best case for air cooling components?

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ive been monitoring my temps for some time i even made a post and thought enough is enough and took my pc down my local pc store to be stress tested cost 36 quid almost 60 dollars i know i could of done it for free at my own home but was afraid incase i screwed something up
but i did end up doing it and had totally different readings than what the computer guy said which made me annoyed he was getting 53c on my cpu under full load and the gpu was at 62c under full load (so he says) i went ahead and did furmark for 30 minutes and my max temp at that time was 77c like come on? i know it would go into the mid 80's if i kept it running and that is to hot for me so im going to get a new case so i can make sure my stuff stays cool but i need help im desperate for help ive spent quite alot trying to resolve heat issues or to make myself not worry about overheating so i ask do you guys know of any cases with alot of fans that can be placed into the case? price id like to pay is around £100 only thank you
 
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I would say above 75 is starting to get iffy for a radeon R9 series. I'm pretty sure without looking the manufacturer rated operating temps are 80° and lower.

Yes that's incredibly hot compared to yesterday's standards, but to today's standards it's quite normal.

32 during idle, 70 during load is completely normal and fine.

For CPU, I like to keep mine running 60-65ish under normal load, and I'm running a 3570K@4.3ghz with the CM 212 EVO. I saw temperatures around 85+ during Prime95 small FFT testing. Depending on your ambient temperatures your results may very.

If your PC is stable, you probably won't see any better temperatures on air, and I wouldn't worry about it. You can shave a few degrees off your CPU if you spend 100$ on...
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Probably the first question you need to ask yourself is, what are you trying to accomplish?

Have you overclocked your PC? Why are you concerned about heat to begin with? What are the specs on the PC, because that will directly relate to temperatures.

I wouldn't "stress test" anything with stock cooling and stock clocks. If you are running a CPU at stock with the stock cooler, especially intel, it's going to run hot, period. If you run Prime 95 small FFTs with stock cooling you are asking for trouble. Your CPU could see 90° + degrees fast, but why would you do that? Under normal using conditions (games, web, applications) you shouldn't get anywhere near that high.

You can buy the "best case" you want to, but you may be dissapointed with your temperatures. If you are running a haswell CPU with stock cooler it doesn't matter what case you put it in - it's going to be hot.

Anyway back to your original question...

Fractal R4 and Corsair 450D are the top of my list for good air-cooled mid tower cases. I own the 450D and it's really nice.
 
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sorry for the late reply im not worried about my cpu as i have a hyper 212 evo on it which keeps it pretty cool im more worried about my gpu as i dont like the temps on it when tested my case is a corsair 200r i have 2 intakes and 1 exhaust do you think that is plenty for my case? and the graphics card is a msi r9 280 its usually 32-34c idle and goes above 65c on cs:go even with fans adjusted to 80 percent do you think it has more to do with the actual card and not airflow? cheers
 
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Those temps are very normal. You can't get lower than that with air-cooling. Not to mention Radeons have always been a bit hottish cards.
You can get lower only by getting a custom loop liquid-cooling.


Also, do remember that the cooling also depends of the air-flow in your case.
How, if any, you have placed the fans?
 
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I would say above 75 is starting to get iffy for a radeon R9 series. I'm pretty sure without looking the manufacturer rated operating temps are 80° and lower.

Yes that's incredibly hot compared to yesterday's standards, but to today's standards it's quite normal.

32 during idle, 70 during load is completely normal and fine.

For CPU, I like to keep mine running 60-65ish under normal load, and I'm running a 3570K@4.3ghz with the CM 212 EVO. I saw temperatures around 85+ during Prime95 small FFT testing. Depending on your ambient temperatures your results may very.

If your PC is stable, you probably won't see any better temperatures on air, and I wouldn't worry about it. You can shave a few degrees off your CPU if you spend 100$ on a better cooler, but there is no need to.
 
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thank you for your reply i appreciate everyone who has had the time to comment with their thoughts.. i sent back my amd r9 280 as it was just to hot im no longer looking for a pc case as i believe my case is fine with its current fans 2 intake 1 exhaust thanks again
 
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