1u and 2u racks usually have good cross flow cooling.
Um no there are tempature specs on the hardware, your about to exceed them, think of it this way, your putting a 400w hairdrye in something the size of a shoe box and providing near zero ventilation.
I'd bet you cpu idle temp will be nearly 50c on the low side if your lucky. gpu could easily be in the 70's.
get a properly sized case with good airflow, this isn't a data center with downclocked cpus running at 40% of the power of a standard home pc.
70c is fine. I've had WCG rigs running in 80s for years and still running fine with minimum air flow.
So what if my cpu idles at 50c? As long as I have 10 degree headroom from T-junction, it isn't going to explode, and hardware will be fine even if they may not be server-grade.
Even with good airflow, especially 1U servers run in 70 ~ 90c until the end of their life. I've personally had a P3 rig running in close to 90c for 8 years before it was deemed "unproductive" anymore.
Yes, hardware have specs, but 70c isn't going to kill or decrease it's longevity significantly enough.
try pulling the main fat power cable that is blocking the front fan to the side of the psu and flattening it a bit. It looks really :shadedshu right now...
Not going to, at least not for now, because I keep changing stuff inside. The CPU heatsink I have is physically touching the back of my video card. I've placed a piece of anti-static paper as a temporary solution, but I don't like that. I've ordered few more heatsinks and they are on the way. I have to pull out the mobo to change heatinks, so I am not going to deal with cable management until heatsink is settled for good.
Oh..., by the way, why am I defending myself? lol I've built plenty of SFF builds previously, so I *think* I know what I am doing at least, heh.
I will check the MSI Cyclone out. I don't think I saw it at Newegg and NCIX though.