H80 related questions

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Installed the H80 a few days ago and so far so good, very pleased with it.

My only gripe is the jump in noise between stage 1 and stage 2. Stage 1 is nice and quiet but stage 2 is too loud. I could do with a stage 1.3!

So my questions are:

1. How can I go about adjust the fan speeds? As far as I can work out I could either get the Corsair Link commander (I assume you could adjust fan speeds far more accurately?) or get a fan controller and wire the push/pull fans to that?

2. Does anyone have a link commander? Are they worth it? Can I plug my case fans into it as well?

3. Fan noise - I guess I could change the fans? I have corsair fans all round, 2 x 120mm on the rad, 1 x 140mm on the front of the case and a 1 x 120mm below it. I'm a bit of a noob so I don't know how noisey these fans are compared with others? Can A LOT of noise be saved by switching fans? Or is it not that big a difference?

New fans would have to be a damn site quieter to let me run the H80 at stage 2 without waking the house up

Not sure where to go, help!
 
Just turned the fans and pump to full speed . . FPU test was 10° cooler!!

So yeh, new fans needed i think! Some great suggestions there mate, having the rad take air in and exhaust out the top is a great idea.
 
Oops replied in the wrong thread! Oh well still makes sense. That was the controller I was looking at actually. Are those Corsair fans a lot quieter than the standard fans do you think?
 
Oh really? Hmm. Anyone have any other fan suggestions that are going to be decent amount quieter, but still do the same job
 
One more stupid question, the stock fans are 3 pin, what's the different between 3 and 4 pin pmw? Which is better to use on a rad?
 
Ah ok. I'm still thinking about that. If the fans are nice and quiet I would probably just run them from the corsair pump, but I might get a fan controller and run them from there instead. Would be nice to adjust them.

Actually yeh a fan controller I think.
 
Quite agree. That's why I favour a controller over something like the corsair link commander thing. I just want to be able to turn them all down if I'm watching a film, and throw them up when gaming. That one has a nice LCD screen with it too though, looks swish :D
 
After some obsessive googling and not much work this morning, I think I'm settling on these unless anyone can tell me a reason not to:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan - 3 Pin £17.99
Total : £21.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).



I think initially I'll just plug them into the H80 pump and see if I can run it full whack without too much noise, then maybe get a fan controller later on or if needs be.
 
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