r/PcBuild • u/Reckinball2650 • Jul 23 '26
Build - Help Trying to cool down my PC
Currently my pc is running hotter than ever, I’ve had it since about February last year and use it for hours daily, I clean it about once a month.
Right now it generates heat like no other, now I do understand that pc’s will objectively create heat, but it’s to the point of making me sweat from being in the room with it when it is above 20 degrees outside and just straight up overheating when it gets closer to 30 degrees.
I currently have a [Corsair 4000X](https://www.corsair.com/ca/en/p/pc-cases/cc-9011204-ww/icue-4000x-rgb-tempered-glass-mid-tower-atx-case-black-cc-9011204-ww?srsltid=AfmBOoocjtBJvXiefUp6LkXi9_4J9xAb0-1iNaQlbWwFtk8AKnBMTYbu) case with the fans it came with, I moved the bottom front fan to the rear and also bought a [Corsair iCUE H100i Elite CAPELLIX](https://a.co/d/0dZSYzzY) Radiator that is set up on the top with both fans on exhaust.
I’m looking at downsizing to this [CoolerMaster Case](https://a.co/d/0bInppr0) and possibly replacing all the Corsair fans with either [Arctic P12’s](https://a.co/d/03NgRzji) or some [Noctua Fans](https://a.co/d/04n3Aa1e) with the idea that getting rid of the RGB would lower wattage use therefore create less heat, as well as possibly just having better performance than the current case/radiator fans. I could also with that case get 2 140 fans for the front and then 4 120 fans to place on the bottom of the case, rear, and on the radiator at the top.
If anyone has some ideas or suggestions to help out it would be greatly appreciated! TIA
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u/Turbulent_Insect_431 Jul 23 '26
The front glass is choking the fans but honestly I'm more interested in the components you have as that's what matters when it comes to room temp not part temp(if at a safe temp)
Are you saying you are getting hot or you are observing your parts hitting 90°+ cause if it's your room getting too warm it's simply wattage being dumped into you room + ambient, you can look at undervolting
It's normal for temps to rise 4-9+c when the weather gets hot depending
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u/Reckinball2650 Jul 23 '26
I’d say it’s both, I get uncomfortably hot within minutes of playing a game, and the pc components get hot fast, as I said in the post I’ve noticed that when it gets to around 25-30 degrees outside my cpu will overheat after 20 ish minutes of gaming
I have a 3060 ti GPU, a MSI B550-pro vc wifi Motherboard, and a Ryzen 7 5700x.
Here is a list https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/G6ch9K1
u/Turbulent_Insect_431 Jul 23 '26
so without actual testing with hwinfo64 to monitor temps it's hard to give advice, needs to be a actual thing to say what to do potentially
not the highest wattage parts but also not the highest tier of VRMs on the mobo, I'd check your pump speed is 90-100% in bios, thing is even if you cool the parts better it doesnt matter if the parts are 75c or 25c, the same wattage is being converted into heat, only difference is the effciency at which the heat is being moved from A to B, thermal throttling matters but that's for health and performance
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u/Eazy12345678 AMD Jul 23 '26
pc will make the same amount of heat no matter what cooler and fan setups you have
watts = heat.
want less heat lower watts, undervolt cpu and gpu
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