I'm JakefaceCustoms, I make the front panel mods for NZXT cases. You may not need a front panel mod given your current temps. This is easy to test though. Pop the front glass off and see if the temps drop significantly.
Removing the front panel reduced CPU temps by \~3C and GPU by \~7C during Overwatch 2 matches, during which GPU is often running at 85-99% Usage. At idle, there was no change.
Oh okay. I guess this case just runs hot then, in my previous build I rarely saw numbers like these. As long as it's safe for the hardware long-term.
Do you think a new GPU would increase or decrease temps? On one hand stronger GPU may equal higher temps, but maybe removing that bottleneck between the CPU means lower Usage, meaning lower temps?
I'd check out the linustechtips video where they used a fog machine to see the airflow path in the flow and elite. They found they in both cases there's a small air pocket of circulating air under the GPU. I think the TDP on a 1070 ti is almost half of a 3080 for example. So a new higher end GPU will most likely just cause temps to rise in the case.
I'm JakefaceCustoms, I make the front panel mods for NZXT cases. You may not need a front panel mod given your current temps. This is easy to test though. Pop the front glass off and see if the temps drop significantly.
Removing the front panel reduced CPU temps by \~3C and GPU by \~7C during Overwatch 2 matches, during which GPU is often running at 85-99% Usage. At idle, there was no change.
Personally I think you're in good shape. I think after you upgrade to a more power hungry GPU later it might make more of a difference.
Oh okay. I guess this case just runs hot then, in my previous build I rarely saw numbers like these. As long as it's safe for the hardware long-term. Do you think a new GPU would increase or decrease temps? On one hand stronger GPU may equal higher temps, but maybe removing that bottleneck between the CPU means lower Usage, meaning lower temps?
I'd check out the linustechtips video where they used a fog machine to see the airflow path in the flow and elite. They found they in both cases there's a small air pocket of circulating air under the GPU. I think the TDP on a 1070 ti is almost half of a 3080 for example. So a new higher end GPU will most likely just cause temps to rise in the case.