Question about casefan setup.

[Jerico]

Good day. so i have a question about my fan setup. I have 3 intake fans at the front. 1 exhaust at the rear and top. Is that good? I still see some high temps... And how much clearance should the exhaust fans have, they are pretty close to the walls. Thanks for helping!

Specs:
Case: KOLINK Observatory
Motherboard: Z490-A PRO
RAM: 16GB DDR4
CPU: i7-10700
GPU: GTX 1070Ti Founders Edition
PSU: 500W corsair

 

[P4-630]

If the front of your case is a glass panel you won't get much fresh air inside the case.
A mesh frontpanel is best for optimal airflow and lower temps.
Also it depends on what fans you are using.

 

[Jerico]

If the front of your case is a glass panel you won't get much fresh air inside the case.
A mesh frontpanel is best for optimal airflow and lower temps.
Also it depends on what fans you are using.

Yeah it is a glass front panel... I have 120mm Kolink fans.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

You say your getting high temps, but haven't said exactly how high, what your doing when you get the high temps, what OC and voltage you have set, and what you are cooling the CPU with. What may be high temps to you may actually be normal temps for the 10700k at the clocks and voltage you are running.

 

[P4-630]

Yeah it is a glass front panel... I have 120mm Kolink fans.

Try testing without the glass front panel.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Like I asked in my previous reply, what temps are you getting? What OC and voltage are you running? What cooling do you have for your 10700k? What are you doing when you get those temps? This is my temps with my 10850k under full load running 5GHz with 1.29 volts and a 240mm AIO cooler-

 

[P4-630]

Like I asked in my previous reply, what temps are you getting? What OC and voltage are you running? What cooling do you have for your 10700k?

OP says he has a i7-10700 non-K.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

OP says he has a i7-10700 non-K.

opps, thought I saw a K at the end, but still, if the OP has it locked to all core (not sure if possible with a non-K cpu) or running default voltage settings, that could most definitely contribute, or straight up cause his high temps, or he's running 70-80'c at 100% full load under a stock heatsink, his temps may be perfectly normal

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Front fans want to push air through the case and out the back
If the actual exhaust fan is too close to the wall then that will likely effect air going out the back too except in that one spot.
Advise would be move the exhaust fan to the top of the case.

 

[Jerico]

You say your getting high temps, but haven't said exactly how high, what your doing when you get the high temps, what OC and voltage you have set, and what you are cooling the CPU with. What may be high temps to you may actually be normal temps for the 10700k at the clocks and voltage you are running.

I only get these high temps on my GPU. It goes up to 83 where the temp limit is set. Don't have any problems with my CPU. I bought the CPU completely new and have it in my setup for around a week. The GPU is a few years old though. CPU is around 48C° max

 

[P4-630]

CPU is around 48C° max

That's really low somewhat's hard to believe this max, only if you have the PC in a cool area with water cooling.
How hot does it really get when you run a game.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Ok, so we are working with GPU temps, not CPU temps. How are you monitoring your GPU temps? Do you have a custom fan curve set? what clocks is the 1070 running at?
83' is high for a 1070ti FE. My RTX 2070 FE with a bad fan stays below 75'c while being OC'ed. Has it always ran temps like it is now? I've never had the issue before, but I have read of people with GPUs that running temps had substantially increased over time as the thermal paste used in assembly starts to dry out and go bad.

 

[Jerico]

Try testing without the glass front panel.

I tried that and did a benchmark with both glass installed and without. Only made a difference of about 2C°

 

[P4-630]

Dust in the GPU heatsink?

 

[Jerico]

That's really low somewhat's hard to believe this max, only if you have the PC in a cool area with water cooling.
How hot does it really get when you run a game.

I haven't really played any games that are hard to run yet. That's just the temps for CSGO etc. I can run a benchmark in a sec and tell ya

Dust in the GPU heatsink?

I've cleaned it when i installed it into the new pc so i dont think so.

Ok, so we are working with GPU temps, not CPU temps. How are you monitoring your GPU temps? Do you have a custom fan curve set? what clocks is the 1070 running at?
83' is high for a 1070ti FE. My RTX 2070 FE with a bad fan stays below 75'c while being OC'ed. Has it always ran temps like it is now? I've never had the issue before, but I have read of people with GPUs that running temps had substantially increased over time as the thermal paste used in assembly starts to dry out and go bad.

I am monitoring them with MSI afterburner. I do not have a custom fan curve set yet. Temps are in general really bad. Idle's at around 45-50C°

 

[BarbaricSoul]

CSGO is not going to push a 10700 to high temps. I mean, CSGO requires only a C2D E6600 for a CPU

try setting a custom fan curve. I normally run a curve where the fan runs at 1% of it's speed for every degree the GPU is running at. 30'c my fan runs at 30%, 50'c my fan runs at 50%, but from there, I set it to run fans at 100% at 80'c

 

[Jerico]

CSGO is not going to push a 10700 to high temps. I mean, CSGO requires only a C2D E6600 for a CPU

try setting a custom fan curve. I normally run a curve where the fan runs at 1% of it's speed for every degree the GPU is running at. 30'c my fan runs at 30%, 50'c my fan runs at 50%, but from there, I set it to run fans at 100% at 80'c

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OK, i have adjusted the fan curve. I will hop into a stress test and see if that made a difference.

Did a stress test. GPU still running too hot and capping itself... Did a CPU stress test too. Temps are 50-55 C°

 

[BarbaricSoul]

try taking the side panel off the case to see if that helps your GPU temps. If this does not help temps, the issue is not with the case, but rather is something going on with the GPU its self

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Indeed op has already said the back of the computer is close to the wall.

 

[Jerico]

try taking the side panel off the case to see if that helps your GPU temps. If this does not help temps, it issue is not with the case, but rather is something going on with the GPU its self

Took the side panel off. Like with the front panel it only made a difference of about 2-3C°. After running the stress test a bit longer the GPU still reached the max temp point. Should i try and clean the filter/ new thermal paste? I am probably going to switch to the RTX 3070 eventually tho

 

[P4-630]

I am probably going to switch to the RTX 3070 eventually tho

Just don't buy a FE or blower style GPU.
Check reviews before buying.

 

[Jerico]

Alright, Thank you guys for your help. Appreciate it! I was worried it was a case problem but it is definitely a GPU problem. Have a great day and again thanks!

 

[BarbaricSoul]

I would do everything I could to get the temps on the 1070ti to where they should be, if for no other reason than to sell it when you do get a 3070. I have people standing in line to buy my 2070 at $600, and I only paid $325 for it (I was hooked up)

 

[Jerico]

I would do everything I could to get the temps on the 1070ti to where they should be, if for no other reason than to sell it when you do get a 3070. I have people standing in line to buy my 2070 at $600, and I only paid $325 for it (I was hooked up)

Yeah i see. I can change out the thermal paste and really deep clean it. Hopefully i can get some money for it....

 

[BarbaricSoul]

regular 1070 cards are selling for $4-500 on the used market right now