Best Case for 360 top mount push pull?

Excalabur50

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Hey peeps got a bit of a dilemma, so I'm noticing my ML360 in my H500P isn't really keeping my 5950x as cool as I'd like it, when I'm in Star Citizen with my cpu at 27% utilization it's sitting at 85c.
I have all the fans I need but this case is utter e for push pull, as in you just can't so I have 3 fans sitting in a bag, so has anyone got anything they'd like to suggest.
I'm open to other suggestions if you have them eg maybe different AIO etc.
Thanks!
PS I really need it to be white if at all possible.
 
I'd probably look into why it doesnt get enough fresh cool air, push pull only shaves off a couple of degrees especially on an aio and if the gpu is also blasting into the radiator of the cpu that really doesnt help the 5950x.


I'd probably look at putting the aio in the front of the case, it may make the gpu temps a little higher but should still be okay.
 
You could test that theory by removing the side panel and seeing how the temps do while gaming. If temps drop them you know it's an airflow issue. If they don't then it could be an uneven socket mount or something else.
 
Thanks for the replies peeps, so it's an airflow issue alright, so I sat there for a few minutes looking at it and thought where's the bottleneck and thought it looked like the top of the case, so I took it off and YES my cpu fluctuated between 15-20c off and my gpu fluctuated between 5-10c off, whilst playing in the same area in Star Citizen.
So in the mean time I'm going to try getting the acrylic window out the top of the case without breaking everything and that should stop the heat building up and recirculating.
Was thinking of a Phanteks p600s as a replacement.
 
I love my P600s, would highly recommend it.

Thanks buddy, I might get it later now as I managed to get the acrylic window out without destroying everything and it doesn't look too terrible and when I'm sitting down I can't tell at all, and I'll save myself $260 into the bargain.
 
Can you try increasing the rear fans rpm? That should also help pull out hot air.

Now that the top's off it'll be pretty good I'm sure, just checked and even my idle temps are lower so pretty stoked about that.

And Thanks Very Much everyone for your help and suggestions again :)
 
So I've just finished a gaming session in Star Citizen and in a 25c room with 70% humidity, the hottest my cpu went was 67c so I'm really chuffed about that!
 
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