I have a 3900x in a besilent 600 case with the stock fans and a scythe mugen 5 pcgh CPU cooler on the CPU. I run boinc and f@h on the system so want to increase my cooling as it obviously gets quite warm. My question is should I move to water cooling with an aio or increase the fans in my case? I'm quite noise sensitive so would be looking at noctua or the like for the fans or if going to water cooling i'd want something quiet. What do you recommend?
More air fans or go to an aio?
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys I think I'll get some of those Arctic P12 fans on my hs and also use them to replace the case fans. I can't see them in stock at ocuk so are you allowed to suggest where I get them from?
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I just have all default fans in the setup at present so it seems my case fans are a bit slow which I believe will be making the air getting to my hsf not as cool as it should be. I'll get hold of a thermometer to check temps throughout although from @PieEater comments it looks like I may need to change the case fans as the front fan is definitely behind a dust shield so may not be providing the cool air I need for my hsf inlet. I have no drives in the drive bays so can install an additional 140 mm fan there as well so I'm thinking 2 X arctic p14 in the front of my case to increase the airflow into it and leave the rear fan for the moment as this change should move me to positive pressure I believe.
Just for reference Ryzen master is reporting my temps as about 85 degrees under full load
Just for reference Ryzen master is reporting my temps as about 85 degrees under full load