Do certain cases make a diffrence.

[Firebirdss]

 I was just wondering if case size, and other properties affect certain things like gpu heat and cpu heat? And what I mean by that is the ability to dissipate heat.

[AlwaysFSX]

It affects airflow which can lead to variances in temperature.

[Firebirdss]

Ok cause I have an old compaq case and my hd5870 is sitting at 52 ^oC and that's @ 3200 rpms approximately. I have a stock intel cooler on my q8300 and it sit at 51 ^oC. So is there anyway I could make the air flow better?

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Firebirdss said:

Ok cause I have an old compaq case and my hd5870 is sitting at 52 ^oC and that's @ 3200 rpms approximately. I have a stock intel cooler on my q8300 and it sit at 51 ^oC. So is there anyway I could make the air flow better?

Idle or load? l 

[Firebirdss]

Idle

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Firebirdss said:

Idle

What about load? 

[Firebirdss]

Doing a gpu stress test im at 64 so far.

[Firebirdss]

With the blower at max speed the gpu stops at 76.

[RadiatingLight]

airflow really only matters in very small cases, where if you have an open-air GPU and a flower style CPU cooler (like intel stock cooler) the hot air can get recirculated.

[Firebirdss]

So couldn't I just open my side panel to solve the problems?

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Firebirdss said:

So couldn't I just open my side panel to solve the problems?

Sorta. it might improve temps by 1c, but it really doesn't matter unless you reach thermal throttling levels, which you are not.

[Firebirdss]

So then how would I get temps down a new cpu cooler? A liquid AIO? I am just very curious.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, Firebirdss said:

So then how would I get temps down a new cpu cooler? A liquid AIO? I am just very curious.

76 is not high

[Firebirdss]

Alright thank you for the help.