Changed to a smaller case, now it's pumping out massive heat

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So, I had a full sized corsair case for the last 7 years without issue.

At Xmas ingot a 1st Player Steampunk SP8 for a bit of bling and also to save a bit of space.

But when pushing my machine, the heat it now pumps out is unreal, the cpu and cpu are both sitting in the middle of normal, so I don't THINK that's the issue.

But wirh the same components, I'm having way more heat pumped into the room.

Am I right to assume the smaller case has caused this and a bigger case would resolve it once again? Or is it something like likey the cause?

Running a 3800x, liquid cooled and a 1080ti none liquid
 
How many fans are fitted?

How many are intake and exhaust?

Case looks very good for the money even though it comes with no fans.

Any chance of pics?
 
I had this case as it is a cheaper take on the lian li o11d that I couldn't afford at the time. It was a great case for the price however the design like the o11d is very good at kicking the heat out keeping internals cooler (smaller area easier to do) than in your larger corsair case. Right now is 24c outside but 28c with my pc just idling. at full tilt my room can get to 30c. Even hotter when outside temp is higher of course. This was done with custom loop and all seven fans installed. 4 intake (top and bottom) 3 exhaust (side). You're setup is likely generating more heat over a custom loop so is pushing out more heat.

Edit: Quartz has made a good point here. Heat soak is also a large possibility due to the smaller case. Fan arrangement also helps here.
 
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Every single watt used ends up being dumped in to the room, the only way it's making any difference in how much hotter the room actually gets is if more energy is being used. The only way I can see this happening is if this case is better, meaning your components are able to boost higher/use more power.
 
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Zefan said:
Every single watt used ends up being dumped in to the room, the only way it's making any difference in how much hotter the room actually gets is if more energy is being used. The only way I can see this happening is if this case is better, meaning your components are able to boost higher/use more power.
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This. No more heat is being produced.
 
How is the case set up... it's basically the same as my o11 evo and while it can kick out a fair bit of heat (expected with higher tier components) I'd argue the case is doing it's job if it's extracting the heat into the room.

Personal setup on my o11 evo, bottom intake, side intake for 360mm AIO rad which is mounted on side, top and rear fans extract.... total of 10 fans.
 
freddie64 said:
How many fans are fitted?

How many are intake and exhaust?

Case looks very good for the money even though it comes with no fans.

Any chance of pics?
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Ahhh, see my old case made me lazy so when I swapped over to this, I just stalled the radiator for the cpu and the gfx, I didn't actually install any case fans...... What do I need to do? And how should I position them lol


Edit yes I'm an idiot, had a bad couple of years with a major health issue, so just been bundling though.
Thanks mate
 
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Never used a case of this type before, but think it would be best to fill it with fans. (10 in total minus the rad fans)

If you are not bothered about RGB, the Arctic fans should be fine.

Will let others suggest best config of the fans.
 
One last question, if I'm adding 6 more fans will o need a hub controller for so many or can I plug them all into my MSI mpg x570 gaming pro carbon

Sorry if this is a stupid question
 
Room temp should not change if your heat output is the same e.g 300w heat from full atx case is same as 300w heat from micro atx case. Key thing here is 300w vs 300w in this example.
Only time you would notice heat increase is if your running hotter components that are pulling more power.
 
bigbob1 said:
One last question, if I'm adding 6 more fans will o need a hub controller for so many or can I plug them all into my MSI mpg x570 gaming pro carbon

Sorry if this is a stupid question
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Normally you can connect 3 fans per fan header and pwm fans are 4 pin to control the fan speed. So 2 headers or a fan hub .

If you get the arctic p12 pwm pst the pst fans can be linked together without the need for a fan splitter.
 
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