temp. here nothing more you can do. you need a proper push - pull configuration.
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It's stock, one 120mm exhaust and two 200mm intake. I was thinking wouldn't vertical Mount help push the hot air up directly and hence help exhaust it better?
 

Slayer88

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rockstah said:
It's stock, one 120mm exhaust and two 200mm intake. I was thinking wouldn't vertical Mount help push the hot air up directly and hence help exhaust it better?
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Start with adding top exhaust as mentioned above. Hot air rises, so its always advisable to add top exhaust. Get a good CFM 120 or 140 to start off.