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Greetings all!!

Just wanted to get your guys' opinions on a really good case for overclocking a cpu with air cooling only. I was planning a build with ryzen 5 1600 and wanted to get to 4.0 ghz on a b350 mobo with an rx 580 combo.

Temps here get really hot with room temps around 25-30 degrees celsius without air conditioning, which i don't want to depend on for all gaming sessions.

To add to the difficulty of this choice of case is disturbance caused by noise generated by the equipment. Would really like a quiet case that can keep components cool especially in the height of summer with temps in the 40 degrees C. Yeah so I dont know whether the included Wraith Spire cooler can handle the heat

So what are your suggestions, would really appreciate your advice!

Thanks guys :)
 
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why air only?

if you want to overclokc and have high ambient temperatures you need to use the case and all its airflow potential

still it will operate a bit hot, mostly on 70°c+ under load and idle at perhaps 40°c+

you need the best air cooler you can fit and fits your budget

what is the rest of the specs of your planned machine apart the air 240 and the r5 1600 and the rx580?
 
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Hi there!
Yea true, I will need all the cooling power I can get. Besides, the rx 580 GPU, the MSI B350 Bazooka mobo and Ryzen 5 1600 CPU, there are the following:
PSU - XFX XT 500W Bronze
RAM - Corsair vengeance LPX
CPU Cooler - Scythe Ninja 4
Storage - N/A atm
Case - Researched some but need help in finalizing decision.
Note: the Air 240 case was not mentioned
 
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I also have Ryzen 5 with an RX 580. However, i'm running an R5-1400 with a Thermaltake Contac Silent 12 and the CPU doesn't break 60c under prime95. I have it overclocked @ 3.7ghz. Be careful with the B350 boards, mine is the MSI B350M Gaming Pro and it has a voltage limit of 1.4v which is why I couldn't get to 4ghz so I settled on 3.7 @ 1.265v. My RX 580 is the Sapphire Pulse and it does get pretty warm... I would get a case that has good airflow towards the GPU as I think the 580 will be your main sorce of heat generation.
 
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Hi, that's the same GPU I was eyeing to get (Saphire Pulse)! Hmm... I didn't know the voltage was limited for b350 boards that much. Thats a sore point I guess...oh well. Yes I heard about the RX580's higher temps than the competition (GTX 1060). However it was proven to be lower than the rx 480, though I forgot which brand. Btw what case do you use?Plus what are your ambient temperatures like?
 
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Cool! The Sapphire Pulse is GORGEOUS! One of the main reasons I bought it. Here is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/QQq48d

My ambient temps are 20-22c. As you can see from my build, my case is not good for GPU cooling as it only has 1 intake (top) and 1 exhaust. My card idles @ 45c (fan stop) and with 100% load it goes up to the high 70's.
 
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Awesome case! Very aesthetically pleasing with black and white color scheme with red accents, your cpu, it is clocked quite high at 3.7 GHz and I heard that the stock cooler can't compete with other stock ryzen coolers (Wraith Spire
in particular) but I don't recognize the case, is it a custom one? Which case would you recommend for a high overclock?
 
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I've received a recommendation of Fractal Design Define S which seems up to the job but I wanted some more opinions for cases that would do the job of cooling this system, before I make a final decision.
 
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Thanks. Yes, the cooler that the R5-1400 came with is the Wraith Stealth, I achieved the same clock with the stock cooler but the temps were in the low 70's and was a little hotter than I wanted which is why I upgraded the cooler. The case is from geeekstore.com, all of their cases are acrylic.

As far as a case recommendation for you, if it was me with those parts I would consider the Fractal Define Mini C. It's smaller than the Define S you mentioned but still supports all of your parts. Also, do you have the am4 bracket for that cooler? It doesn't look like it ships with one. You may have to contact Scythe for that.
 
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Hmm...define mini C seems like a great case, very similar to Define S, with optical drive bays!! It is more expensive in my area though, I have asked the store that sells the components and they tell me that the brackets (AM4) have not been shipped to them yet and my best bet would be to get an asus board which is compatible with AM3 brackets and get a cooler master cpu cooler :/
What other cases would make good enclosures, besides the Mini C, The zalman z9 neo looks cool but I wonder if the cooling would be enough as it seems to have smaller ventilation gaps in the front and top panel.
 
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Hello!
I've finalized a few cases for my build; they are the following:
1) Silverstone Redline RL05
2) Corsair Carbide SPEC-01
3) Zalman Z9 Neo
4) Corsair Carbide 200R

Do you guys have any other recommendations? How are these cases when it comes to cooling efficiency?
 
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