Thermaltake Tower 900

[Grilled Salmon]

So, I currently have a mid tower case that's clearly not cutting it for airflow, and was thinking about getting a Thermaltake Tower 900 off amazon.

However, I thought I read somewhere that the case isn't great with airflow, but I also assumed it was better than my mid tower because of the far more open space and over double the fans. I was wondering if this would be viable?

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Edit: Should mention, I'm currently using the Cooler Mastsr H500 mid-tower case

[Tonepoet]

More space doesn't necessarily mean better cooling. Could just be a bunch of extra stagnant air, or maybe there is fresh air intake but it doesn't hit the components. $300 is quite a fair amount of money to spend too.

At this juncture I'd probably say to buy a NZXT H7 Flow (2024 edition)[www.amazon.com] for $120. By eliminating drive bays on the bottom of the case, they were able to put a few extra fan mounts in their place. If that doesn't do the trick, then the problem probably isn't your case and you spent $180 less to find that out. If it works out, well, you're still spending $180 less. Granted, you're buying another 3 pack of fans to fill those slots in all likelihood, but even 3 of the most expensive 120 millimeter case fans on the market won't cost $180. Pretty much a win-win. The drive bays don't really matter for your build, since you're only using m.2 drives for storage, and those are mounted on the motherboard itself.

Yes, NZXT H1 had problems with catching on fire[www.cpsc.gov]. The H1 was a small formfactor case (which poses additional design challenges to a traditional tower) with a built-in P.S.U. and riser cable, and the problem was one of the screws ended up going into the P.C.I.E. causing a short. That's not really applicable to the H7 Flow since it doesn't use preinstalled riser cables.

[Grilled Salmon]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Tonepoet:

More space doesn't necessarily mean better cooling. Could just be a bunch of extra stagnant air, or maybe there is fresh air intake but it doesn't hit the components. $300 is quite a fair amount of money to spend too.

At this juncture I'd probably say to buy a NZXT H7 Flow (2024 edition)[www.amazon.com] for $120. By eliminating drive bays on the bottom of the case, they were able to put a few extra fan mounts in their place. If that doesn't do the trick, then the problem probably isn't your case and you spent $180 less to find that out. If it works out, well, you're still spending $180 less. Granted, you're buying another 3 pack of fans to fill those slots in all likelihood, but even 3 of the most expensive 120 millimeter case fans on the market won't cost $180. Pretty much a win-win. The drive bays don't really matter for your build, since you're only using m.2 drives for storage, and those are mounted on the motherboard itself.

Yes, NZXT H1 had problems with catching on fire[www.cpsc.gov]. The H1 was a small formfactor case (which poses additional design challenges to a traditional tower) with a built-in P.S.U. and riser cable, and the problem was one of the screws ended up going into the P.C.I.E. causing a short. That's not really applicable to the H7 Flow since it doesn't use preinstalled riser cables.

Hi, so I was wondering what fan mounts you'd recommend to go where the drive bay goes? I don't really know if they have different brands, or different screw types or the such.

Edit: Sorry for the double question, but would you recommend switching to a 420 AIO, or should a Dark Rock Pro 4 or 360 AIO do the job?

[Monk]

The tower 900 is purely designed yo showcase a dual loop custom water loop, it would frankly look daft and perform suboptimal for an aur cooled setup (no airflow over components at all).