Daft case question

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 16:45

Checked the fans, I couldn't feel any coming out the top, that's what made me check. I'm tempted to run with no filters to see what happens as they're a bit of a pita to clean. I normally just vac the outside, and occasionally the inside, but I just assumed the filters would get cleaned from me vaccine the outside.

hdpcgamer · 17 Sep 2023 at 16:48

theone8181 said:
Checked the fans, I couldn't feel any coming out the top, that's what made me check. I'm tempted to run with no filters to see what happens as they're a bit of a pita to clean. I normally just vac the outside, and occasionally the inside, but I just assumed the filters would get cleaned from me vaccine the outside.

Yeah I wouldn't bother with the filters - I don't run any filters on my PC and only clean it once a year. Check my build on my sig to see the lack of dust

Parsley · 18 Sep 2023 at 13:19

You shouldn't need to change that case out for airflow / temp reasons. It's still going to be very good, especially if you have the big side fan pushing air into the GPU, a genuinely good feature that many cases have lost because of glass panels.

Are your fans the right way facing the right direction? They probably are, but good to check!

hdpcgamer · 18 Sep 2023 at 14:44

Parsley said:
You shouldn't need to change that case out for airflow / temp reasons. It's still going to be very good, especially if you have the big side fan pushing air into the GPU, a genuinely good feature that many cases have lost because of glass panels.

Are your fans the right way facing the right direction? They probably are, but good to check!

Yeah, I mentioned above that his case was one of the best for GPU airflow back in the day and is still a good performer. His side panel dust intake filter was completely blocked with dust so I'm guessing that was the main cause of the heat build-up.

Hoping the OP reports back with positive results

theone8181 · 19 Sep 2023 at 07:21

Have to say I've now removed all filters, and after a second application of thermal paste, I can run much cooler now. Its idling at high 20s and hard-core gaming puts it at low 80s (with fans running at 40%). I think there were a combination of factors such as clogged filters and o don't think the heatsink for the gpu was properly seated when I got it.
Fan wise I've got a 200 on the front, 230 on the side as in, 200 on top and 140 on rear for out.

hdpcgamer · 19 Sep 2023 at 08:35

theone8181 said:
Have to say I've now removed all filters, and after a second application of thermal paste, I can run much cooler now. Its idling at high 20s and hard-core gaming puts it at low 80s (with fans running at 40%). I think there were a combination of factors such as clogged filters and o don't think the heatsink for the gpu was properly seated when I got it.
Fan wise I've got a 200 on the front, 230 on the side as in, 200 on top and 140 on rear for out.

Glad to see you have finally sorted it out

Just make sure you give the inside of the case a good clean at least once a year!