

You’ll never get good balance with that case as you’ve explained yourself.
If you can, remove the lid and run like that, or I’d be cutting big holes in it until it’s just a chassis. If you have cats/kids and need it protecting, maybe put it in a normal PC case. I’ve run a lot of machines naked and they breathe a lot better.


And how’s that working out?
Unless the lid is thermally bonded to the CPU or GPU, it’s unlikely to be contributing much. And if that is the case, there must be places you can add ventilation.