Sowhat I sawwhen I wasgainingonthisisthatmytemperatureswouldbreachthelowsixtiesinplayingthingslikeBattlefieldfiveandstuffentirelytoohotfor a watercooledsystem, especiallyonethathasgotanopenchassislikethisthatshouldnotbeimpedingairflowinanyway.
ThetoprighthereisIf I hadtomake a guess, I'd saythisisprobablyabout 45 maybe 50.
Seelikeit's extremelyhotcomingouthere.
Whenyoutouchthemetal, themetalsheatsoaked.
It's heatsoakinginsomethingthatisnotsealed, whichis a problem.
Infact, myCPUrightnowisevensittingat 57 c withheavenrunning.
No, that's notsuperhot, butagainit's watercooled, andit's noteventhatbigofanoverclock.
It's like 4.2 gigahertzbecauseanythinghigherhigheranditwasstartingtogetwaytoohot.
No, no, I havenotlaptheCPU, and I havenotdone a dealitontheCPU, whichwouldprobablybenefititquite a bit.
ButhowhottheGPSwe'regettingaretellingmethatweclearlyarehaving a coolinginefficiency.
Sowhatwe'regonnadotodayisgoingtotry a coupleofthings.
One.
I justwant a sortofproofofconceptthatif I cangetthishotairoutofthiscasethatitwillhelptheoverallcoolingmakessense, right?
Ifthehotairistrappedinhere, that's causing a heatsoak.
Itmeanstheradiatorsaren't efficientatthispointthanthehotairthat's justsittingheresoakingEverythingiscausingthetemperaturesas a wholetorise.
So I'm gonnastartbytaking a 140 millimeterfan.
ThisisoneofthethenewfractalPrismafans.
I'm justgoingtosetitontoprighthere.
Plugitintothemontheboardtoe.
Letthisassistwiththeexhaustingofairtowherethisfanispulling a goodchunkofthehotairoutratherthanforcingthepositivepressurecomingthroughtheratstodothejobwith a convictionassistantarenaturalconvictionassistant.
Shutup!
Shutup!
Well, thewholeringturns.
Whatisit?
Therewego.
That'lldoit.
Uh, whatwe'relookingforherebefore I gothrough, alltheworkistoseeifthisisgonnadropthetemperaturesatall.
Becauseifitdoesn't, well, then I don't knowwhatthatboyit's a 50 51 arenow.
Theplayersfansarenotgoodradiatorfans, andwheneventoldmethat, buttheywereprettyand I wasliketheirdaisychainedandit's fine, I havetoldpeoplebeforeyoucouldgowithmoreradiatorsurfaceareainthiscaseto 360 redsandjustgowithsomeslowerfansandyou'llbefine.
Buttheprobleminthisparticularusecaseisthefactthatwhat I saidispartlytrue.