[SOLVED] H510i cooling

[afinch14]

I'm planning to build a new computer with the release of the RTX 3070. If I were to use this card and a ryzen 5 3600, will air cooling in an NZXT H510i be adequate, or should I use an AIO?

 

[Lutfij]

The answer could be yes and no. Yes - if your ambient air temps are good and you've got good airflow inside the chassis(assisted with the fans) then yes you can get away with air cooling. If you've got bad ambient air temps and bad airflow, then no matter how much AIO radiator space you cram into the case, it won't help your temps.

Might want to list your entire proposed build specs. Please include/list your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
OS:

 

[afinch14]

Here is the working list, any suggestions on this would also be welcome.

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI
Ram:G.skill Ripjaws V series 32 GB
SSD/HDD: Silicon power a60 1TB
GPU: RTX 3070
PSU: Cooler Master MWE 650w
OS: Windows 10

 

[Phaaze88]

You need to liquid cool the gpu using NZXT's own Kraken G12, or one of Alphacool's VGA kits.
This chassis has limited cooling options and does not do well with high end gaming graphics cards.

If you are not interested in going that route, skip the H500 entirely.

 

[afinch14]

You need to liquid cool the gpu using NZXT's own Kraken G12, or one of Alphacool's VGA kits.
This chassis has limited cooling options and does not do well with high end gaming graphics cards.

If you are not interested in going that route, skip the H500 entirely.

That was the option I was considering. I think I'll use the Kraken X53 and the Kraken G12 to cool this build, thank you for the suggestion!