What size case is best for cooling ?

[matrix2]

Hey Guys, What size of case is better for cooling, mid or super tower ? What kind of case you you have or would you recommend ? thanks in advance

 

[LordPhoenix]

Antec Sonata

Lian Li -Anymodel-

 

[aug1516]

I don't think any particular case size is better for cooling than others. The cooling of a case is dependant on it's case fan arrangement, not total size. A full tower will little cooling will have higher temperatures than a middle-tower with a good fan setup.

 

[CraigRT]

anything with 120mm fans, and good, well cut fan grills will be sufficient for cooling anything.

 

[pirred908]

Coolermaster Stacker, filled with as many fans as possible, IMO.

 

[kamranziadar]

The bigger the tower the more air flow and cooling you will get.

 

[Subhuman25]

Good points raised.I'd think heat dispersion and airflow both play a heavy role in overall cooling as does componenet location/placement.
A bigger case affords more heat dispersion area,allowing expelled component heat to dissipate more,hence cooling in the process.Good airflow,expecially exhausting the expelled heat is important too though.Don't wanna let it just disperse and hang around in the case to be reintrodued to the fans' intakes.
That's where component placement comes into place.Components placed in the "line of fire" of airflow will have their expelled heat rapidly drawn out of the case by the exhaust fans.The trick is finding a case that reflects all of the above criteria.
Starting with a larger case would be logical.Then narrowing it down to one with decent airflow,preferably 120mm fans.Lastly component placement would come into consideration,much wich can be configured by the user him/herself.

 

[matrix2]

Originally posted by: Subhuman25
Good points raised.I'd think heat dispersion and airflow both play a heavy role in overall cooling as does componenet location/placement.
A bigger case affords more heat dispersion area,allowing expelled component heat to dissipate more,hence cooling in the process.Good airflow,expecially exhausting the expelled heat is important too though.Don't wanna let it just disperse and hang around in the case to be reintrodued to the fans' intakes.
That's where component placement comes into place.Components placed in the "line of fire" of airflow will have their expelled heat rapidly drawn out of the case by the exhaust fans.The trick is finding a case that reflects all of the above criteria.
Starting with a larger case would be logical.Then narrowing it down to one with decent airflow,preferably 120mm fans.Lastly component placement would come into consideration,much wich can be configured by the user him/herself.

Very Good Point, I agree

 

[Thermalrock]

lian li pc-60 is what vapo chill and prometia make compressor cooling add-ons for isnt it?

 

[MEDISIN]

Can't go wrong with Lian Li - especially the V-1000, V-1200 line. They combine the best of everything Subhuman25 described above. Once you own your first Lian Li, you'll be hard pressed to replace it with anything other than a newer Lian Li.

 

[xbassman]

Originally posted by: Thermalrock
lian li pc-60 is what vapo chill and prometia make compressor cooling add-ons for isnt it?

My main box is a Super Flower rip of the PC-60 with an added rear exhaust.
Definately excellent cooling design. You'd be hard pressed to find better even though it uses 80mm fans.

 

[kranky]

I have been wondering about this. Maybe it's luck, but I have a full-tower case with just two 80mm fans and the thing has no cooling problems at all with a non-OC Prescott CPU and stock HSF. I believe that the bigger case does make a difference in cooling, like Subhuman25 said. After running a game for an hour the CPU temp is still under 50 C.

One intake fan at the bottom front, one exhaust at the top rear (plus the PSU fan that only runs 1000 rpm).

I suspect many people could improve their cooling by properly deploying the fans they already have and making a bit of an effort to keep cables out of the airflow path.

 

[akira34]

Originally posted by: MEDISIN
Can't go wrong with Lian Li - especially the V-1000, V-1200 line. They combine the best of everything Subhuman25 described above. Once you own your first Lian Li, you'll be hard pressed to replace it with anything other than a newer Lian Li.

:thumbsup:

That's what I found after getting my V1100... Now, I don't want anything BUT a Lian-Li case... I've got my eyes on the V2100b for my next case, when I can afford to fill it with hard drives. 12 SATA hard drives would be sweet. Especially at 250GB+ each.

 

[LifeStealer]

Originally posted by: kamranziadar
The bigger the tower the more air flow and cooling you will get.

Not always true. Most of the time you're just getting more noise. You have to pay careful attention to the way the fans are set up around the case, most larger cases leave dead spots on the motherboard that allow it to get very hot because they're trying to push to much air into a case while not moving enough out. You want a case with something like a 3:4 ratio (out:in).

 

[JerkyBoyz0]

I recommend Lian-Li cases without reserve. I got one and i am never going back. Its a very basic design. There is no "crap" in it. Its solid. It dosent feel flimsey at all. Cooling is good too.