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    Should I add an exhaust fan on top of all this?

    As per title, is a 120mm fan at the rear worth it?
    See imgur link for current config
    https://imgur.com/a/cO7YmVz

    (3x120mm fans at the front) currently set to quiet via Icue

    Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series exhausting to the top


    Current temps (Dual monitior, 1 1440p 1 1080
    GPU max 73 after being on all day and a benchmark of shadow of the tomb raider ( 35c at the time of typing)
    CPU- max 57 over all cores. Current 33/32c at time of typing.

    So would the fan make any difference?

    I am a bit of a temperature nut I like to keep things as cool as possible within reason.

    TIA.

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    Your temps are fine, but I'd switch the front fans to intake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shakadam View Post
    Your temps are fine, but I'd switch the front fans to intake.
    Do you mean, put the AIO at the front of the case?

    As the fans at the front are in taking the air, the top is exhuasting it through the radiator. Am I miss under standing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by warpath2k View Post
    Do you mean, put the AIO at the front of the case?

    As the fans at the front are in taking the air, the top is exhuasting it through the radiator. Am I miss under standing?
    You dont want to be blowing warmer air through the radiator.

    Ideally, you cool the radiator with air from OUTSIDE the case.

    Also, those temps are great. Im not sure what you're worried about.

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    What you have now is perfectly acceptable. I wouldn't bother with an extra fan.
    Quote Originally Posted by Kagthul View Post
    You dont want to be blowing warmer air through the radiator.

    Ideally, you cool the radiator with air from OUTSIDE the case.
    Depends what you want to achieve. Lower CPU temps, or lower everything else temps. With what he has right now, I wouldn't bother moving anything around, even with the heated air from inside the case his CPU is still at very acceptable temps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by warpath2k View Post
    Do you mean, put the AIO at the front of the case?

    As the fans at the front are in taking the air, the top is exhuasting it through the radiator. Am I miss under standing?
    Yeah nvm, I misjudged the direction of the front fans in the picture. What you have now is perfectly fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shakadam View Post
    Yeah nvm, I misjudged the direction of the front fans in the picture. What you have now is perfectly fine.
    Ah ok thanks, I guessed that might of been the case

    Ok thanks again. I just wondered if the extra rear fan would make much difference and checking the exhuast fans and radiator were set the correct way around. Cheers.

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    Just a small reminder that chips age faster with higher differences in temperature between idle and load. If the load temps are under the thermal limits and overheating of your other components is not an issue you are allready fine. Cooling more does nothing positive for your hardware.

    Just look at what temps hoster/google whatever runs normal PC parts with high load/24/7/365 for years. On the other side you have gaming notebooks basicly needing reballing or backing after a few months and are only working without it with massive amount of redundancy on the chips.
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