I've been thinking maybe I should get a better case for air flow, my I have an i5 9600k with a regular air cooler & RTX 2070 super card. I have been looking at a Corsair 4000D case but maybe I should get one of these new bigger cases like the 5000D for future upgrades? I wont be buying a 40xx series card at the current prices but dont want to need to buy a new case the next time I do upgrade my system. Any advice would be appreciated as well as advice on what other fans I should look at getting.
Upgrading my NZXT H500 case
- Thread starter Jayman
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I was hoping to keep to a smaller case if possible eg 450mm deep rather than these newer larger cases. Any recommendations on additional fans? I'm not fussed about rgb on the front just want it to keep things cool & not be too loud.
Yeah the corsair 4000 case looked a normal sort of size that I'd like to stick to. I have just had a couple of hours on GTA online & monitoring my temps on HWMonitor I got a CPU high of 67c & GPU high of 66c but a hotspot at 79c, not sure if thats acceptable or a high level?
sounds like my setup is ok for now but any new upgrades would need a new case then. I guess it could be worth holding off until I do a full upgrade & then get the bigger case to be sure everything fits in nice with plenty of space rather than squeeze it into a corsair 4000d would you say?
Sounds like I am best waiting until I do a full upgrade then I can be sure everything fits in the case. As long as those temps are ok (CPU high of 67c & GPU high of 66c but a hotspot at 79c) then I can hold off I guess. Will test some more games/longer time to see if it goes up any higher.
Thanks for the advice Drumroll. I have just checked my fan speeds from my GTA session & the gfx card peaked at 1787rpm & cpu fan at 1254rpm. I have 2 extractor fans set on the same curve as the cpu, 1 at the back of the case & 1 on top.