Smilodon

[Schmunkel98]

Hey guys, I'm running into some cooling issues on my RAIDMAX Smilodon case where my video card is overheating. I am currently using the stock fans that came with, all venting to the inside except the 120 in the back venting out. I believe that the issue is the stock 120 fan in the rear not pulling it's weight and venting the heat properly.

I have recently purchased some variable speed Antec Tricool 120 and 80mm fans to allow me some flexibility in speeds to resolve the situation. I am planning on some trial and error, however, I wanted to verify that I should set the hard drive bay fan(on MB side), video card fan(on side), CPU fan(on side), and front fan on the case all to intake(supply). That would leave the 120 mm in the back as the only exhaust fan since my video card(ATI 4850) does not vent to the rear. Any help is appreciated.

[OS-Wiz]

Yes, the Tri-Cool fans are a good choice.
Both side fans = intake
Front fan = intake
Rear fan = exhaust

Airflow:



I looked that case over and your only real solution is to mod in a top panel exhaust fan. Not that hard to do and I've a nice 120mm fan and grill I'll give you, you pay shipping.

[Schmunkel98]

Actually, the new fans have shown a pretty dramatic improvement on the temps. I have them all set on medium and I have not noticed a significant noise level difference. If I see further problems I will look into further modding the case.