I'm looking for advice on how to manage the temperatures in my setup, particularly for my graphics card, which reaches around 95°C. I have a radiator positioned at the front of my case (marked in orange in my setup image), and I'm currently using some blue fans. I'm considering buying red fans for better airflow. Would changing to those red fans help cool down my graphics card? Also, if I set the radiator to pull air in, won't that just warm up the case?
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You've got a really unbalanced fan setup with just one small intake fan and five exhausting. That could be a big reason your case is having trouble pulling in cooler air. Try running your system with the side panel off for a day and see if the temperatures drop by more than 20°C. If they do, you’ll want to rethink your fan config to let in more cold air.
You should definitely flip the blue fan at the back so it exhausts air out, and the orange should be set to intake. As for the red fans, they've got pretty limited space for air intake, so just ensuring that the orange ones can pull air in is key.
If I pull air in through the radiator, won't that end up putting warm air inside the case?
It looks like those red fans won't actually be able to pull in air because they’re blocked by a solid metal panel above the power supply. You might need to think about fan placement to optimize airflow.
Yeah, buying and installing the red fans is the plan. Any suggestions on what else I could do?
If I pull air in through the radiator, won't that end up putting warm air inside the case?