No side window - Amazing airflow/silent - suggestions please.

markiejt · 15 Jan 2023 at 08:19

Hi All, I am looking for suggestions for a air cooled case with no side window or atleast nothing that stands out with RGB etc.

Currently I have a custom loop in an 011 dynamic, which was great at time, but honestly I have kind of moved past the water cooled/RGB stage of my life and all that comes with it.

Ideally I am looking for just a closed side panel that I can throw an air-cooler cpu and large GPU (4090) and put it under my desk.

The factual torrent (full-size) looked good, but seems there is no stock anywhere for this. This seems to be the same for a number of cases Lian Li 216 etc.

As it would be under the desk size is not an issue, so my question is what are the best suggestions for a quiet air-cooled case now? I am happy to add more fans than come out of box etc. Is the be quiet the best bet?

markiejt · 15 Jan 2023 at 09:25

fryups said:
Fractal Meshify 2 has closed sides version . Loads of space inside and I can fit 3 140mm fans in the front, and 140mm extract in top back and 120mm in rear. Keeps super cool. Having just gone through this Be quiet and noc fans super expensive, I went for Arctic P14 pwm, I'm happy with them, pretty quiet with fan curve. I'm sure there's other fans that are quieter but 4 times the price...

Perhaps looks at the meshify 2 compact as well. Smaller and cheaper. Prob just as good airflow.

Cool, I'll take a look at reviews of that

markiejt · 15 Jan 2023 at 09:34

fryups said:
Fractal Meshify 2 has closed sides version . Loads of space inside and I can fit 3 140mm fans in the front, and 140mm extract in top back and 120mm in rear. Keeps super cool. Having just gone through this Be quiet and noc fans super expensive, I went for Arctic P14 pwm, I'm happy with them, pretty quiet with fan curve. I'm sure there's other fans that are quieter but 4 times the price...

Perhaps looks at the meshify 2 compact as well. Smaller and cheaper. Prob just as good airflow.

Cool, I'll take

markiejt · 15 Jan 2023 at 09:35

I guess another option is the lancool 3, but that has a window

markiejt · 15 Jan 2023 at 13:45

Glanza said:
The Fractal North can come with a mesh side panel.

Really like the look of that also, but it seems like it isn't sold anywhere. Seems a bit of a theme... All the cases I have seen in reviews over last few months seem to have at best had paper launches. Like the torrent, 216 & North

markiejt · 15 Jan 2023 at 13:54

Raz said:
I've just picked up a Phantom P600s and it's an amazing case. Have got a 5800x3d with D15 cooler and now a 4090 and airflow is pretty good and overall temps are great.

Good sturdy case that came with 3 240mm fans.

Sounds similar to what I'm planning just with intel ..

Can I ask what the noise levels are like with the setup. This is my biggest concern moving from water cooled where I had fans just set at 800rpm constant from boot up, so never noticed them. Do the fans spin up on your config?

markiejt · 15 Jan 2023 at 15:39

Glanza said:
It's only just launched, waiting for stock to land. You'd have to preorder it if your not in a rush.

Yeah, but even on pre order there doesn't seem to be a date. Don't want to preorder something that could take months

markiejt · 20 Jan 2023 at 11:44

sparkymark75 said:
I have a couple of 140mm Noctuas in the bottom of my Torrent Compact. I just keep them on 20% to feed air to the 4090 FE. The only issue with the FE in this case is the hot air from it are fed into the path of the CPU. Since switching out my 6900 XT for the 4090, my CPU temps have went up avg 3-5c.

I have a BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 on my CPU. The front fans only go up to 50% when the CPU gets into the 60s. It’s still super quiet. The FE fans at 30% are the purest thing in my case.

Does it fit fans in bottom of compact? I thought it would be too small with a 4090?

markiejt · 20 Jan 2023 at 11:47

Also, with airbuild, do you set your gpu and cou fans to constant speed?

For my water cool build that's all I do. Just all fans constant regardless of temps. The main issue I have with fans is when they ramp up and down. Constant noise doesn't bother me