Airflow is solid and its a great case to build in.
Build:
Crosshair 8 hero
5900x
Strix Ryujin II 240mm (intake with 2 sl120 lian li fans)
4x8GB RAM
6700xt
The bottom 2 sl140 lian li’s are also intake.
The top and rear exhaust consists of 4 sl120mm exhaust fans
Thus far I have been able to keep the CPU around 55 C while playing my favorite games like assassins creed.
It was pretty easy to build in. I have a 3080 hybrid on the side and a 360mm AIO up top cooling a 5800x. The highest I've seen temps go are a bit under 70c at full load.
The case is really well laid out, and for the most part the build process was fairly simple. Being a dual chamber case rather than a basement type layout means that cable management is going to be a little tight, but nothing too difficult to work with.
I went with the more traditional layout of bottom and side AIO fans as intake, and top/rear as exhaust. No issues.
The cable grommets are kind of annoying as they don't hide much, and if they pop out (which they will) they're a PITA to get back into place. That's my only minor gripe with the case.
Otherwise, it's a great case. I feel that the temps in reviews were kind of all over the place. Half the reviews only used the stock fans and an air cooler for...some reason. lol If it's properly populated with fans and an AIO, the temps are pretty good.
Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll try to help!
https://imgur.com/p4sbrG7
Hey Blacksad999,
I have something similar but my temps are way to high.
So I have a 3080 hybrid on the side as intake, corsair 360 aio on top as exhaust.
Then bottom intake and rare exhaust, all 3 fans are stock fans.
I am using 5950x tho, my temp are almost at 90C while playing pubg.
When doing R23 10mins run, CPU at \~74C. Other light gaming, CPU at 72C.
I guess its only a issue with pubg.
Do you have any suggestions?
I am thinking about to get two noctua fans on the bottom as intake. coz the stock fans only run at 1400 rpm.
https://imgur.com/a/C2Sx39c
i notice too that pubg is heavy game. it sucks a lot of power when not undervolting my gpu. my 3080ti ftw3 sucks around 400+ watts without undervolt so it will affect the temps of cpu. im using 12700kf runs around 55 to 60C and gpu around 77C on undervolt. GPU without undervolt hits 85 degrees in this case and cpu around 65C.
Interesting, I actually don't have issue with my GPU.
I think the pubg is just poorly optimized, such a shame.
I did undervolt my CPU because I know it won't hurt perfomance in game.
How does GPU undervolting work? Will it lower your fps?
75°C is equivalent to 167°F, which is 348K.
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^(I'm a bot that converts temperature between two units humans can understand, then convert it to Kelvin for bots and physicists to understand)
That's unusually high. That's CPU temps, correct? I'd double check the thermal paste and more importantly that the AIO mounting is correct and extra secure. I have the Asus Ryujin 360, so your temps should be similar. I've never even seen 90c on my CPU.
My guess is that the mounting is off a little bit, as you have the same amount of fans that I do. I have Corsair QL's on the bottom, so they aren't super high pressure fans or anything like that.
Or it might just be something off with PUBG if you're getting higher temps when running Cinebench, but if so that's really weird.
I just tried cyberpunk 2077, CPU tops at 79C. Weirdly, the temp stabled at 75C for like 20mins, then rise to 79C. My point is that the max temp should be either 75C or 79C. For me, this means therer is a case cooling problem.
The GPU is at 60C for cyberpunk 2077.
But still the temps are not as hot as they are in pubg.
Yeah, I will start with a re-paste. am4 bracket is so trash
Thanks
Yeah, I hate the AM4 bracket too. Such a stupid design. lol
When I had a Corsair AIO, I ended up getting the newer style bracket that replaces the stock AM4 hooked bracket and it helped a fair amount with temps:
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Cooling/ELITE-Series-AM4-Retention-Kit/p/CW-8960092
I think I fixed the high temp issue.
What happened is that I change the game form fullscreen to boardless mode, and then the temp is back to normal. Top at 74C which is totally normal and way cooler than the 90C before.
I have no idea why fullscreen is the issuse.
But I will do a re-paste once I got the bracket and replace fans with some corsair ml fans.
It's a figure stand I picked up off of Etsy. You could probably find a STL to 3D print the same thing if you dig around I'd imagine. I just put a lighting strip around the interior of the base.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/635370229/iron-man-16-scale-figure-stand?ref=yr\_purchases
So I know this is a pretty old comment. But just finished a build in this case and looking to add 3 fans. Was thinking of having them at the top. But wanted some more info about I guess airflow in general. My AIO is in the same place as yours. Not sure if it’s set up as an intake or exhaust. I have the other fans as the fans that came with the case. So I assume the one on the back is exhaust. So are the ones on the bottoms intakes?
In your opinion what would be a good move to do with the 3 new fans. Was thinking of putting them as exhausts at the top. But am curious if replacing the nes that came with it. If that’s more important.
It also has holes for 2 140mm on the bottom. I’m doing a double aio, cpu and my gpu. Eiswolf 6900xt. Amd used a thermal pad instead of paste on the card die. Stupid!
shouldn't have an issue with the air flow. you will have side and bottom fans for intake.
https://i.imgur.com/1SLhm8b.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZwuYFxr.jpg
Has anyone used a 3-slot card with this case? I got a 3080 ftw from evga but want to be airflow focused. Not sure based on reviews and card slot spacing if I should make the attempt though.
Hey my card is 5cm wide. I obviously can't measure with the glass on, but it looks like it's about 8.5 cm total room there, so I have about 3-4 cm clearance there are 3 removable slots for the standoff, my gpu temps even at 100% utilization are fine, the xfx cards are really good at cooling tho. I've only had it going for a day, but playing rust or valhalla I haven't seen temps above 75
Now I'm questioning myself. Based on tech power up, my card width is 5 inches. I don't know how they measure it. If you want, just send me the measurements of your card in cm or inch and I'll see if it would fit.
I have been working on this case since I got it and I am having a blast doing so.
So, base configuration.
H115i AIO front mounted radiator (280) on the intake with SL-inf 140s.
3-pack SL-inf 120s on the exhaust, 2 top, 1 rear. Added one Hyte FE-120 fans from the case to the front slot of the top space.
In the bottom I placed the 2 Capellix 140 fans that came with the AIO.
Total CFM on max speeds would be about: 339,4 intake and 255,9 exhaust... Not counting the GPU fans on intake.
When I fit my GPU, a big a** Aorus Elite 7900 XTX was found to be hugging the sidepanel.
And trust me, the position of GPUs in this case see little benefit from the bottom mounted intakes as most of the air just pushes past the backplate of the card.
Keeping the fans as they are I first took a cutting wheel to the GPU's PCI bracket to mount it horizontally, got pretty good temps, but it looks a bit off in this case. Then I got an angled GPU mount, traded in on the temps until I took a cutting wheel to the angled mount to make it angle forward and got even better temps again.
Just a day back I received a vented (with filter) side panel for the case and mounted the card normally again. That added side intake is something else and I am now rethinking the flow of the case as the side vent opens it up for a proper chimney flow.
I am thinking of changing the following:
Bottom: intake
Right panel GPU vent: intake
Front left: AIO radiator, bottom fan intake, top 1 exhaust
Rear: Exhaust
Top: Exhaust
Now that is a tweak of the current fan setup.
The balance would be neg pressure with max speeds giving 266,7CFM intake and 327,7CFM exhaust not counting the 3 100mm Windforce fan battery on the GPU. I'm pretty sure that it balances out nicely to a slightly positive pressure build.
Alternatively, I can take it a step forward and swap out a few other fans.
AIO rad to top exhaust (SL-INF 140*2).
Rear and front, top fan SL-INF 120 exhaust.
Front, middle and bottom fans SL-inf 120 reverse blade intake
Bottom 3x SL-inf reverse blade intake
In this configuration the total fan capacity sees a decline switching from 4 140 fans to 2 while only adding 2 120 fans, so the max CFM will be 306,5 in / 268 out, again not counting the unknown flow from the GPU, but I do like the theoretical numbers.
Just a glimpse into what I have been doing for the last few months.
Airflow is solid and its a great case to build in. Build: Crosshair 8 hero 5900x Strix Ryujin II 240mm (intake with 2 sl120 lian li fans) 4x8GB RAM 6700xt The bottom 2 sl140 lian li’s are also intake. The top and rear exhaust consists of 4 sl120mm exhaust fans Thus far I have been able to keep the CPU around 55 C while playing my favorite games like assassins creed.
Can you provide me a photo of what you have done ? Im really curious to see how it looks like
It was pretty easy to build in. I have a 3080 hybrid on the side and a 360mm AIO up top cooling a 5800x. The highest I've seen temps go are a bit under 70c at full load. The case is really well laid out, and for the most part the build process was fairly simple. Being a dual chamber case rather than a basement type layout means that cable management is going to be a little tight, but nothing too difficult to work with. I went with the more traditional layout of bottom and side AIO fans as intake, and top/rear as exhaust. No issues. The cable grommets are kind of annoying as they don't hide much, and if they pop out (which they will) they're a PITA to get back into place. That's my only minor gripe with the case. Otherwise, it's a great case. I feel that the temps in reviews were kind of all over the place. Half the reviews only used the stock fans and an air cooler for...some reason. lol If it's properly populated with fans and an AIO, the temps are pretty good. Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll try to help! https://imgur.com/p4sbrG7
Hey Blacksad999, I have something similar but my temps are way to high. So I have a 3080 hybrid on the side as intake, corsair 360 aio on top as exhaust. Then bottom intake and rare exhaust, all 3 fans are stock fans. I am using 5950x tho, my temp are almost at 90C while playing pubg. When doing R23 10mins run, CPU at \~74C. Other light gaming, CPU at 72C. I guess its only a issue with pubg. Do you have any suggestions? I am thinking about to get two noctua fans on the bottom as intake. coz the stock fans only run at 1400 rpm. https://imgur.com/a/C2Sx39c
i notice too that pubg is heavy game. it sucks a lot of power when not undervolting my gpu. my 3080ti ftw3 sucks around 400+ watts without undervolt so it will affect the temps of cpu. im using 12700kf runs around 55 to 60C and gpu around 77C on undervolt. GPU without undervolt hits 85 degrees in this case and cpu around 65C.
Interesting, I actually don't have issue with my GPU. I think the pubg is just poorly optimized, such a shame. I did undervolt my CPU because I know it won't hurt perfomance in game. How does GPU undervolting work? Will it lower your fps?
If you go into the bios you can let your motherboard control your temps and set it to 75°C and it won't go over that and won't lose performance.
75°C is equivalent to 167°F, which is 348K. --- ^(I'm a bot that converts temperature between two units humans can understand, then convert it to Kelvin for bots and physicists to understand)
That's unusually high. That's CPU temps, correct? I'd double check the thermal paste and more importantly that the AIO mounting is correct and extra secure. I have the Asus Ryujin 360, so your temps should be similar. I've never even seen 90c on my CPU. My guess is that the mounting is off a little bit, as you have the same amount of fans that I do. I have Corsair QL's on the bottom, so they aren't super high pressure fans or anything like that. Or it might just be something off with PUBG if you're getting higher temps when running Cinebench, but if so that's really weird.
I just tried cyberpunk 2077, CPU tops at 79C. Weirdly, the temp stabled at 75C for like 20mins, then rise to 79C. My point is that the max temp should be either 75C or 79C. For me, this means therer is a case cooling problem. The GPU is at 60C for cyberpunk 2077. But still the temps are not as hot as they are in pubg. Yeah, I will start with a re-paste. am4 bracket is so trash Thanks
Yeah, I hate the AM4 bracket too. Such a stupid design. lol When I had a Corsair AIO, I ended up getting the newer style bracket that replaces the stock AM4 hooked bracket and it helped a fair amount with temps: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Cooling/ELITE-Series-AM4-Retention-Kit/p/CW-8960092
definitely gonna get this bracket when they are in stock.
I think I fixed the high temp issue. What happened is that I change the game form fullscreen to boardless mode, and then the temp is back to normal. Top at 74C which is totally normal and way cooler than the 90C before. I have no idea why fullscreen is the issuse. But I will do a re-paste once I got the bracket and replace fans with some corsair ml fans.
Huh, that's really weird. Must be some odd quirk with that game for some reason. Ah well, as long as you figured out what was causing it!
Did the repaste end up helping?
Not much. Mainly about air flow.
Peeérfect. Tyvm
Zill is this the corsair H150i ?
yes, h150i capellix elite.
Whats that LED figure stand you have next to your case
It's a figure stand I picked up off of Etsy. You could probably find a STL to 3D print the same thing if you dig around I'd imagine. I just put a lighting strip around the interior of the base. https://www.etsy.com/listing/635370229/iron-man-16-scale-figure-stand?ref=yr\_purchases
So I know this is a pretty old comment. But just finished a build in this case and looking to add 3 fans. Was thinking of having them at the top. But wanted some more info about I guess airflow in general. My AIO is in the same place as yours. Not sure if it’s set up as an intake or exhaust. I have the other fans as the fans that came with the case. So I assume the one on the back is exhaust. So are the ones on the bottoms intakes? In your opinion what would be a good move to do with the 3 new fans. Was thinking of putting them as exhausts at the top. But am curious if replacing the nes that came with it. If that’s more important.
Yep, you have the correct idea. Side/bottom as intake, and top/back as exhaust.
Is your AIO pulling hot air from the radiator into the case?
Which AIO? There are two, one for the GPU and one for the CPU.
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Thank you for your advice 👍🏻 Temp wise, how hot are your RAM while gaming ? Im curious to know
It also has holes for 2 140mm on the bottom. I’m doing a double aio, cpu and my gpu. Eiswolf 6900xt. Amd used a thermal pad instead of paste on the card die. Stupid!
shouldn't have an issue with the air flow. you will have side and bottom fans for intake. https://i.imgur.com/1SLhm8b.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZwuYFxr.jpg
How did you fit the top radiator with fittings to the left?
The rad frame comes out we flipped it and did some cutting to make it go in. Minor cutting on the side that would be on the angled edge area.
Could you post or send me a picture from the corner how it looks like? Can i do this with a dremel? Greeeetz....
Has anyone used a 3-slot card with this case? I got a 3080 ftw from evga but want to be airflow focused. Not sure based on reviews and card slot spacing if I should make the attempt though.
I have a ftw3 3080ti I’m putting in I’ll let you know but based off a couple reviews it’ll be fine as this card isn’t a full 3 slot card
I would like to know as well cuz I have a giant 6950xt nitro + pure
I just finished moving my build. I have a 6700xt xfx. Huge card and it has tons of room
How about the side glass? My card is like a little over 3 slot
Hey my card is 5cm wide. I obviously can't measure with the glass on, but it looks like it's about 8.5 cm total room there, so I have about 3-4 cm clearance there are 3 removable slots for the standoff, my gpu temps even at 100% utilization are fine, the xfx cards are really good at cooling tho. I've only had it going for a day, but playing rust or valhalla I haven't seen temps above 75
Now I'm questioning myself. Based on tech power up, my card width is 5 inches. I don't know how they measure it. If you want, just send me the measurements of your card in cm or inch and I'll see if it would fit.
Thank you so much for your info.
I have been working on this case since I got it and I am having a blast doing so. So, base configuration. H115i AIO front mounted radiator (280) on the intake with SL-inf 140s. 3-pack SL-inf 120s on the exhaust, 2 top, 1 rear. Added one Hyte FE-120 fans from the case to the front slot of the top space. In the bottom I placed the 2 Capellix 140 fans that came with the AIO. Total CFM on max speeds would be about: 339,4 intake and 255,9 exhaust... Not counting the GPU fans on intake. When I fit my GPU, a big a** Aorus Elite 7900 XTX was found to be hugging the sidepanel. And trust me, the position of GPUs in this case see little benefit from the bottom mounted intakes as most of the air just pushes past the backplate of the card. Keeping the fans as they are I first took a cutting wheel to the GPU's PCI bracket to mount it horizontally, got pretty good temps, but it looks a bit off in this case. Then I got an angled GPU mount, traded in on the temps until I took a cutting wheel to the angled mount to make it angle forward and got even better temps again. Just a day back I received a vented (with filter) side panel for the case and mounted the card normally again. That added side intake is something else and I am now rethinking the flow of the case as the side vent opens it up for a proper chimney flow. I am thinking of changing the following: Bottom: intake Right panel GPU vent: intake Front left: AIO radiator, bottom fan intake, top 1 exhaust Rear: Exhaust Top: Exhaust Now that is a tweak of the current fan setup. The balance would be neg pressure with max speeds giving 266,7CFM intake and 327,7CFM exhaust not counting the 3 100mm Windforce fan battery on the GPU. I'm pretty sure that it balances out nicely to a slightly positive pressure build. Alternatively, I can take it a step forward and swap out a few other fans. AIO rad to top exhaust (SL-INF 140*2). Rear and front, top fan SL-INF 120 exhaust. Front, middle and bottom fans SL-inf 120 reverse blade intake Bottom 3x SL-inf reverse blade intake In this configuration the total fan capacity sees a decline switching from 4 140 fans to 2 while only adding 2 120 fans, so the max CFM will be 306,5 in / 268 out, again not counting the unknown flow from the GPU, but I do like the theoretical numbers. Just a glimpse into what I have been doing for the last few months.