Hey everyone, recently I bought a Thetis cases because I needed a small ATX case. After googling around that was the only case one with the dimensions that could fit here, Meaning I am not changing the case. Actually I really enjoy the build quality, it was worth it.
Moving on, after that I end up switching my graphics card to a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6800 XT, and two weeks later to a 3950X.
To finish up the specs, I have an Asus X570 F Gamming, a Seasonic Focus Plus Platinun 850W, 4x Memory sticks 2xM2 drives, 1 SSD, and 1 HDD. I'm providing all the details in order to know what generates heat inside the case.
Cooling wise I have a Corsair H100i RGB XT PRO and 2X Noctua NF A12x15 PWM.
How is it assembled, on the top, I have the radiator, on the bottom I have the two fans. I manage to put the HDD on top by dissembling part of the case. Actually there isn't much to change around.
The first time that I assembled everything, the fans of the radiator were putting air on the case, but that led into high temperatures in the GPU in games and some times they crashed, the games. The maximum temperatures were like, GPU 86ºC and T junction 115ºC, the CPU usually didn't pass 76 ºC. It kinda makes sense when I'm throwing hot air from the radiator into the GPU. In this configuration I had the two Noctua fans throwing out air from the case, bottom, and back.
The second assemble, my current configuration, the radiator fans are pulling out air from the case, and the two Noctua fans are throwing air inside the case. As I was expecting the GPU is a bit better, it never passed 84ºC and usually bellow 80ºC, the T junction reached 114ºC but usually never passed 100ºC while playing. Sadly the CPU reached 96ºC of maximum temperature, this is also expected since I am throwing really hot air from the GPU into the radiator.
By the way, the room temperature is around 23ºC, but its is probably higher around the case.
In the overall the case is hot, I can't measure it but if I am guessing I would say around 50ºC.
I manage to monitor the temperatures while playing due to the multiple screens configuration.
The games that I used were PUBG and Assassins Creed Vahala a t 1440p.
I'm aware that hot air goes up but since the graphics card is huge the air doesn't have much space to flow naturally, check pictures.
I'm considering in selling the 240mm AIO and switch to an AIO with 120mm and put it on back of the case, in order to have access to fresh air. Maybe putting air inside the case?
By doing this I can put the 2X Noctua fans on top to help colling the GPU, in this case I am not sure if put air or taking it out, my first guess is put air inside. This also allows me to use the 3rd PCIe slot which currently is blocked by the AIO. Why is it important? Due to most of times I'm working at home and I have to use some PCIe cards.
The reason of not consider any air cooling it's because the case is small and probably won't have access to fresh air, no front intake. Am I wrong?
I'm almost over, it is important to me to have the lowest noise possible specially when using the CPU, because CPU loads means that I'm working, compiling code, or virtual machines running. In games sometimes I have headphones, it doesn't bother that much
I also tried to enable the eco mode in the CPU, sets the max TDP to 65W, and the things were better, but if possible I would like to keep it disabled.
Finally some pictures.
The post also serves to show that it is possible to fit that graphics card which is a bit bigger than the recommended specs, but prepared yourself to spend at least 2 hours assembling everything.
I'm up for suggestions.
Thanks for reading this massive wall of text.
Moving on, after that I end up switching my graphics card to a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6800 XT, and two weeks later to a 3950X.
To finish up the specs, I have an Asus X570 F Gamming, a Seasonic Focus Plus Platinun 850W, 4x Memory sticks 2xM2 drives, 1 SSD, and 1 HDD. I'm providing all the details in order to know what generates heat inside the case.
Cooling wise I have a Corsair H100i RGB XT PRO and 2X Noctua NF A12x15 PWM.
How is it assembled, on the top, I have the radiator, on the bottom I have the two fans. I manage to put the HDD on top by dissembling part of the case. Actually there isn't much to change around.
The first time that I assembled everything, the fans of the radiator were putting air on the case, but that led into high temperatures in the GPU in games and some times they crashed, the games. The maximum temperatures were like, GPU 86ºC and T junction 115ºC, the CPU usually didn't pass 76 ºC. It kinda makes sense when I'm throwing hot air from the radiator into the GPU. In this configuration I had the two Noctua fans throwing out air from the case, bottom, and back.
The second assemble, my current configuration, the radiator fans are pulling out air from the case, and the two Noctua fans are throwing air inside the case. As I was expecting the GPU is a bit better, it never passed 84ºC and usually bellow 80ºC, the T junction reached 114ºC but usually never passed 100ºC while playing. Sadly the CPU reached 96ºC of maximum temperature, this is also expected since I am throwing really hot air from the GPU into the radiator.
By the way, the room temperature is around 23ºC, but its is probably higher around the case.
In the overall the case is hot, I can't measure it but if I am guessing I would say around 50ºC.
I manage to monitor the temperatures while playing due to the multiple screens configuration.
The games that I used were PUBG and Assassins Creed Vahala a t 1440p.
I'm aware that hot air goes up but since the graphics card is huge the air doesn't have much space to flow naturally, check pictures.
I'm considering in selling the 240mm AIO and switch to an AIO with 120mm and put it on back of the case, in order to have access to fresh air. Maybe putting air inside the case?
By doing this I can put the 2X Noctua fans on top to help colling the GPU, in this case I am not sure if put air or taking it out, my first guess is put air inside. This also allows me to use the 3rd PCIe slot which currently is blocked by the AIO. Why is it important? Due to most of times I'm working at home and I have to use some PCIe cards.
The reason of not consider any air cooling it's because the case is small and probably won't have access to fresh air, no front intake. Am I wrong?
I'm almost over, it is important to me to have the lowest noise possible specially when using the CPU, because CPU loads means that I'm working, compiling code, or virtual machines running. In games sometimes I have headphones, it doesn't bother that much
I also tried to enable the eco mode in the CPU, sets the max TDP to 65W, and the things were better, but if possible I would like to keep it disabled.
Finally some pictures.
The post also serves to show that it is possible to fit that graphics card which is a bit bigger than the recommended specs, but prepared yourself to spend at least 2 hours assembling everything.
I'm up for suggestions.
Thanks for reading this massive wall of text.
