Replacing the fan on my Tuniq?

ssjaronx4 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:58

Hi guys,

I was going to buy a few Noctua NF-P12s to replace the exhaust fans on my P182 as they should give better cooling on high then the stock fans on low with less noise. However, I was wondering if replacing the fan in the Tuniq with one of these would give me better cooling? I have the fan running just under half way on the control as it gets a bit too noisy after that. As far as I can tell from the specs, the Noctua on full should move more air then Tuniq and produce less noise. Will this work or would there be a better low noise fan which would move more air for not much higher noise?

Also I was going to reseat the Tuniq as I don’t think its cooling as well as it should. I'm getting much higher temps then I should be and I cant push my OC any more till I can get the CPU temps lower.Would you suggest buying better thermal paste or is the stuff that comes with the Tuniq good enough?

platinum87 · 6 Mar 2008 at 23:27

i was writing assuming you said stock fans also on high, but on low vs noctua on high the p12 will be better in all options you said, whoever... does noise bother you while you play a game?.. if not i really suggest getting the most intense fan, and rigging it to a controller (if you can fit it inside a tuniq, im unsure, but should be do-able.

i think spec wise the AS5 is only slightly better then the TX-1, and so difference should be negligible unless they lie!, mabye the ship/tuniq is not flat enough.? #

would you post temps please, + room temperature while doing this

Kirth Gersen · 7 Mar 2008 at 08:35

The Tuniq fan is still a bit too noisy on low. I replaced mine with a Scythe S-Flex, attached it to my fan controller, and it purrs along nicely.

ssjaronx4 · 7 Mar 2008 at 13:48

Thanks for the replies. ATM idol @ 3.2ghz the Q6600 is about 35/42/40/37
on average and when maxed out on prime for a few hours it hit 66/68/68/66 at average room temp so there no more room for increasing the voltage.

Thing is even though I have a high VID, 1.325, my temps are much higher then others for the level of OC. I haven't fitted a cooler in years though as my previous two machine have been laptops so I've probably added too much paste or have an air buble or something. Reseating should help with the temps.

What I am also wondering is what other voltage settings on my mobo will effect the stability of an OC. I have increased the Northbridge to 1.4v as I have all 4 slots populated and set the southbridge voltage as well. I've set my Corsair to 1.9v which is the default for now although corsair suggested that I set it to 2.0 and that I could go up to a limit of 2.2 maximum voltage. Is it possible that I could drop the voltage going into the CPU by increasing it elsewhere to maintain stability? ATM my 3.2 is stable and has never blue screened on me but whenever I try and take it to the next level I get death screens and I know the temps are going to go over 70.