Will this case compromise the airflow of my rig?

[Cleidosvaldo]

So, I plan to buy a cougar archon as my new pc case. It is 195mm width and I would put it on a space of 260mm, with near 60mm for the airflow.
My question is: do these 60mm of lateral space compromise the airflow and, therefore, the cooling of my rig? Currently I have a i5 3330 and a rx480.


Thanks in advance.

 

[Autizmo_1]

There are a lot of variables.

1) The temperature of your room.
2) The direction of airflow in your case (whether it's positive or negative airflow).
3)The standard running temperature of your actual PC. This one probably sounds obvious, but if it never gets very hot in your PC, it shouldn't make any difference.

In my opinion, if when under full load it doesn't exceed 80 degrees celsius, I wouldn't worry and usually 5cm - 10cm is enough space for airflow.