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So i am thinking of changing from cm lite 5 rgb to a nzxt h500i but the thing is i will also get a i5 9600k with the new case and a kraken x62 to go with it but should i use a air cooler with h500i or should a kraken be good enough to keep cpu cool just wondering because of the case using negative air pressure and the potential air passing from the radiator (which will be mounted on the front) and heating up the mobo and the gpu. 

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I have the H500i and am fairly disappointed with the cooling, it has almost zero airflow if you're using liquid cooling and have to mount a radiator. It has only one spot for anything bigger than a 120mm radiator and it's in the front of the case where you would normally want to mount intake fans, which isn't normally an issue but the case is sealed almost top to base there's the two outtakes and the back is pretty nice and open with a lot of cutouts but the only spots for intake iare two strips, one strip along the base of the front panel and then another strip for intake on the side of the front panel and both have fairly thick dust filters covering them. I know I'm ranting but I honestly don't recommend this case, I ordered a Fractal Design Meshify C which will be here Friday because I'm sick of having to leave the side panel open on this case. I know I could just switch to air cooling like a dark rock pro 4 but honestly I'd rather get a high airflow case and keep my liquid cooler.

TL:DR     Good looking case but no airflow if you have a 240mm or 280mm rad for liquid cooling.

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