It's an old case, I know, and the 5 x 5.25", abolished almost completely for some time now, makes me wonder if another case would suit me better.
Watercooling space is not a problem. Using 2 Alphacool xt45 480 (push/pull) + 1 Alphacool st30 240 ((push/pull), Dual D5 pumps...
Water temperature is fine.
Ryzen 3900x and RTX 2080 running as cool as possible.
The issue is the NVME, not too hot to be fair, but the lack of direct air (supposed to be at where the 5.25" bays are), would be better on a case where the whole front is efficient as intake.
Tried do use both rads as intake, works great on idle, but under load, quite poor as, expected, the rads are really efficient, but the heated air kind of stays over the whole motherboard.
Unless going for the Thermaltake Level 20 XT, which is another huge case, I would be tempted to go with se case where the airflow is more beneficial to the motherboard, but that means going for slim rads or smaller rads.
Not sure if anyone is efficiently, and quietly, managing to cool the 3900x and the RTX2080 by air alone. Don't want to end up with Project Lava here.
Any suggestions?
Watercooling space is not a problem. Using 2 Alphacool xt45 480 (push/pull) + 1 Alphacool st30 240 ((push/pull), Dual D5 pumps...
Water temperature is fine.
Ryzen 3900x and RTX 2080 running as cool as possible.
The issue is the NVME, not too hot to be fair, but the lack of direct air (supposed to be at where the 5.25" bays are), would be better on a case where the whole front is efficient as intake.
Tried do use both rads as intake, works great on idle, but under load, quite poor as, expected, the rads are really efficient, but the heated air kind of stays over the whole motherboard.
Unless going for the Thermaltake Level 20 XT, which is another huge case, I would be tempted to go with se case where the airflow is more beneficial to the motherboard, but that means going for slim rads or smaller rads.
Not sure if anyone is efficiently, and quietly, managing to cool the 3900x and the RTX2080 by air alone. Don't want to end up with Project Lava here.
Any suggestions?