Discussion Quest to find the best aircooling case without going too big

jaeparku

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Currently rocking an N-case M1 with C14S cooler. It's adequate for my 9900k and I can OC it to 4.7 ghz. But I do feel the exhaust heat and it gets hot under intensive gaming.

I am debating on moving to NR200 once a reiteration comes out. Question: NR200 should be noticeably better at air cooling performance due to its top exhaust fans, right?

Then OptimumTech showed that Jonsplus i100 Pro has even better cooling than NR200...but the size is approaching MFFPC territory (24L+)...at that point, may as well as go Meshify C Mini (33 Liters). Decisions, decisions...
 
paulesko

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S620 | Sliger

Sliger Designs is a manufacturing company based in the United States specializing in computer cases and systems.
www.sliger.com www.sliger.com

This I like a lot for air cooling. It would be my first choice.
 
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jaeparku

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paulesko said:

S620 | Sliger

Sliger Designs is a manufacturing company based in the United States specializing in computer cases and systems.
www.sliger.com www.sliger.com

This I like a lot for air cooling. It would be my first choice.
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I was considering the S620.

Two main issues are this for me: (1) the cutout for ventilation doesn't go all the way down like Ncase does. (2) I dislike powdered coat metal, and much prefer aluminum.
 
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jaeparku said:
Currently rocking an N-case M1 with C14S cooler. It's adequate for my 9900k and I can OC it to 4.7 ghz. But I do feel the exhaust heat and it gets hot under intensive gaming.

I am debating on moving to NR200 once a reiteration comes out. Question: NR200 should be noticeably better at air cooling performance due to its top exhaust fans, right?

Then OptimumTech showed that Jonsplus i100 Pro has even better cooling than NR200...but the size is approaching MFFPC territory (24L+)...at that point, may as well as go Meshify C Mini (33 Liters). Decisions, decisions...
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It is good that you feel the warm exhaust, that means that the case ventilation is working. I wouldn't worry for temps in gaming workload, you should leave everything as it is.
 
Gilles3000

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If you can appreciate the styling the Custom_Mod R-Cube is a great choice, only 12-ish liters and a pretty small footprint. while still being able to fit up to a 170mm air cooler and a 55mm thick(2.75 slot) full size GPU.

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Case R-Cube 13L | SFF Cases Custom MOD

The Custom_MOD R-Cube 13L case won't take up much space on your desk.
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