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HAF 932 - Air Flow Question

Post Date: 2009-04-19
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    Posted: 19 Apr 2009 at 12:59pm
Ok I am trying to squeeze the air flow a little more.

Here are screen shots of my case's HEMI:

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My question is: How can I improve upon the air flow?  I have even thought of switching to liquid cooling but that is a waste of the hemi that is my cpu cooler.

By the way, my system specs:
CASE CHASSIS: HAF 932 (Stock)
MAINBOARD: XFX Nvidia 790i Ultra
CPU: Intel Q9450 2.66~2.7 GHZ
GRAPHICS CARDS: TRI-SLI EVGA GTX 285
HARD DRIVES: (RAID 0 - 64 GB) Intel X25-E 32GB, (RAID 0 - 64 GB) MTRON 32 GB MOBI 3500
*CPU COOLER: Thermalright IFX-14 with backside/underside CPU heatsink
**Plenty of Scythe 120 fans on the heatsink...3 of them!!!
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you gonna have more noise but change your exhaust fan with a more powerful fan and change your side 230mm fan with 4 x 120mm fans that have a high cfm. high cfm = high airflow, higher airflow = more noise.

what do you need more airflow? whats getting hot?

Edited by DST4ME - 19 Apr 2009 at 3:18pm

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Actually nothings really getting hot with the 3 stock 230 mm fans at 1700 RPM and 110 CFM, my CPU is at 30-35 C idle, MainBoard is at 36 C, GPUs all 3 are at 50-55 C idle. I don't like the temps my SPP and MCP are running 50-60 C but that should be expected at stock speeds.

I would like to get my CPU cooler and I have been thinking of getting a thermoelectric CPU cooler.  The same DSO offers.  I just haven't researched any pricing or configuration issues with my case or board.
The reason for this is to increase performance and life-expectancy of the system.  I don't overclock. I just would like my system to be cool, like grease lightening.
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well your temps are fine, but idle temps don't matter load temps do, but your temps look fine, changing your cooling will not make a big difference if your load temps are around 60c or 70c.

I think you are going to waste your money if you change anything you got, cause those temps are not going to change much at all.

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