Looking to get temps and noise down even further

Diggsy

Diggsy

Diggsy

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Guys, my system (in sig below) is already reasonably quiet, but recently I have noticed that the CPU can get a little too toasty for my liking (42-44c) when doing simple tasks like browsing.

Now, I can easily drop the temp to 36c or thereabouts if I ramp my NF-P12 fan up to 12-1300rpm. Unfortunately this also takes the noise levels a little higher than I would like (I have sensitive hearing) as I normally run it at around 600rpm.

So, in the quest to run a little cooler but at no cost to noise levels I was wondering if it would be worth getting a Noctua NH-D14?

That way I reckon I could still run the fans nice and low, but maybe get a little better cooling.

What do you guys think? The only thing really putting me off is the £66 outlay!!

Oh btw, not interested in going watercooled, well not yet anyway.

EDIT - FWIW I have both 180mm fans running at around 600rpm and I have a front NF-P12, middle NF-P12 and rear NF-P12, all running at around 600rpm. The only exhaust fan is the rear NF-P12, as per the standard Fortress positive air pressure layout.
 
Buy some of them viper fans Buzzlightweight is buzzing about :) See what I did there.
*Edit: I see you need 180mm
 
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Tbh that's only a few pounds cheaper than I can find the Noctua, but thanks for the suggestion.

Not liking the idea of replacing the fans, as I doubt there is much, if anything on the market that is as quiet as the Noctuas running at 600rpm.

Perhaps I will strip everything down and reseat the cooler, this time with MX-4 or something and see if that helps at all.
 
Another option would be to lap the cpu and TRUE. It certainly helped to drop temps on the q6600 i had. But tbh, 44c isnt that bad, and as you say, a reseat with fresh paste may help as well.
 
Keep the TRUE and get a couple of Thermalright TR TY-140 fans (make sure the fan clips are suitable). Also you should only really worry about temps under full load. As long as they are under 65C on your Q6600, it's fine.

The Thermalright fans are superior to Noctua ones for performance at any given RPM/Noise level, they are 140mm afterall. They also support PWM functionality and at 850RPM, they are inaudible and will still perform much better than the NF-P12s.

If the fan clips aren't suitable (since they might not wrap around the outside of the weirdly shaped fan), get a Silver Arrow or a Thermalright VX with the two fans above.
 
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setter said:
Another option would be to lap the cpu and TRUE. It certainly helped to drop temps on the q6600 i had. But tbh, 44c isnt that bad, and as you say, a reseat with fresh paste may help as well.
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Yeah, you're right, 44 is probably not worth worrying about - guess I've been looking at too many SB temp posts lately and thinking I need to keep up!!:D Oh and the TRUE is lapped - was the 1st thing I did when I got it.

joeyjojo said:
You want to get a better HSF because your chip gets to 44 when browsing the web...?
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Yeah, I know - I now realise I am probably worrying about nothing.
 
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