You'd be surprised. I just cleaned off my brothers pc which was overheating and I'll tell you, it was covered in dust after roughly one year of operating. A case with no dust filters can and will get filled with dust especially if it has negative pressure. Things that can contribute to that even further are pets and if you keep the case on the floor. Both of which my brother had and did. Seriously, I should have taken a pic, it was madness...
i posted a thread with the build a long time ago but thought i would throw it up here for new people
this was a project i started and never fully finished here is the current parts list which will not match some of the pictures
custom case from mountain mod with custom paint
psu - seasonic 1250 gold
mobo - asus maximus iv extreme z
cpu - i7 2600k - 5.0ghz
gpu 2x gtx titan
ram - 64 gigs dom 2166mhz
hdd - 2x caviar black 1tb in raid 0
ssd - 2x samsung 840 pro 256g in raid 0
cooling
apogee rev 2 cpu block
black ice 360 rad x2
12x scythe gentle typhoon fans
2x scythe 6way fan controller
5port baybus for light switches
everything is sleeved
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Nope if u look the side and the back are facing different direction s its hard to see in the pics but trust me they are
More fans doesn't necessarily mean more effective cooling.
Still yet, impressive you've done.
i5-3570k @ 4.6Ghz | Phanteks TC14PE | Asus Sabertooth Z77 | Gigabyte GTX 1080 | 16GB Corsair Vengeance
Asus Xonar Essence STX | Crucial M4 256MB | Seasonic X760 Gold | Silverstone FT02
Asus PG258Q 240Hz 24.5" | Das Keyboard 4 Pro | Logitech G502 | Audiotechnica ATH-AD900X | Blue Yeti
A couple updates...
Hopefully the windowed side panel doesn't cause too much of a heat issue. I've notched my exhaust fan up 10% for now. I also added a gold plated 120MM fan grill to the radiator. I got two of them for $5.
The radiator has been rotated 90* counter-clockwise from that picture. I can now latch the top grill closed and the tubing doesn't have as much of a complex bend in it. It makes the grill more visible, too.
Now that the only major vent is the top, double-filtered slot (and it's seated properly again), I should have very little issues with dust.
The window looks good. I was worried how much would show. It's basically just the GPU and the top part of the radiator. It actually fits better than the original panel.
Looks cool, but what does that fan grill do exactly? It's just sitting there on the rad o_O
WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
Okay, so I'm waiting for my parts in the mail but this is gonna be my new machine
Case (just came in): BitFenix Prodigy
Processor: Intel i5 3470 Ivy Bridge 3.2 GHz
RAM: Corsair vengeance 8gb
HDD: WD Black 1TB
PSU: Corsair CX600 600w
Motherboard: Asus Intel H77 mini-ITX P8H77-i
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2
Graphics card: Asus GTX 760 2GB
Any thoughts on how it would run?