[SOLVED] PC case impact on GPU temps

[Raikko Kiminen]

Hello everyone. I currently own a MS Industrial Black Widow PC case
(https://ms-start.com/en/ms-black-widow-midi-tower-ultra-silent-pro-gaming-case.aspx)
It has preinstalled 2 fans in front and 1 in the back, all 120mm, quite a lot of room, can open the front like a door for extra air intake etc.

My story is the one with the RX 590. It performs very well, I don't intend on changing it anytime soon, but it is running mostly around 75C which I don't know if I am comfortable with. I am always able to take the dust filter off and get those temps down a bit like 4C, but the dust accumulation is a thing so I rarely ever do it.

I was thinking about buying the new case, the NR600 (https://www.coolermaster.com/us/en-us/catalog/cases/mid-tower/masterbox-nr600-with-odd/)
A lot of people praise that PC case, but my eyes can't spot much difference between that one and the one I've got already, since they are both very big, a lot of space inside, both have multiple fans in front and single in back, so I don't know how to tell if the PC case is good or not and if it will give me better results (lowering GPU temp) but there's the thing - I am not sure if the problem lays in the case at all. I know the RX 590 is one power hungry toasty GPU and I am not sure whether to bother at all with buying a new case.

What do you think? Is NR600 going to lower RX 590 temps or should I keep the money and save it for another GPU later on?

 

[LinuxDevice]

Personally I'd save it for a new GPU. You could actually get lower temperatures in a case with just a bit of change, but at the same time, 75C is trivial if it is during a time some GPU is used. I might be worried if the GPU idles at 75C, and then goes up more as load goes up, but about the only time a GPU fan will go to max (if not set to do so) is at around 90C.

If you've had dust in the past, then you might consider gently blowing dust out of the GPU fans. Even thin layers of dust are significant insulators, and if a thin layer of dust is sucked into the GPU and onto cooling surfaces it can raise temperatures.

It probably isn't what you are expecting, but if you were convert your CPU's cooling to a closed loop cooler (minimal hassle), then temperatures inside the case would probably go down, and the GPU temperature would likely benefit indirectly.