ultimate99 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 This is my current setup with an Antec ISK600. I like the case and want to keep it, so other than that and the dust, what can I do? Temps reach 45ish on idle. TOP RIGHT SIDE LEFT SIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Well, you have already mentioned dust, but that would be the first thing to eliminate as it acts as an insulator. You could also invest in a better air cooling solution, or a better solution might be one of the corsair all-in-one watercooling units. It is hard for me to judge based solely on pictures, but is the only fan that is pushing air into the case, the PSU fan? And your exhaust is the fan near the CPU cooler? If it were me, i would look into hacking up the side window and adding some sort of fan there, or if you can find a couple of Antec Spotcool's they would be small enough to add within your case and get some more air flowing. Or if you are handy, have you thought about adding a fan or two to the top piece of the casing? Not sure what tools you have available, or your skillset, but that would easily allow some of that hot air to leave the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 1 get a pressurised air canister 2 blast out the entire system 3 remove heatsink and re apply good thermal paste 4 if your case has side windows or a flap on the front of the tower, buy a couple of fans, (my rig all fans blow in, and one fan on the back extracts, that particular 'extractor' fan is inside the psu) You should notice considerably cooler temps from just removing the dust though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 1 get a pressurised air canister 2 blast out the entire system 3 remove heatsink and re apply good thermal paste 4 if your case has side windows or a flap on the front of the tower, buy a couple of fans, (my rig all fans blow in, and one fan on the back extracts, that particular 'extractor' fan is inside the psu) You should notice considerably cooler temps from just removing the dust though Just an FYI for you, "extractor" fans are known as exhaust; the fans that blow in are intake. OP, typically you want your intake fans to be those in the front or bottom of the case and your exhaust fans to be in the rear or top. This is because heat rises naturally, if you try and do it in reverse it is just counterproductive. The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Just an FYI for you, "extractor" fans are known as exhaust; the fans that blow in are intake. OP, typically you want your intake fans to be those in the front or bottom of the case and your exhaust fans to be in the rear or top. This is because heat rises naturally, if you try and do it in reverse it is just counterproductive. I used to love Tractors, but no more, I guess you could call me an Ex-Tractor fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy8s Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Mini-itx...I would be tempted to dremel a new intake for another 120mm fan to get some airflow over those components. Maybe add some of these filters to keep some dust out... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4TZ2SN7492&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-Case+Accessories-_-9SIA4TZ2SN7492&gclid=CKzT0vGwn8YCFUISHwod078AoQ&gclsrc=aw.ds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Just an FYI for you, "extractor" fans are known as exhaust; the fans that blow in are intake. OP, typically you want your intake fans to be those in the front or bottom of the case and your exhaust fans to be in the rear or top. This is because heat rises naturally, if you try and do it in reverse it is just counterproductive. In normal practice lots of things override that basic physics. For starters the tiny airflow speed resulting from natural rising of air is easily overwhelmed by any fan so the rising of hot air is only a consideration for investigating hot air pockets. And in most cases, the cases are so leaky that the imagined flow in your mind never works out in practice. The sure thing is to blow cool air directly on the thing that needs cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Bloo Monkee Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Assuming you're talking about CPU temps, I would highly recommend an aftermarket (ie: bigger) heatsink. I replaced that same type of heatsink not too long ago with a $30 aftermarket heatsink on a friend's PC and saw 10C cooler on average (more noticeable during load). Those stock heatsinks are generally adequate for normal use but aren't amazing by any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I used to love Tractors, but no more, I guess you could call me an Ex-Tractor fan The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Get one of those simple small integrated water cooling kits. It will clamp your CPU temp at 33 or whatever and that's that. Next point a fan at the motherboard. Next make sure GPU has source of cool air. Finally blow some slow moving air over the hard drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted June 20, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2015 Could be some better wire management there, too.. T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted June 23, 2015 Veteran Share Posted June 23, 2015 What case do you have? It's hard to tell from the pictures you posted. Also, buy a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. The stock heatsink and fan can make your CPU hit 80C under load. You don't want that. With an aftermarket cooler, you're looking at lower idle and load temps. Oh, and get a can of compressed air. There's way too much dust in your case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Your pics are gigantic and show next to nothing From what I can see, I can only reiterate what others have said Blow out the dust, good cable mgmt will do wonders A bunch of fans going nuts wont perform as well as smartly placed airflow system What I mean by that, years ago I fixed a monster build of a local doctor who was a gamer. Some guy built him a huge gaming system, and had like 11 fans in that thing. He said when he was playing with his son, it would get so loud with both of their computers in the small room. He also said it ran very warm. I removed 7 fans, and just did 2 intake in the front, and 2 exhaust in the back - temps didnt drop, but they didnt go up, and it was quiet - he thought I was a genius simply because I knew that 4 well-placed fans, would outperform 11 stupidly placed fans (most of which were just working against each other) I then installed a Corsair watercooling kit - and temps dropped a bunch - when it came time for his new build, guess who he called ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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