Originally Posted by PC eye

Once you shutdown and played around moving fans you restarted in a different environment where time for cooling had pasted. Taking notes over an extended period of time is the only to actually see what changes in temps can be averaged.

Antec's method there was to add a strong fan right before the rear and top exhaust fans to force heated air into their intake flow. With that model since it lacks the twin 120s seen on the 900 that works like an assist there for drawing out the heated even with the front panel closed.