Best case for airflow?

FoxUnitDelta

FoxUnitDelta

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hi guys, i'm looking to buy a case for my new PC which will be all air cooled so i'm looking for a case that will provide the best possible airflow

no side window
no RGB stuff
sound dampening would be nice but not essential

any suggestions?
thanks
 
I'm not up on current cases, however it use to be these.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/silv...-case-silver-sst-ft02s-usb-3.0-ca-168-sv.html

I do own quite a few of above in home servers, also one for my home development machine, cooling on them is good and you can run the bottom fans at 5v to keep the noise down. Cooling from these cases is even over motherboard, as in there are not case hot spots, and they are also good at cooling HDD bays.
 
JasonM said:
I'm not up on current cases, however it use to be these.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/silv...-case-silver-sst-ft02s-usb-3.0-ca-168-sv.html

I do own quite a few of above in home servers, also one for my home development machine, cooling on them is good and you can run the bottom fans at 5v to keep the noise down. Cooling from these cases is even over motherboard, as in there are not case hot spots, and they are also good at cooling HDD bays.
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thanks, ill add that one to my shortlist
 
FoxUnitDelta said:
thanks, ill add that one to my shortlist
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The case rotates the motherboard 90 degrees, then practically the whole of the bottom of the case is 3 x 180mm fans. The fans work directly with natural heat convection, there are no angles for the air to negotiate like on most cases. Another plus is because the motherboard is rotated it puts any cards sideways on to air, so air flows around cards and out of the top. There is also soundproofing on the case, plus a metal cover at the top that traps a little more sound. The FT02 is really a workstation case for anyone building a professional system, built quality is good also and they will outlive many system upgrades.

The only disadvantage on the FT02 is cable management is tight, on my cases with many drives the side panel on cable side is always tight directly against cables, however it's not enough of a problem to ever put me off.
 
JasonM said:
The case rotates the motherboard 90 degrees, then practically the whole of the bottom of the case is 3 x 180mm fans. The fans work directly with natural heat convection, there are no angles for the air to negotiate like on most cases. Another plus is because the motherboard is rotated it puts any cards sideways on to air, so air flows around cards and out of the top. There is also soundproofing on the case, plus a metal cover at the top that traps a little more sound. The FT02 is really a workstation case for anyone building a professional system, built quality is good also and they will outlive many system upgrades.

The only disadvantage on the FT02 is cable management is tight, on my cases with many drives the side panel on cable side is always tight directly against cables, however it's not enough of a problem to ever put me off.
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yeah i had to read that a few times when i was checking out the case i couldn't believe it had 3 180mm fans in there they must move a ton of air

the motherboard being rotated also seems like a really good idea because i'm going to be installing an arctic accelero extreme IV onto my GPU and that thing is big and heavy so sagging and strain on the PCI-e slot shouldn't be an issue
 
FoxUnitDelta said:
yeah i had to read that a few times when i was checking out the case i couldn't believe it had 3 180mm fans in there they must move a ton of air

the motherboard being rotated also seems like a really good idea because i'm going to be installing an arctic accelero extreme IV onto my GPU and that thing is big and heavy so sagging and strain on the PCI-e slot shouldn't be an issue
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The 3 x 180mm fans can move a lot of air, however I run mine on just 5v, this gives nice airflow over the components and keeps the noise very low. I did once have the 180mm fans running full speed and it was silly amount of air, and quite noisy. There is someone on this forum that runs one of these cases passive with the bottom fans removed and relying on natural air convection.

Re supporting card, yes your correct card can't bend as it's hanging from the top bracket.
 
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I think "casefancase" would be strong for absolurely highest airflow...:D
http://www.overclockersclub.com/gallery/cases/789-pete.html
But not so great for sound level...

What kind components are you putting into it?

And for any chance to contain any noise case has to avoid having direct noise escape paths especially towards user.
Meaning silencing friendly case doesn't have any of those fancy grills/meshes making you see inside of case through front or side.

Another thing is that metal conducts vibrations well.
And thin metal sheets also start easily vibrating amplifying sounds.
Countering that needs either more rigid/thicker construction of panels or mass damping.
Antec uses the former in multilayer side panel design with plastic layer adding rigidity without weight penalty from similar thickness metal.
Mass damping again works by attaching some dense more elastic material like bitumen layer to metal panel, which effectively "sucks away" vibrations instead of allowing them proceed.
Both also make panels more opaque for sound waves trying to escape from case through panels.
Acrylic windows are also acoustically lot better material than thin metal sheet.

Because of its lightness at default acoustically way worser than steel aluminum case actually becomes acoustically lot better than still notably heavier undamped steel case after mass damping.
That mass damping just is definite requirement in aluminum case.
Myself went for aluminum Lian Li full tower in 2008 not because of its lighter weight, but because no other case had similar features/space while being silencing friendly.



FoxUnitDelta said:
going to be installing an arctic accelero extreme IV onto my GPU and that thing is big and heavy so sagging and strain on the PCI-e slot shouldn't be an issue
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Actually for very long or complex shape heat pipes "hanging" position isn't the best possible.
After condensing to liquid and releasing heat liquid has to struggle up inside heat pipe for bigger distance against mavity.
Also with lots of heatsink bigger distance below heat source "heat" doesn't want to travel there as easily.
(heat/evaporated liquid wants to rise, liquid wants to fall down with mavity)
http://www.overclock.net/t/900251/gpu-coolers-that-actually-work-in-90-rotation-ft02-rv02
Question 1 in Q&A actually officially acknowledges that:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=242
 
a lot of information thanks for that

i haven't decided whether i'm going for a ryzen CPU or an intel CPU but it's going to be a gaming PC so probably intel and a GTX 1080ti

as far as the case goes the silverstone FT02 still seems like a strong contender to me if a little expensive, i was going to wait for the HAF case from coolermaster because it has two 200mm fans for intake but it has a side window and all that flashy RGB stuff that i don't like which is a shame
i'm also considering the the cougar conquer which also has a window but i feel like that could be easily replaced
 
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EsaT said:
Actually for very long or complex shape heat pipes "hanging" position isn't the best possible.
After condensing to liquid and releasing heat liquid has to struggle up inside heat pipe for bigger distance against mavity.
Also with lots of heatsink bigger distance below heat source "heat" doesn't want to travel there as easily.
(heat/evaporated liquid wants to rise, liquid wants to fall down with mavity)
http://www.overclock.net/t/900251/gpu-coolers-that-actually-work-in-90-rotation-ft02-rv02
Question 1 in Q&A actually officially acknowledges that:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=242
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I do agree what your saying and I think some cards might be an issue.

That said I use to run a Sapphire R9 290X and the heat pipes are mainly vertical once fitted in FT02, however the card kept it's temperatures really low, I never really understood how as the liquid was going against mavity, however card was fine.
 
Corsair Air 740. Tons of room, very impressive without being flashy ( although it does have a side window ) and very importantly amazing air flow.
 
Define C isn't great for air flow, I have one. I wouldn't say any close front case is to be honest.

My old air 540 had much better air flow than my define c and define s and even better still with higher quality fans
 
Relentless81 said:
Define C isn't great for air flow, I have one. I wouldn't say any close front case is to be honest.

My old air 540 had much better air flow than my define c and define s and even better still with higher quality fans
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My system is inaudible when idle, slightly audible when loaded and my components are kept cool, airflow is fine.
 
Relentless81 said:
Interesting release by Fractal, its a Define C with better air flow front panel and tempered glass, seems to not have any sound deadening either. I like it but what were they thinking with the crinkled mesh, looks like its damaged
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I love it, I've decided that I'm going to buy one next month for my next build. I like the tinted glass, I like the pattern on the mesh, it's something different. I can see that it is very much a matter of personal taste though.
 
FoxUnitDelta said:
hi guys, i'm looking to buy a case for my new PC which will be all air cooled so i'm looking for a case that will provide the best possible airflow

no side window
no RGB stuff
sound dampening would be nice but not essential

any suggestions?
thanks
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Corsair Carbide Series.
Carbide 300 or Carbide 330R

Or BeQuiet Pure Base 600.

All great cases.
 
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