[SOLVED] Cabinet Heats Like I Can Fry Some Eggs On It

Mar 6, 2020
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Hello Everyone,
Recently I've build a new system.
Ryzen 2600x
RTX 2070 Galax
Asus Strix B450-F Gaming
Cpu Cooler ML120
Cabinet = Cooler Master MB511

recently i was having little issue with cpu heating but now its fine after adding the cooler
also i've added 2 extra 120mm fans on top slot

while gaming when my cpu gpu temp reaches 70 degree, i just try touching the cabinet side glass and it becomes so hot like you can really fry eggs on it
i didnt try gaming without that side glass yet but will it be a solution or is there something else ?

i have one more system only the cabinet is different, Cooler Master H500
H500 always stays cool but why MB511 is so hot ?

can you guys help me please ?
 
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Ok, so don't use those for monitoring anymore. Afterburner is fine for the GPU temps, but CAM really sucks. Do you have some kind of NZXT hardware installed that you NEED to have CAM installed? Lighting or a fan controller or something?

For CPU temps, there are only two utilities you should ever use for that platform. Primarily you want to use Ryzen master. It will be the MOST accurate. HWinfo (NOT HWmonitor, open hardware monitor, speccy or anything else) is also very good and has just about every system sensor you want if you download, install it, and run "Sensors only" and uncheck the "Summary" option.

HWinfo or Ryzen master. That's it. Everything else is questionable.

Try Ryzen master, see what it tells you. Then, take the side...
EXACTLY where do you have case fans installed? Please list EVERY case fan location AND exactly what direction each fan is blowing, in or out of the case. Include the location of the ML120 AND what direction that fan is oriented as well.

It would be a good idea, until you figure out the issue, to remove the side panel OR the front panel, for now. What exactly are you using to monitor your thermal sensors? For the CPU? For the graphics card?

Unfortunately, this case is absolutely HORRIFIC when it comes to cooling, so you may decide to permanently leave the front panel off if you don't in fact end up either modifying or getting rid of this case.
 
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here it is.

i used MSI AfterBurner and NZXT Cam to monitor my cpu gpu temps
 
Ok, so don't use those for monitoring anymore. Afterburner is fine for the GPU temps, but CAM really sucks. Do you have some kind of NZXT hardware installed that you NEED to have CAM installed? Lighting or a fan controller or something?

For CPU temps, there are only two utilities you should ever use for that platform. Primarily you want to use Ryzen master. It will be the MOST accurate. HWinfo (NOT HWmonitor, open hardware monitor, speccy or anything else) is also very good and has just about every system sensor you want if you download, install it, and run "Sensors only" and uncheck the "Summary" option.

HWinfo or Ryzen master. That's it. Everything else is questionable.

Try Ryzen master, see what it tells you. Then, take the side panel off and check the thermal readings again to see what the difference is.

Also, you might do better by removing that Fan2 exhaust fan, which as you've already noted creates a problem because it tends to "steal" airflow from the radiator and top-rear exhaust fan which is where you want fresh air to get to because that means it will pass over your memory and VRMs and help to cool them plus of course your rear radiator doesn't do a lot of good if all it has to work with is the hot air rising off your graphics card, so having at least some of the front intake air reaching back there is beneficial.

Also, I would make absolutely certain that you have all fans oriented the way you think you do. As pictured they are right, but make SURE that all of the front fans are actually oriented as intake, with the unprotected side of the fan blades facing forward out of the case, and the rest of the fans in exhaust positions oriented so that the unprotected fan blade side of the fan is facing INTO the case and blowing out. I've seen dozens of builds on here where somebody thought they had them oriented correctly but one or more fans was struggling against the rest because it or they were facing the wrong way.

Most likely though, this is almost entirely a product of that case. Every thread I've read on that case says the same thing.
 
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