"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
07/24/2016 at 19:07 • Filed to: None
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"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
07/24/2016 at 19:07 • Filed to: None | 4
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In my primary gaming rig, the fan speeds were getting close to 5k rpm. Which is a fun RPM for cars, not for CPU fans. My initial thoughts were the stock cooling equipment was dusty, which wasn’t the case. Ended up buying an Artic Cooling Pro 7 or something. It’s been installed, RPMS are now down to 1600. Huzzah. Current layout below.
Boxer_4
> wiffleballtony
07/24/2016 at 19:43 |
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That's a nice looking cooler.
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wiffleballtony
> Boxer_4
07/24/2016 at 19:48 |
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It looks like it should so the trick. It was a squeeze onto the motherboard. Apparently the RAM modules are pretty close to the CPU socket on my ASUS.
facw
> wiffleballtony
07/24/2016 at 19:49 |
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Heh, mine is running at ~1300 RPM, and I take it as a sign I really need to dust the HSF to quiet it down. Made the high RPM fan mistake once, never again...
bhtooefr
> facw
07/24/2016 at 20:32 |
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And mine tops out at 1372 RPM, which it hits at 80 C.
I don’t think it’s gotten above 1150 RPM, based on my fan curves. The only fan I hear is the GPU fan.
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facw
> bhtooefr
07/24/2016 at 20:50 |
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Yep, that’s the way it should be. I recently upgraded from a fanless Radeon 7870 to a GTX 1070, which thankfully spends most of its time with its fans spun down, and even during gaming is pretty quiet (decided it was worth the price premium to get this monster for quieter cooling):
CPU is cooled by an old Scythe Mugen 3 (though I’ve switched fans on it, since the stock one was having trouble after a few years):
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bhtooefr
> facw
07/24/2016 at 20:57 |
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I’ve got a Scythe Kabuto II, myself, with the stock Glidestream PWM 120 mm 1300 RPM.
And my GPU is a reference cooled GTX 960 - my case’s design works best with blower coolers, so... (it’s an NCASE M1, for what it’s worth.)
In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you
> wiffleballtony
07/24/2016 at 21:22 |
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>Not using a H100i
PLEB
TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy
> wiffleballtony
07/24/2016 at 21:22 |
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I thought is was an unspoken rule that in gaming rigs that you should try to never use a stock cooler. Either way, now you know for the future.
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wiffleballtony
> In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you
07/24/2016 at 21:54 |
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Seriously. My video card is even a couple years old.
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wiffleballtony
> TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy
07/24/2016 at 21:56 |
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This isn’t my first rig, that I didn’t overclock so I hadn’t bothered with extra cooling. It’s only been a problem as of recent.
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TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy
> wiffleballtony
07/24/2016 at 21:59 |
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Ah okay. The way I see it is to always get an aftermarket cooler because the stocks are usually only made for internet browsing, but that might just be the way I see it.
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wiffleballtony
> TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy
07/24/2016 at 22:25 |
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You’re pretty much right. I thought I’d be okay since the stock cooler looked legit with its copper piping and whatnot but it was a lie.
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facw
> In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you
07/24/2016 at 23:11 |
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Oh, so you like pump noise?
R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
> wiffleballtony
07/25/2016 at 00:27 |
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You shoulda let me know, I could have sent you a Corsair h55 AIO that’s just taking up shelf space or a cryorig c7.
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R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
> wiffleballtony
07/25/2016 at 00:29 |
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Also get that tower off the floor pleb
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In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you
> facw
07/25/2016 at 01:32 |
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I don't like my processor cooking itself either...
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wiffleballtony
> R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/25/2016 at 09:40 |
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Dammit! You could send one anyways, that silver rig is still running stock cooling for an i5.
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R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
> wiffleballtony
07/25/2016 at 10:00 |
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Socket?
Also, if you were going to stay air cooled you shoulda gone cooler Master hyper 212 evo.
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wiffleballtony
> R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
07/25/2016 at 10:22 |
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I honestly went with the artic one cuz I had one back in my e8400 days and it was good. Didn’t do much research. My i5 is a LGA 1156.