critique my cooling setup

Relentless81

Relentless81

Relentless81

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Hi,

I've gone back to air and getting higher temps than anticipated, I think I know the reason but wondered if you guys could could confirm please.

Case is fractal define s
Cpu amd 8350 @4.2 stock volts llc medium

2 x 140mm intakes
Exhaust is 120mm aio from my gpu
Cpu cooler is scythe mugen 140 mm fan

Temps are just shy of 62c in bf4, too high for my liking consider the standard cooler kept it below 60c with the same OC in my old case

Do you think that having an aio as the exhaust is causing the hot air to build up in the case as its limiting how quickly it can expel the air? Only thing that makes me think its not that is vrm temps are fine and had the same exhaust setup in my old case.

Thanks
 
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Do you think that having an aio as the exhaust is causing the hot air to build up in the case as its limiting how quickly it can expel the air? Only thing that makes me think its not that is vrm temps are fine and had the same exhaust setup in my old case.

Thanks
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Yes, I have two 140 front intakes in my Lian li case with 3 x 120 exhaust (two top, 1 rear). AMD 9590 at 4.7/5.0.

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I'm a bit disappointed with how loud it is already, I bought a quiet case and apparently quiet fans and although its quieter than my old setup its not as quiet as I hoped.

Anyway I have a spare 140mm fan so ill try putting that in the roof tonight and see if it helps temps after a bf4 session, if it doesn't is there anything else I can try?
 
Rather than adding a fan, swap one of your intakes to be an exhaust instead. Similar noise levels, hopefully better cooling without your AIO restricting airflow.
 
2C is margin of error for CPU temps.

More fans at lower RPMs is going to be better than fewer fans at higher RPM.

Quiet fans are a lie. All manufacturers put quiet on any fan under 2000 rpm when the truth is that it's subjective. If you want quiet then turn the fans down.
 
Added a 140mm 1000rpm roof exhaust and temps are low 50s while stress testing, real test is BF4 though, IME BF4 is better than any cpu stress test for finding errors and creating heat

Its weird though because I'm using phanteks pwm hub and now the idle rate of the reporting fan is 600 rather than the 800 it was before and adding a fan has made the system quieter

Go figure PCs they are weird

I agree with quiet fans are a lie, the more fans I try and I've tried a few now, the better/quieter fans seem to be low RPM and the bigger the better
 
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