Best case for GPu thermals

[JakebR]

Last month after a lot of F5 I managed to buy my 5600x + 3080 Trio X + XPG 750W PSU.

Now I need to upgrade my case + CPU fan and I already bought the CPU fan (Fuma 2).

There is only one thing that I need help choosing, the case and here are my options:

Lian Li Lancool 215 $ 125
Corsair 4000D Airflow $150
Cooler Master TD500 $150
Lian Li Lancool II Mesh RGB ( the performance is out of stock) $ 150

Which one would give me better thermal results ? Specially for my GPU.

Please don't recommend Phanteks/Be quiet!/Fractal/SilverStone cases since its impossible to find them in my country.

[Jason 57]

19 hours ago, JakebR said:

Last month after a lot of F5 I managed to buy my 5600x + 3080 Trio X + XPG 750W PSU.

Now I need to upgrade my case + CPU fan and I already bought the CPU fan (Fuma 2).

There is only one thing that I need help choosing, the case and here are my options:

Lian Li Lancool 215 $ 125
Corsair 4000D Airflow $150
Cooler Master TD500 $150
Lian Li Lancool II Mesh RGB ( the performance is out of stock) $ 150

Which one would give me better thermal results ? Specially for my GPU.

Please don't recommend Phanteks/Be quiet!/Fractal/SilverStone cases since its impossible to find them in my country.

I was curious what country you lived in because of the price hike. 

 

If you are going to leave the GPU inserted in the motherboard, then I would recommend the Lancool II Mesh. Sorry that they don't have the Performance one for you. 

To better get cooling on your GPU, pick up a 3x120MM fans and one 140MM fan. Mount 2 of them on top of the PSU shroud. There is opening for them, they get their air from the side bottom cover. 

And install one on the rear exhaust and for air balance install another exhaust on the top rear location (140MM). The RGB model has 3X 120MM RGB fans in the front of the case and no rear exhaust fan. 

 

 

I hope this helps. 

 

If you would rather save money, you could build in the Lancool 215. I just did that to make my son's PC MUCH lighter for taking back and forth to college. I know there are openings on the PSU Shroud, I just didn't see if they were removable. 

[Middcore]

4 minutes ago, Jason 57 said:

I was curious what country you lived in because of the price hike. 

 

If you are going to leave the GPU inserted in the motherboard, then I would recommend the Lancool II Mesh. Sorry that they don't have the Performance one for you. 

To better get cooling on your GPU, pick up a 3x120MM fans and one 140MM fan. Mount 2 of them on top of the PSU shroud. There is opening for them, they get their air from the side bottom cover. 

 

 

I am highly skeptical that fans on top of the PSU/HDD basement shroud are going to move any useful amount of air at all. 

[Jason 57]

Just now, Middcore said:

 

I am highly skeptical that fans on top of the PSU/HDD basement shroud are going to move any useful amount of air at all. 

I know it seems odd, but that is why that side of the bottom panels is mesh and not solid. 

The Lancool II had a slit for air. But when Lian Li did the Mesh model, they added that to give you an option for bringing in air from that side panel to push it upwards. 

Personally I haven't done it yet, but I only have a GTX 1070 that isn't overclocked. So I run about 70C under full gaming load. 

[JakebR]

11 hours ago, Jason 57 said:

I was curious what country you lived in because of the price hike. 

 

If you are going to leave the GPU inserted in the motherboard, then I would recommend the Lancool II Mesh. Sorry that they don't have the Performance one for you. 

To better get cooling on your GPU, pick up a 3x120MM fans and one 140MM fan. Mount 2 of them on top of the PSU shroud. There is opening for them, they get their air from the side bottom cover. 

And install one on the rear exhaust and for air balance install another exhaust on the top rear location (140MM). The RGB model has 3X 120MM RGB fans in the front of the case and no rear exhaust fan. 

 

 

I hope this helps. 

 

If you would rather save money, you could build in the Lancool 215. I just did that to make my son's PC MUCH lighter for taking back and forth to college. I know there are openings on the PSU Shroud, I just didn't see if they were removable. 

I live in Brazil and prices here are crazy, here are some examples.

5600X  $400
3080    $ 1.188

And its really difficult to find stock here.

I want to buy the Mesh II Performance but it's out of stock everywhere.

And now that I was going to buy the RGB version it's also out of stock.

 

Well I guess my only options is to wait for restock, but thx for the tips, I already have 3 spare 120mm fans, I will probably get one scythe 140m fan to use on the top as exhaust

[TVwazhere]

Is the TD500 case the Mesh Version? (It will say TD500 Mesh in the name)