Help with Airflow

deankenny

deankenny

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Hi guys, just trying to see if I can improve airflow.

I have the NZXT Phantom 410 case, it has 2 side fans, 1 rear fan and 1 large top fan.

I am using the Noctua DH14 as a cooler, I have air coming in from the side panel, and going out of back fan, but I cant work out which way the top fan is blowing, also check pic below, is the Noctua setup correctly for best airflow results ?

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ok thanks, i have removed one of the 2 side fans and put it on the front, so front and side intake and rear and top exhaust, sound better?

Also gave it a dusting off in there while it was open :) always helps.
 
Should be fine. I have that same case. If you haven't already and you're not using it, I'd take out the hard drive cage that's removable. Frees up some space for airflow.
 
Mine is the special edition 410 orange and black I can remove the hard-drive pull out trays but not the actual unit.
 
Now I have a graphic corruption issue, very weird one.

Only happens on main monitor connected vis HDMI-mini dp adaptor, if i remove this connection the corruption simply moves to the other monitor connected via HDMI only. Note, that the other monitor is fine and displays a normal perfect picture, when main monitor gets the issue.

I have played Crysis 3 on max settings for 2 hours and nothing, everything runs flawlessly and smooth. So with this I have removed the possibility of a heat issue.

It happens randomly when on the desktop, once when i opened skype and another when press play on a youtube video.

I have dual monitors, done some googling and found people with similar issues but never as far as an outcome. Hardest part is I cant make the corruption happen, ie: playing stressful games or benchmarks etc, seems random to something I do on the desktop.

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deankenny said:
Mine is the special edition 410 orange and black I can remove the hard-drive pull out trays but not the actual unit.
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I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure it's removable on all of the 410's. Their should be two clips at the top and bottom that you can push and the whole thing comes sliding out. Looks like this. Just push the clips towards each other and it should disengage.

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As for your video issue I'd do a fresh reinstall of drivers and also scan for viruses. Probably have better luck creating a new thread.
 
StrangleHold said:
Did this just start happening after you fooled with the fans?
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Yes, spent all day trying to rectify the issue. I was running triple monitors, but since i stopped racing 1 monitor become obsolete, so with the fooling with the fans i also disconnected and unplugged the third monitor.

No matter what I did running 2 monitors 1 connected via mini displayport and other connected via hdmi it would do the above screen, tried 1 gpu only, then swapped for other gpu, then got my old radeon and still did it, so not the graphics card, so tried a different pci slot still did it, so not the motherboard.

Reinstalled latest drivers did not help.

Then final thing I did was disconnect the main monitor displayport and swap it for a HDMI connection into the GPU. Now fixed, ran benchmarks, played videos, played games, done prime 95 the works and have no issues.

When I googled everyone with same screen as me were all connected to gpu with dual monitors and display port, when 3 monitors are plugged in with displayport for main monitor, again no issues, only does it with dual monitor and display port, weird indeed.

As for Denthers question, no I do not seem to have the clips to slide the bay out :( like in your pic.

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