[SOLVED] Any cases with vented side pannels?

[chasep255]

Just upgraded the power spec pc I bought earlier this year to an RTX 3090. I think that the case is too small for this card, and the thermals are kind of bad. I tend to run my gpu under load 24/7 (training neural nets) which I think makes cooling even more important. For now I have removed the side panel and it is cooling fine. I don't really mind just leaving off the panel but I would prefer to not electrocute the cat. Are there any normal sized ATX cases with grated/vented side panels. What I am looking for is something like this (https://www.sliger.com/products/cases/sm560/) with the vented side panel but in a larger form factor. I know some cases have a small port for a single fan on the side but what I want is for the entire side panel to be vented. Kind of like an open air case but not quite. Otherwise I think I might get a fractal design meshify 2.

 

[Ralston18]

What is your budget? What currency?

 

[Aeacus]

There are few out there;

Phanteks Eclipse P200A, specs: http://www.phanteks.com/Eclipse-P200AC.html
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Shift Air, specs: http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Evolv-Shift-Air.html
Corsair Graphite 600T, specs: https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/Categ...te-Series™-600T-Mesh-Mid-Tower-Case/p/CC600TM

Or you can buy any case, with front mesh panel, to your likening and put high-end fans in there, to create proper airflow.

 

[geofelt]

Side intakes, by themselves are not your solution.
You are looking for good airflow, usually front to back.
What size motherboard do you now have, and what is your cpu cooler?

A case with a mesh front and a couple 140mm fans will normally provide all the cooling you need.

 

[chasep255]

I guess for budget I would prefer under $200 but I did just buy a $2000+ GPU so budget isn't much of a consideration at this point. For the CPU I have a Ryzen 5900x with a two fan water cooler. I think they are 120mm but not completely sure. I am upgrading the pre-built I bought back in Feb since that was the only way to get 3000 series GPUs back then. It was this system https://www.microcenter.com/product/632836/powerspec-g900-gaming-pc

 

[geofelt]

Looks to me like your cpu cooler radiator is mounted on top.
That is good.
Since taking the side cover off did good, your solution is to replace the front intake fans with higher rpm versions to provide more airflow for the graphics card and the radiator.
Possibly, your motherboard fan controller is not set aggressively enough for the front intakes to increase the rpm when you need it.

 

[chasep255]

Looks to me like your cpu cooler radiator is mounted on top.
That is good.
Since taking the side cover off did good, your solution is to replace the front intake fans with higher rpm versions to provide more airflow for the graphics card and the radiator.
Possibly, your motherboard fan controller is not set aggressively enough for the front intakes to increase the rpm when you need it.

So in the stock configuration with the fans shoved all the way up my GPU was doing 82C at load. I then moved the fans all the way down and the GPU temps dropped to 76C. If I take the side of the case off I can get the GPU to 70C under full load. What I also noticed was that with the side of the case on my radiator would get very hot despite not much load being placed on the CPU. I think the heat from the GPU was roasting all the other components. Maybe I should get 3 noctua fans and try those in the front of the case.

 

[geofelt]

What size are the front intake fans?
What rpm are they running at?
What are the sizes of the radiator fans, and what rpm are they running at?
I presume that the radiator is exhausting air out the top.
If not, that is your problem.

Graphics cards do run hot, but they are built to tolerate heat.
Normally, a gpu is programed to maintain about 80c. and deliver the most performance it can at that temperature.

 

[chasep255]

What size are the front intake fans?
What rpm are they running at?
What are the sizes of the radiator fans, and what rpm are they running at?
I presume that the radiator is exhausting air out the top.
If not, that is your problem.

Graphics cards do run hot, but they are built to tolerate heat.
Normally, a gpu is programed to maintain about 80c. and deliver the most performance it can at that temperature.

The fans are 120mm. Not sure of the speed would need to go into the bios to check (I'm running linux and have not figured out a way to monitor fans.) The radiator is exhausting.

I know 80C is fine for the GPU. I can get it into the 70s buy moving fans. I was really more worried about it cooking the other components. Also like I said before I tend to run this thing at load 24/7 so I would prefer lower temps.

 

[geofelt]

You can buy 120mm fans in most any max speed.
Noctua makes some good quality units up to 3000 rpm.
You probably do not need to dynamically adjust the fan speed for your operation.
You could buy a manually adjustable fan controller like this:
https://www.newegg.com/noctua-na-fc...ual-_-1W8-001X-00014-_-Product&quicklink=true