Replacement Fans for Phanteks Eclipse G500A

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As per title, I bought a system from OcUK probably ~22 months ago now, housed in a Phanteks Eclipse G500A, all great aside from sometimes the front fans, even at low RPMs can be quite loud, ideally looking for a trio of quieter but as efficient/better RGB fans if anyone had any reccomendations?

Also the 790 XTX in there gets very warm ~60C idle when just working in Windows and VERY noisy when gaming even at 2k & dropped to 80FPS, there's currently no rear fan fitted but trying to find a way for increased airflow to that to keep things "nice".

Thank!
 
Do you have the mesh filters in place as they can be a little restrictive ?

Read a few comments that removing those will reduce temps and fan speed drops.
 
mickyflinn said:
Do you have the mesh filters in place as they can be a little restrictive ?

Read a few comments that removing those will reduce temps and fan speed drops.
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Nope, the only thing on the front aside from the fans is the mesh on the front of the case that is part of the frame, fans are bare.
 
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Nope, the only thing on the front aside from the fans is the mesh on the front of the case that is part of the frame, fans are bare.
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Just checked a review and there not really dust filters it's a mesh front panel and top and No rear or top fan isnt going to help temps if you've got an air cooler.

What CPU cooler are you using ?
 
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mickyflinn said:
Just checked a review and there not really dust filters it's a mesh front panel and top and No rear or top fan isnt going to help temps if you've got an air cooler.

What CPU cooler are you using ?
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From the order history it's an EK Water Blocks EK-Nucleus CR360 Lux D-RGB All In One CPU Water Cooler
 
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It hasn't been throughly done of late, had some air cleaners delivered the other day to give everything a proper re-clean, although after the last few days I could have just left it into he garden for an hour! :D
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I think it should be fine first before spending any money but if th n revisit if fans are still noisy.

Did you have problems with high temps on your 7900xtx before ?
 
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I think it should be fine first before spending any money but if th n revisit if fans are still noisy.

Did you have problems with high temps on your 7900xtx before ?
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Its never been what I'd call low, but I jumped to that from a 560ti so really wasn't sure what to expect, ideally need to raise the tower a bit too as its very near a carpeted floor, but with 3 x 32" monitors it's hard, well, impossible to get it on the desk or raised mixhnas I don't want to then block the exhaust from the AIO
 
GreenMint said:
Its never been what I'd call low, but I jumped to that from a 560ti so really wasn't sure what to expect, ideally need to raise the tower a bit too as its very near a carpeted floor, but with 3 x 32" monitors it's hard, well, impossible to get it on the desk or raised mixhnas I don't want to then block the exhaust from the AIO
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Take the side panel off the case and monitor temps, if they drop significantly it's airflow if not it's your GPU and that needs investing.
 
You've not stated, so I'll ask.
For the fan orientation...I'm assuming it's the standard 3x front intakes and then the AIO up top with the fans exhausting air through the roof?
 
@GreenMint in which case then I'd agree with @mickyflinn

Also, re: idle temps, could you check if your GPU has fanstop? Most newer GPUs these days tolerate higher idles as the fans completely stop during idle loads.
80c is fine for a 7900xtx at load, it draws 355w at load (more if an oc version)
 
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@GreenMint in which case then I'd agree with @mickyflinn

Also, re: idle temps, could you check if your GPU has fanstop? Most newer GPUs these days tolerate higher idles as the fans completely stop during idle loads.
80c is fine for a 7900xtx at load, it draws 355w at load (more if an oc version)
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I'll look into the fanstop, in fairness most of the noise is the case fans which SCREAM when gaming, I've got a fancontrol setup that keeps them calm at idle, aside from extreme cases in the middle of summer, I can't see a way/feature to adjust the fans on the AIO, maybe that's a good thing, but also with an 360MM AIO pushing out of the top, do the case fans really affect that so much? Temps are never really the issue, just the sheer noise of the front fans when gaming, which, in fairness has actually stopped me a lot of the time just due to the sheer racket.
 
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in fairness most of the noise is the case fans which SCREAM when gaming,
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You'll just have to adjust the fan curve. I'm assuming you have the case fans linked to the CPU temp.
What is your CPU and what are your CPU temps?
You can either (1) set your case fans to run off the mobo temps instead, or (2) just separately alter the fan curve independently of the AIO pump/fans.
 
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It's a Gen 13 17 13700KF

Idle temps are usully 35-40, any better options than FanControl that would allow everything to be controlled effectively?

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That's the current curve/setup, as said with the AIO I'm not sure how much the fans are really doing here for the CPU as I assume the AIO is taking care of that!
 
GreenMint said:
It's a Gen 13 17 13700KF

Idle temps are usully 35-40, any better options than FanControl that would allow everything to be controlled effectively?
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Ah yes, those chips are effectively a good source of heat for the winter :P

Personally, I would use the motherboard bios fan controls rather than a windows program.
(Will still do the same job though so no biggies)
You could just change the temperature source to the motherboard temp, rather than the CPU temp.

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That's the current curve/setup, as said with the AIO I'm not sure how much the fans are really doing here for the CPU as I assume the AIO is taking care of that!
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I assume the AIO pump and fans are plugged into the motherboard fan headers?
What have you got it set as, in bios?
What are your CPU temps when the CPU is loaded?
 
Honestly, I'm not 100% sure, it was a system bought from and built by OcuK, but I would assume the AIO is straight in the headers, I've had it ~2 years nearly and just never bothered to go messing with it, instead I just complain to myself! :D

CPU temps I'll monitor & let you know, I need a War Thunder session anyways before the school run! Should give enough of a test at 1440P on Cinematic quality!
 
After 2 hours of War Thunder at "approx" 250ish FPS on Ultra settings, CPU didn't go over 54C, not sure how CPU intensive it is vs GPU, but hardly a bad sign.
 
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After 2 hours of War Thunder at "approx" 250ish FPS on Ultra settings, CPU didn't go over 54C, not sure how CPU intensive it is vs GPU, but hardly a bad sign.
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Seems to be okay then.
Quick and dirty method is just to run prime95 for a few mins and see temps/noise
 
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