**Experimenting with Cooling Potential: A Deep Dive into CPU and GPU Temperatures**

In this article, we'll dive into the world of cooling potential for CPUs and GPUs, exploring the effects of various fan configurations on system temperatures. We'll examine the performance of a stock cooler on a hot-running graphics card, as well as the impact of adding fans to the case.

**Stock Cooler vs. Additive Fans: A Comparison**

When it comes to cooling potential, the stock cooler simply doesn't cut it for a hot-running graphics card. With only 3 or 14 fans, the GPU temperatures remain stubbornly high. However, when we add more fans, particularly an all-in-one (AIO) cooler installed on a side exhaust with stock fans, the temperature drops significantly. This is because the AIO system allows for more efficient heat dissipation, and the additional exhaust fan ensures that hot air is quickly removed from the case.

**The Importance of Exhaust Fans**

One key takeaway from this experiment is the importance of exhaust fans in cooling systems. When a GPU generates a lot of heat, it needs to be exhausted from the case as quickly as possible. In our setup, the side AIO cooler and exhaust fan combination proved to be an effective way to cool the system, especially when compared to brute-forcing airflow from the front, rear, bottom, or top.

**Case Experience: A Mixed Bag**

The CTU case is a massive enclosure with plenty of room for customization. While this is ideal for those who want to experiment with different cooling configurations, it also presents some drawbacks. With no cable management options available, removing fan brackets requires removal of other hardware components. This can be frustrating when swapping out simple cables or accessing the motherboard's I/O ports.

**Case Options and Features**

The CTU case comes in various colors, including black, white, and TG ( thermal gray). The metal mesh perforations provide good airflow, while the black model offers a sleek, modern aesthetic. However, some users may find the lack of cable management options to be a drawback. If you're not a fan of the black model, there are alternative color options available.

**Building with the CTU Case: A Matter of Personal Preference**

While the CTU case is an excellent option for those who want to experiment with different cooling configurations, it may not be the best choice for everyone. The sheer size and complexity of the case can make building and customizing a challenge. However, if you're looking for a massive enclosure to work with, the CTU case is certainly worth considering.

**Final Thoughts**

In conclusion, our experiment highlights the importance of exhaust fans in cooling systems, particularly when it comes to hot-running GPUs. By installing an AIO cooler on a side exhaust and adding additional fans, we were able to achieve significantly improved temperatures. However, the CTU case's unique design and features present both benefits and drawbacks for builders. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or just starting out, this case offers plenty of options for experimentation and customization.

**Additional Tips and Recommendations**

* When building with the CTU case, consider adding an AIO cooler to your setup for improved cooling potential.

* Use exhaust fans strategically to ensure that hot air is quickly removed from the case.

* Be mindful of cable management options, as some cases can be more challenging than others in this regard.

* Consider alternative color options if you're not a fan of the black model.

* If you do decide to build with the CTU case, don't be afraid to experiment and try out different cooling configurations.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endo you guys want to hear what 13 fans sounds like it is surprisingly quiet but it is very cold because of all the air movement but before we get to this what is this whale doing on my table so this whale is the new CTE line from thermaltake CT standing for centralized thermal efficiency and not to be confused with the medical acronym chronic traumatic encephalopathy but basically it's thermal takes approach to the motherboard in the middle vertical orientation for the GPU so you have airflow from all the sides so if you're after 14 140 millimeter fan slots dust filters everywhere in this entire open space the whale will satisfy not surprising I guess but our main question today is does the CT concept actually work let's unbox thank you now to test this new form factor I got too many fans the new Suave fans that let me reverse the blades for that good looking intake so you're staring at the blades and not the booty of the frame not that there's anything wrong with that to be honest the front of the case is all mesh and filter the bottom is the same and so is the rear of the case to properly cool the GPU which is probably going to be the main selling point for air cooled systems the exhaust area at the top will support two fans luckily but literally with so many intake areas the front the bottom the rear and whatever you do on the side it is going to create positive air pressure which is not really a problem because everything is very well dust protected and of course the vertical air movement for a PC case is not a New Concept just look at something from Silverstone from 10 years ago but what is new is that rear intake for the GPU so what happens when we take hot running components fill all the fan slots on the CT frame and really explore 4. its cooling potential be ready to be captivated by a fusion of vivid colors deeper blacks and a wicked fast 240Hz refresh rate with corsair's xenian flex gaming monitor featuring the world's first bendable Ola display in a stunning 45 inch wqhd ultrawide aspect ratio immerse yourself in gaming and other productive tasks you get all the extra goodies for ultimate speed and position within a game get quick access to a few USB ports at the front and plenty of other display connectivity options at the back and all this Tech is backed with their Advanced burning protection and a 3-year warranty if you're looking to flex your gaming setup look no further than corsair's senior on Flex learn more down below now to really challenge all the fan slots we have the iGame RTX 4080 that is one hot graphics card running at 50 fan speed and all the testing was done by the Montreal team so ignore my aero card that's just for the visuals so with the stock fan layout temperatures on the CPU are perfectly fine especially since the system is Library required below 40 decibels but the GPU is one hottie despite having one direct intake right beside it rotating the cooling into the traditional chimney mode so our CPU temperatures improve a little bit since the airflow path has One Direction but surprisingly the GPU got worse and the bottom fans are delivering a little bit more noise too populating all the vertical fan options gives us the best CPU temperatures so far with slightly cooler GPU but so far only the CPU has more of an impact with addition of the fans versus the stock configuration and now let's add six more fans all set to intake from the front and one from the rear which is what the CT foam factor is all about and you can clearly see how beneficial this design is for the CPU heatsink kind of like brute forcing airflow from the front and letting the top fans carrying away the remaining heat but surprisingly the three intake fans near the GPU don't really do much for this particular card as it requires more exhaust to finally see the lowest temperatures so far on the graphics card so if we add three side exhaust fans it actually hurts CPU temperature a bit because the front intake is immediately removed from the side and doesn't really reach the heatsink and it's really unfortunate there's less than 4 degrees Celsius difference on the GPU with 3 or 14 fans because it just spills out so much heat into the case and only starts to improve when there's sufficient exhausts running everything at full speed is not recommended because of the noise levels but it's a good reminder how there's even more cooling potential for the air cooler but not a huge design benefit for a hot running graphics card now switching things up to a 420mm all-in-one cooler installed on a side exhaust with stock fans gives us insanely good CPU temperature and actually reasonable GPU as well because of this added exhaust going into the vertical air setup not much changes even with all the vertical fan slots populated but you add the front and the rear intakes and now we are reaching low 40s on the CPU because cool air is delivered directly for the side all-in-one cooler and the GPU reaches mid 70s because no heat from the CPU is kind of like mixed in inside the case and everything is immediately exhausted out and really full power on the case fans is totally unnecessary because of the noise and no additional cooling is granted anyway all right so honestly let me know what you think of the results you know we ran the GPU hot intentionally so that we could generate a lot of heat and see how the GPU temperatures react with addition of the fans in certain configurations and the thing is clear with these types of gpus that spit out a lot of the heat into the enclosure you need exhaust and so as long as we have something exhausting from the side that immediately improved our GPU temperature and that's why I would recommend running an AIO system or if you're doing custom Loops for this case that will not be a problem at all but having an AIO on the side there having an exhausting air means that you're not mixing any of the heat generated by the CPU because basically there's that like Corner intake exhaust immediately for the CPU AIO and then also some GPU heat that is generated and flowing inside the enclosure also gets pumped out from the side and that is probably my ideal configuration to run with the CTE form factor so yes it works your brute forcing airflow from the front from the rear from the bottom some exhaust to the top and nice exhaust from the side as well and yeah of course if you add 14 fans to any enclosure that is fairly open in terms of the mesh and all the dust filters are high performance so thermaltake did the job right and allowing the air to get through without much restriction it's just a matter of how much you're willing to spend on the fence to populate inside this enclosure and the fans inside this one cost more than the case itself and speaking of the case so the experience is a bit mixed right so on one hand the case is absolutely huge so like behind there I did no cable management whatsoever I basically just tuck the cables off and close the panel easy peasy on the inside so much room so you know removing any of the fan brackets does not require removal of any other Hardware everything's kind of this like Standalone assembly because everything's so open but on the other hand because the motherboard is facing up the io is facing up as well and having access to that I O is not comfortable whatsoever so routing your DisplayPort cable your USB your antennas whatever they just have to pass way too much inside the frame and they're nicely hidden when they exit from the back right beside the power cable so swapping out a simple USB cable requires way too much work the removal of the entire top panel removal of the side panel as well routing everything through the grommets and into the cutout for the motherboard IO and so if you have like say a standard length DisplayPort cable no way will that reach for a motherboard and a case and a monitor that's are right beside each other so you need to buy buy an extra long DP cable I do appreciate the loaded IO for the case though so you don't necessarily need to access the motherboard all the time also if you're not a fan of the black model although the metal mesh perforations there is a white model and a TG model available as well that gives you a bit more glass so the traditional approach but without sacrificing on all the mounting capabilities on the interior of course the airflow will be totally different but something to keep in mind you have those two CTU options or more like four options this is not my personal favorite way of building computers just because this thing is absolutely massive I'm not populating how many you can do like four 420mm radiators in there but you can and I think that's the whole idea of the CTA form factor is that you have this massive frame to work with and you go crazy whatever you want to do alright guys so Dimitri thanks so much for watching check out this other relevant content subscribe for more I'll talk to you videodo you guys want to hear what 13 fans sounds like it is surprisingly quiet but it is very cold because of all the air movement but before we get to this what is this whale doing on my table so this whale is the new CTE line from thermaltake CT standing for centralized thermal efficiency and not to be confused with the medical acronym chronic traumatic encephalopathy but basically it's thermal takes approach to the motherboard in the middle vertical orientation for the GPU so you have airflow from all the sides so if you're after 14 140 millimeter fan slots dust filters everywhere in this entire open space the whale will satisfy not surprising I guess but our main question today is does the CT concept actually work let's unbox thank you now to test this new form factor I got too many fans the new Suave fans that let me reverse the blades for that good looking intake so you're staring at the blades and not the booty of the frame not that there's anything wrong with that to be honest the front of the case is all mesh and filter the bottom is the same and so is the rear of the case to properly cool the GPU which is probably going to be the main selling point for air cooled systems the exhaust area at the top will support two fans luckily but literally with so many intake areas the front the bottom the rear and whatever you do on the side it is going to create positive air pressure which is not really a problem because everything is very well dust protected and of course the vertical air movement for a PC case is not a New Concept just look at something from Silverstone from 10 years ago but what is new is that rear intake for the GPU so what happens when we take hot running components fill all the fan slots on the CT frame and really explore 4. its cooling potential be ready to be captivated by a fusion of vivid colors deeper blacks and a wicked fast 240Hz refresh rate with corsair's xenian flex gaming monitor featuring the world's first bendable Ola display in a stunning 45 inch wqhd ultrawide aspect ratio immerse yourself in gaming and other productive tasks you get all the extra goodies for ultimate speed and position within a game get quick access to a few USB ports at the front and plenty of other display connectivity options at the back and all this Tech is backed with their Advanced burning protection and a 3-year warranty if you're looking to flex your gaming setup look no further than corsair's senior on Flex learn more down below now to really challenge all the fan slots we have the iGame RTX 4080 that is one hot graphics card running at 50 fan speed and all the testing was done by the Montreal team so ignore my aero card that's just for the visuals so with the stock fan layout temperatures on the CPU are perfectly fine especially since the system is Library required below 40 decibels but the GPU is one hottie despite having one direct intake right beside it rotating the cooling into the traditional chimney mode so our CPU temperatures improve a little bit since the airflow path has One Direction but surprisingly the GPU got worse and the bottom fans are delivering a little bit more noise too populating all the vertical fan options gives us the best CPU temperatures so far with slightly cooler GPU but so far only the CPU has more of an impact with addition of the fans versus the stock configuration and now let's add six more fans all set to intake from the front and one from the rear which is what the CT foam factor is all about and you can clearly see how beneficial this design is for the CPU heatsink kind of like brute forcing airflow from the front and letting the top fans carrying away the remaining heat but surprisingly the three intake fans near the GPU don't really do much for this particular card as it requires more exhaust to finally see the lowest temperatures so far on the graphics card so if we add three side exhaust fans it actually hurts CPU temperature a bit because the front intake is immediately removed from the side and doesn't really reach the heatsink and it's really unfortunate there's less than 4 degrees Celsius difference on the GPU with 3 or 14 fans because it just spills out so much heat into the case and only starts to improve when there's sufficient exhausts running everything at full speed is not recommended because of the noise levels but it's a good reminder how there's even more cooling potential for the air cooler but not a huge design benefit for a hot running graphics card now switching things up to a 420mm all-in-one cooler installed on a side exhaust with stock fans gives us insanely good CPU temperature and actually reasonable GPU as well because of this added exhaust going into the vertical air setup not much changes even with all the vertical fan slots populated but you add the front and the rear intakes and now we are reaching low 40s on the CPU because cool air is delivered directly for the side all-in-one cooler and the GPU reaches mid 70s because no heat from the CPU is kind of like mixed in inside the case and everything is immediately exhausted out and really full power on the case fans is totally unnecessary because of the noise and no additional cooling is granted anyway all right so honestly let me know what you think of the results you know we ran the GPU hot intentionally so that we could generate a lot of heat and see how the GPU temperatures react with addition of the fans in certain configurations and the thing is clear with these types of gpus that spit out a lot of the heat into the enclosure you need exhaust and so as long as we have something exhausting from the side that immediately improved our GPU temperature and that's why I would recommend running an AIO system or if you're doing custom Loops for this case that will not be a problem at all but having an AIO on the side there having an exhausting air means that you're not mixing any of the heat generated by the CPU because basically there's that like Corner intake exhaust immediately for the CPU AIO and then also some GPU heat that is generated and flowing inside the enclosure also gets pumped out from the side and that is probably my ideal configuration to run with the CTE form factor so yes it works your brute forcing airflow from the front from the rear from the bottom some exhaust to the top and nice exhaust from the side as well and yeah of course if you add 14 fans to any enclosure that is fairly open in terms of the mesh and all the dust filters are high performance so thermaltake did the job right and allowing the air to get through without much restriction it's just a matter of how much you're willing to spend on the fence to populate inside this enclosure and the fans inside this one cost more than the case itself and speaking of the case so the experience is a bit mixed right so on one hand the case is absolutely huge so like behind there I did no cable management whatsoever I basically just tuck the cables off and close the panel easy peasy on the inside so much room so you know removing any of the fan brackets does not require removal of any other Hardware everything's kind of this like Standalone assembly because everything's so open but on the other hand because the motherboard is facing up the io is facing up as well and having access to that I O is not comfortable whatsoever so routing your DisplayPort cable your USB your antennas whatever they just have to pass way too much inside the frame and they're nicely hidden when they exit from the back right beside the power cable so swapping out a simple USB cable requires way too much work the removal of the entire top panel removal of the side panel as well routing everything through the grommets and into the cutout for the motherboard IO and so if you have like say a standard length DisplayPort cable no way will that reach for a motherboard and a case and a monitor that's are right beside each other so you need to buy buy an extra long DP cable I do appreciate the loaded IO for the case though so you don't necessarily need to access the motherboard all the time also if you're not a fan of the black model although the metal mesh perforations there is a white model and a TG model available as well that gives you a bit more glass so the traditional approach but without sacrificing on all the mounting capabilities on the interior of course the airflow will be totally different but something to keep in mind you have those two CTU options or more like four options this is not my personal favorite way of building computers just because this thing is absolutely massive I'm not populating how many you can do like four 420mm radiators in there but you can and I think that's the whole idea of the CTA form factor is that you have this massive frame to work with and you go crazy whatever you want to do alright guys so Dimitri thanks so much for watching check out this other relevant content subscribe for more I'll talk to you video\n"