Carbide 300R Cooling Setup

[Rezolve]

Hi all,

I am after a bit of advice on the cooling setup for a Carbide 300R which will be arriving today, I purchased it alongside 4 new 140mm fans and I'm just looking to get it setup in the best way possible.

I'll be using a corsair H50 with 2 Akasa Apache fans in push/ pull, I am moving from a first-gen coolermaster cosmoss which is taking up half of my room and not doing a great job of keeping things cool so I'm hoping for an improvement!



Would the picture above be the best setup? I've read so many conflicting opinions on the H50 as exhaust or intake; The only concern I have is the Hot air rising from the back of my GTX480 and being drawn back over the rad of the H50?

Any input would be much appreciated

Thanks

[chuckskull]

You should have no problem at all with that setup.

Intake or exhaust you're going to be dealing with warm air rising from the 480, nature of the beast. However out of the 2 intake is probably marginally better. After a bit of experimentation with my H100; the reason there are so many conflicting opinions on intake vs exhaust is that the difference is minimal IMHO, unless the temperature delta between your internal and external air temp is extreme. Which it rarely is, unless your case is chock full of components(SLI+RAID etc) and a significant overclock.

Of course you want the coolest air possible going over the rad, but don't go losing sleep over a couple of degrees.

[Rezolve]

You should have no problem at all with that setup.

Intake or exhaust you're going to be dealing with warm air rising from the 480, nature of the beast. However out of the 2 intake is probably marginally better. After a bit of experimentation with my H100; the reason there are so many conflicting opinions on intake vs exhaust is that the difference is minimal IMHO, unless the temperature delta between your internal and external air temp is extreme. Which it rarely is, unless your case is chock full of components(SLI+RAID etc) and a significant overclock.

Of course you want the coolest air possible going over the rad, but don't go losing sleep over a couple of degrees.

Just to say thanks for the advice Chuckskull; it put my mind at ease and I made a start on things after work last night, having a few problems with the H50 as it won't fit with both 140MM fans in the roof, so I'll be switching one out to a 120 I think.

Also noticed that the pump on my H50 is making a pretty audible buzzing sound which I've never noticed until now; having had a quick google looks like I could have a problem

[chuckskull]

If it is a problem, corsair will happily replace it. Never had any trouble with RMA's, they've always been spot on.

Best of luck.

[Rezolve]

If it is a problem, corsair will happily replace it. Never had any trouble with RMA's, they've always been spot on.

Best of luck.

I've contacted them but looks like I'm out of luck, the warranty on my H50 is only 2 years and I bought it back in September 2010.

I'll stick with it for now as I game with headphones mostly so doubt it will bother me too much; will just have to keep a close eye on temps.

Thanks again for the help!

[chuckskull]

Just had a quick google because it tickled my memory. This was an acknowledged issue with older hydro units.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1236923/c...#post_17622664

http://www.overclock.net/t/1236923/c...#post_18247700

Has to be worth a try, with it being an acknowledged problem rather than a normal failure, you might have some luck or they might at least know a workaround. Worst they can say is no again. You could also try PM'ing Blackbeard a Corsair rep.

Shame you didn't find out about the problem til after warranty and no problem at all.