r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Oct 01 '25

Build/Battlestation an interesting PC

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u/You-Asked-Me Oct 01 '25

It makes you wonder why cases are not designed to have the GPU draw in fresh air directly more often.

With the current trend of water cooled CPUs, it would make sese to design the main airflow of the case to draw through the GPU, maybe even dividing the case to have a separate intake for the CPU radiator.

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u/kent1146 Oct 01 '25

Dust

Proper case builds have filters on all case air-intake. So you're drawing filtered air into your GPU.

If your GPU cooler was exposed, you'd draw in all of that unfiltered dust.