Corsair 3200D RS vs Cougar MX620 RGBcomputed

Datasheet figures next to each other, and the airflow balance, pressure verdict and case air heating that the fans in each box compute to behind that case's own front. Calculated with the CaseFlow model, not measured.

Side by side

Corsair 3200D RSCougar MX620 RGB
FormMid-TowerMid Tower
Volume49.6 L49.7 L
Dimensions458 × 219 × 495 mm464 × 220 × 487 mm
Frontmesh dust filtermesh dust filter
Fan mountsfront 3 × 120/140, top 3 × 120/140, rear 1 × 120, bottom 2 × 120front 3 × 120/140, top 3 × 120/140, rear 1 × 120
Radiator supportfront 360 mm, top 360 mm, rear 120 mmfront 360 mm, top 360 mm, rear 120 mm
Dust filtersfront, bottomfront
GPU length400 mm400 mm
Cooler height165 mm170 mm
Stock fans3 × RS120 ARGB 120mm PWM Fan (Revival Series) (front)3 × stock fan (front), 1 × stock fan (rear)
Stock airflow, max rpm170 in / 0 out CFM–
Stock pressure verdictpositive, worst case includedstock fans named but no datasheet - nothing computed
Case air at 290 W+3.1 K–
Stock fan noise40.8 dB(A)–
All mounts, reference fans262 in / 251 out CFM 5 / 4 mounts176 in / 251 out CFM 3 / 4 mounts

With a reference pressure-optimized fan on every mount the 3200D RS moves more air. The stock fans of the MX620 RGB are named without figures behind them, so its stock columns stay empty. The pressure verdict describes the stock fan set, not the case: stronger or extra intake fans in the free mounts, or slower exhaust fans, turn a negative balance positive.

3200D RS — mounts and stock fans

TOPBOTTOMREARFRONT · mesh

MX620 RGB — mounts and stock fans

TOPBOTTOMREARFRONT · mesh

Case air heating with the stock fans — computed

0 5 0 100 200 300 400 450 W GPU (open cooler) + 40 W board 3200D RS K case air above room

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How these numbers are computed

Each stock fan contributes CFMmax · derate · rpm/rpmmax behind its wall's mounting class: filtered mesh front and side mounts as dust filter, bottom as floor + filter, top and rear as open grille, solid and glass fronts as side-slit intake at roughly half of a mesh front. Front, bottom and side blow in; top and rear blow out.

MountingAirflow bladesPressure-optimized
Open grille0.88 (0.80–0.95)0.88 (0.80–0.95)
Dust filter0.70 (0.60–0.80)0.78 (0.70–0.86)
Floor + filter0.64 (0.52–0.74)0.72 (0.62–0.80)
Solid or glass front0.50 (0.40–0.62)0.58 (0.48–0.68)

Worst case sums intake at the low end of each band and exhaust at the high end; positive there means positive regardless of how the estimates fall. Case air: ΔT = 3.1 · W / throughput (m³/h), with an open-cooler GPU putting its full board power into the case air plus board, RAM and drives. Capacity puts a reference pressure-optimized fan on every mount at max rpm — 120 mm 60 CFM, 140 mm 75 CFM — a generic good fan, not a product.

Mount counts, radiator support and clearances are datasheet figures. Nothing here is measured; the same model runs in CaseFlow.