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well they would generate the same amount of heat but it will get hotter faster if you dont have good airflow 

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same heat. in a more confined space. so good airflow is a must. but can be hard to acheive

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well they would generate the same amount of heat but it will get hotter faster if you dont have good airflow 

This.

 

Would noctua's, and a noctua push/pull heatsink keep the baby cool?

 

What's your full system specs and what case are you planning to use?

 

It depends on how many intake and exhaust fans you have and how they are situated.

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Hey, there are ITX cases with better air flow than most ATX cases. Most notably the Prodigy, but then again it's not as confined and probably not the size you are thinking of.

 

As long as you are using a 230mm fan in the front, the Prodigy addresses the main weakness of fans of that large size, namely pushing distance. The distance from intake fan to CPU fan is so short it maximises what a fan that big can do. A lot of people miss the point of a case like this and go for 2x 120mm fans in the front, which actually produce worse results.

 

Regular BitFenix Spectre (non-pro) 230mm fans are quiet as well, and the back has a 140mm mount.

 

The problem with the Prodigy is dust proofing it. Due to the elevated motherboard and side vent position, and the back top mounted exhaust, dust gets caught inside easily even with positive air flow.

 

Silverstone ML03 cases also have very good air flow for an HTPC case, but it's ugly AF.

 

Silverstone Fortress (FT-03) is also extremely well designed in terms of air flow. Silverstone AP180mm fans are beasts, and the case is designed around that fan.

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Usually generate more heat due to the compact form factor?

Hey, there are ITX cases with better air flow than most ATX cases. Most notably the Prodigy, but then again it's not as confined and probably not the size you are thinking of.

As long as you are using a 230mm fan in the front, the Prodigy addresses the main weakness of fans of that large size, namely pushing distance. The distance from intake fan to CPU fan is so short it maximises what a fan that big can do. A lot of people miss the point of a case like this and go for 2x 120mm fans in the front, which actually produce worse results.

Regular BitFenix Spectre (non-pro) 230mm fans are quiet as well, and the back has a 140mm mount.

The problem with the Prodigy is dust proofing it. Due to the elevated motherboard and side vent position, and the back top mounted exhaust, dust gets caught inside easily even with positive air flow.

Silverstone ML03 cases also have very good air flow for an HTPC case, but it's ugly AF.

Silverstone Fortress (FT-03) is also extremely well designed in terms of air flow. Silverstone AP180mm fans are beasts, and the case is designed around that fan.

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Silverstones SG09/SG10, the airflow is so well optimised that my CPU never hit over 43°c on the stock cooler and GPU was at 53°c with all stock fans running at 7v and that was inside a poorly vented closed cabinet with no real issues of dust unlike the prodidy.

Compare that to my enthoo pro which hit 53°c CPU and 81°c GPU, I have doubts if I should have "upgraded".

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I have the Node 304. Air flow is... "ok". If you have a high-end GPU inside, it becomes a bit of a hot-box as the hot air being put off my the GPU doesn't get exhausted fast enough. With the case fans at 12v, it's not bad, but it's kind of loud.

 

I can't run a big air cooler on my CPU because my motherboard has the CPU socket offset towards the GPU, so I'm running a Corsair H60 AIO which works great and runs super quiet. The problem is the R9 290 puts off a lot of hot air and the only exhaust is through the rad of the H60, which doesn't have a high volume flow rate. So yeah, it becomes a bit of an easy-bake oven, only it uses a GPU instead of a light bulb... :P Temps never reach anything to worry about, but still higher than I'd prefer. GPU hits about 81* max running the most demanding games.

 

Solution: I'm changing the setup it back to the way I had it with my old 7950 with the Kraken G10 and H55 on the GPU and H60 on the CPU with the two rads stacked as exhaust (and three SP120PE fans in push-push-pull config). This setup worked amazing with super-low temps on both the CPU and GPU. It ran really quiet with all fans at constant 7v and interior air temps actually stayed at (or very close to) ambient with all heat being exhausted straight from the rads right at the back. The two 92mm intake fans on the front and 92mm fan on the G10 (cooling the VRMs on the GPU) was more than sufficient in keeping a slight positive pressure inside the case with this config.

 

So for sure, with some ITX cases you have to think about air flow, especially if you're going to be running higher-end components that produce more heat.

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