Silverstone RVZ01 Cooling

[Dawelio]

Hey guys,

So I've come to a stop here... like literally.

I do really love the look of the case and how small it is etc. But I'm stuck with how the cooling layout should be in this case. Specially since it's such a unique one.

There are grills in the side panels for the PSU fan, over the CPU area (which the H60 rad will go) and then 2 x 120's over the graphics card.

Now I will put 2 x Noctua NF-F12's over the graphics card, for just a little more assistance cooling for the GPU.

But how should I have the H60? What would be the best configuration for it? Exhaust or Intake?. I'm thinking that having it as an intake, it might pull all the hot air straight down onto the CPU area.

Feronix suggested to put it as an exhaust, to exhaust all the hot air from the CPU area, ram etc out of the case. And since I have those 2 x 120's over the GPU, there still might be some small air flow in the case?... I just don't want to have negative pressure inside the case or so.

Keep in mind that the GPU is an MSI 980Ti non reference:

CPU:

PSU and Graphics card:

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So how/what would you guys do if you had this case? How would you configure it all?.

Lastly, which way would you orientate it? With the GPU being on the bottom or on the top?:

Bottom:

Top:

Apologies for the very long OP, hope you guys can bare with me on this one! :mellow:...

Thanks,
Chrazey

 

[barnsley]

Personally I'd just get a different gpu. A blower style card would make things so much easier and potentially quieter..

 

[DarthDudo]

Pretty sure those MSI cards dont fit anyway, they are too wide, same with the Asus strix also the fans in the gpu comaprtment womt have any effect on the rest of the system there airfliw is completely contained in the gpu section.

 

[Dawelio]

Personally I'd just get a different gpu. A blower style card would make things so much easier and potentially quieter..

Quieter?... How can that be?... A blower style is loud when ramped up, ie gaming. This one is silent when the fan ramps up.

 

[DarthDudo]

Nearly 100% sure that GPU won't fit,

MSI GTX 980Ti Gaming: 282mm x 110mm x 43mm
RVZ01 max GPU size: 330mm x 131.6mm x 38mm.

http://www.silverstonetek.com/downloads/Manual/case/Multi-RVZ01-Manual.pdf

 

[barnsley]

Quieter?... How can that be?... A blower style is loud when ramped up, ie gaming. This one is silent when the fan ramps up.

A blower card is able to exhaust its heat out of the case as opposed to slowly heating itself up because it isn't able to expel enough of it's heat (as non ref cards don't push heat out of the case).

A 980Ti with a reference cooler ( a proper cooler, not one of those s**t tier plastic blowers) at 60% fan speed is quieter than a non reference card running at 70-90%.

As previously mentioned as well your card won't fit that case anyway.

 

[Dawelio]

980Ti with a reference cooler ( a proper cooler, not one of those s**t tier plastic blowers) at 60% fan speed is quieter than a non reference card running at 70-90%.

So you mean those titanium looking coolers I assume?...

 

[TPC]

So you mean those titanium looking coolers I assume?...

Just the standard NV ones:

 

[barnsley]

So you mean those titanium looking coolers I assume?...

yep. That or any blower style card with a decent fan profile and construction.

 

[demonking]

Back on the subject of intake or exhaust, I would suggest as an exhaust. You have the mesh grill over the I/O panel which i would have thought would be close enough and large enough for that cooler. If you have it as an intake this (grill over the I/O) would be your only exhaust and you would be pushing all the hot air around the case before it exhausts.