Corsair's triple-chamber Air 5400 PC case is genius!
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Pretty neat. Feel bad for the motherboard though. It's gonna get toasty.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
As NBD said, Mobo is going to get toasty. Personally I prefer Corsairs 5000 series, Mine is the 5000T, Really good cooling for all components.
WYP
News Guru
I don't see it as a major issue. The motherboard isn't getting much, if any, less airflow than it did. Not sure about the plastic channel thing at the top. That one isn't really necessary. Yes, it makes the top and bottom match, but I'm not sold on it.
With a normal "rad at top" config, the motherboard would need to deal with GPU heat anyway. At least this way the CPU cooler can get ambient air. Great news if any of next-gen CPUs are toasty.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
In a normal case you are in taking from the entire front usually, bringing in cool air to the CPU. That air also cools a portion of the motherboard, initially.
It's definitely less in this form but I don't think it'll be an issue with more expensive motherboards. However it also wasn't that long ago we went through massive VRM issues with many boards from power delivery, temperature issues, etc.
I'm sure they did there testing, but with how much wattage GPUs need to be cooled off these days, dumping that much heat to the CPU socket and surrounding components, with no chance of any cool air, just seems like a bad idea personally
It's definitely less in this form but I don't think it'll be an issue with more expensive motherboards. However it also wasn't that long ago we went through massive VRM issues with many boards from power delivery, temperature issues, etc.
I'm sure they did there testing, but with how much wattage GPUs need to be cooled off these days, dumping that much heat to the CPU socket and surrounding components, with no chance of any cool air, just seems like a bad idea personally
