Hoping for some feedback from the community on whether to change my system's fan set up.
I'm currently using the case fans that came with the Enthoo Luxe (200mm front intake, 140mm bottom front intake, 140mm back exhaust). I've also got the 2 120mm fans that came with the AIO radiator in pull configuration on the top of the case. I have 1 extra Varder 1000rpm 120mm fan on the top (at the front pulling air in - though this is probably not a great move...?). The PSU fan is positioned on the bottom of the case pulling from underneath.
I'm overclocking the CPU and the GPU, temps are leveling out around the mid to high 70's under high gaming load (on the GPU) at 1440p 144hz.
I have the case fans currently powered from the mobo through the PWM splitter on the case. They are set at a static 85% speed, rather than being driven by the CPU temp - mostly for the graphics card as it is cooled by the stock fan. I am potentially considering changing that for a block and H55.
Whilst things aren't completely out of hand noisy, I wonder if there are any of the fans than would make sense to change (quieter or better cooling efficiency) and also whether I will be best placed to scrap the case PWN controller and invest in a decent front controller that I can easily regulate based on computer usage?
Thinking of changing the 200m intake for 2 x 140mm and also scrapping the vardar intake on top or perhaps trying to reposition as an additional intake on the bottom ( or moving the radiator on the top to the front and having another 140mm exhaust fan to help get the heat from the GPU out of the system. Also, upgrading the CPU radiator fans and changing the paste from the stock to Grizzly Hydronaut.
A lot of this makes sense, but wondering what kind of improvements are likely to be seen from such changes?
I'm currently using the case fans that came with the Enthoo Luxe (200mm front intake, 140mm bottom front intake, 140mm back exhaust). I've also got the 2 120mm fans that came with the AIO radiator in pull configuration on the top of the case. I have 1 extra Varder 1000rpm 120mm fan on the top (at the front pulling air in - though this is probably not a great move...?). The PSU fan is positioned on the bottom of the case pulling from underneath.
I'm overclocking the CPU and the GPU, temps are leveling out around the mid to high 70's under high gaming load (on the GPU) at 1440p 144hz.
I have the case fans currently powered from the mobo through the PWM splitter on the case. They are set at a static 85% speed, rather than being driven by the CPU temp - mostly for the graphics card as it is cooled by the stock fan. I am potentially considering changing that for a block and H55.
Whilst things aren't completely out of hand noisy, I wonder if there are any of the fans than would make sense to change (quieter or better cooling efficiency) and also whether I will be best placed to scrap the case PWN controller and invest in a decent front controller that I can easily regulate based on computer usage?
Thinking of changing the 200m intake for 2 x 140mm and also scrapping the vardar intake on top or perhaps trying to reposition as an additional intake on the bottom ( or moving the radiator on the top to the front and having another 140mm exhaust fan to help get the heat from the GPU out of the system. Also, upgrading the CPU radiator fans and changing the paste from the stock to Grizzly Hydronaut.
A lot of this makes sense, but wondering what kind of improvements are likely to be seen from such changes?
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