Well, unfortunately I had to RMA my Gigabyte GTX480 SOC due to artifacting and freezing in many environments (stress tools and games). Nevermind, while I patiently wait for my replacement card to arrive, I thought to tune up my PC case by adding minor touches here and there. When assembling it, a month ago, I didn't have the time to go through all the positive/negative pressure literature so I installed all fans by intuition. Am I properly cooled?Fan #1: Front case intakeFan #2: Side case intakeFan #3: Top (front) case intakeFan #4: Top (back) case exhaustFan #5: Back case exhaustFan #6: CPU cooler intakeFan #7: CPU cooler exhaustFans #8: GPU ("windforce x 3") intake.What do you think?

have you tried using core temp to see what your CPU temps are?

3 should be outtake. or is 4 behind the 3, acting as out? i would probably still configure 3 as out, same as 4, if both are on top of the computer.

3 should be outtake. or is 4 behind the 3, acting as out? i would probably still configure 3 as out, same as 4, if both are on top of the computer.

Hi Word Not Allowed, yes #4 is behind #3, on top of my case. I set #3 as an intake just to provide some cool air to RAM and to the CPU cooler's intake fan (#6 in the picture), while I set #4 as an exhaust just to facilitate the work of #5 (backside case fan) and #7 (cpu cooler second/exhaust fan). I guess it works, check my CPU temps below. I wonder if this is optimal though...

have you tried using core temp to see what your CPU temps are?

Yes I did that. When oc'ed @ 5.0Ghz, my idle temps float between 38-41 and when on extreme load (20min of IntelBurn Test v2.50 on "maximum" setting) I get max. temp of 83^oC. Within FSX, CPU load never exceeds 80% (and this on one core only) and 68^oC-70^oC. It's not that I have some kind of CPU temp problem, it's just that I noticed no difference with my GPU (RMA'ed now) temp between full rpm and medium rpm usage of my side fan (Fan #2 in the picture). GTX480 soc was constantly (when under load) working at 80^o+C...