What PC fans do you use and prefer?

[Gymrat76]

3x P12 or 3x A12x25 daisy chain to case fan header.

I only have 2x P12 and 1 xA12x25

 

[ragnarok95]

Buy another P12. It's cheap.

 

[Gymrat76]

Buy another P12. It's cheap.

But, but..I already have the very expensive Noctua’s
Any issue with my suggested setup above?

 

[watzup_ken]

But, but..I already have the very expensive Noctua’s
Any issue with my suggested setup above?

I suggest you get a fan hub as oppose to buying another fan. They usually don't cost a lot for a basic one from say Arctic, ID-Cooling and Coolermaster. The fan headers on your board seems to suggest its an ITX board. If you are sticking with the form factor, it makes sense to get a fan hub because it can be a common problem. In addition, some fan headers may not be designed to handle too many fans being daisy chained, though not a common problem.

 

[Goodshot]

I dont need so many fan le , basically just 1 at cpu 1 to draw out hot air ( Default 2 at case front). Aircon is doing the main job , without aircon u got 10 fans also useless blowing hot air around

 

[wtfh4x]

But, but..I already have the very expensive Noctua’s
Any issue with my suggested setup above?

It's fine. Splitters are preferred over fan hubs when you're using different types of fans anyway, then you can control different types of fans at different speeds rather than having all the fans into one hub.

 

[Gymrat76]

P12 slim seems to be sold out everywhere. I bought 2xP12 (25mm) and found that it can't fit under my casing as intake, will need to buy the slims. Lucky I didn't spring for 2xNoctua A12x25's

 

[watzup_ken]

P12 slim seems to be sold out everywhere. I bought 2xP12 (25mm) and found that it can't fit under my casing as intake, will need to buy the slims. Lucky I didn't spring for 2xNoctua A12x25's

You can consider using the Scythe Kaze Flex slim. It is one of my recommendations when it comes to slim fan because of the good airflow, not noisy and decent price.

 

[Gymrat76]

You can consider using the Scythe Kaze Flex slim. It is one of my recommendations when it comes to slim fan because of the good airflow, not noisy and decent price.

Are those static pressure fans? Cos the fans need to pull in air against the mesh of the casing

 

[Gymrat76]

Just ordered the 3-pack of the P12 Slim from Amazon (1 month delivery from Arctic...zzzz) as everywhere sold out locally, even Carousell. Temps looking not too bad, after 20-mins of running Unigen Heaven, but should be even better once I get the 2xP12's below to blow at the GPU (I hope)

 

[Phen8210]

Just ordered the 3-pack of the P12 Slim from Amazon (1 month delivery from Arctic...zzzz) as everywhere sold out locally, even Carousell. Temps looking not too bad, after 20-mins of running Unigen Heaven, but should be even better once I get the 2xP12's below to blow at the GPU (I hope)

83c is your temp limit?

Which RTX 3070 model you using? Share your case model also

 

[Gymrat76]

83c is your temp limit?

Which RTX 3070 model you using? Share your case model also

That's the measured hot spot and that was the max it hit on Unigen Heaven.

Using the Galax 3070 1-Click LHR, in a Coolermaster nr200 ITX case

Forgot to mention that the a/c is on, so room temp around 27.5C

Am also concerned with the high temp on the m.2 SSD on the motherboard as even at idle its in the 50C range

 

[SEvsNK]

Just ordered the 3-pack of the P12 Slim from Amazon (1 month delivery from Arctic...zzzz) as everywhere sold out locally, even Carousell. Temps looking not too bad, after 20-mins of running Unigen Heaven, but should be even better once I get the 2xP12's below to blow at the GPU (I hope)

From my experience, bottom mounted fans barely lower temps with the exception of more noise. Update us once u have them up and running.

 

[Gymrat76]

From my experience, bottom mounted fans barely lower temps with the exception of more noise. Update us once u have them up and running.

Yeah that’s why I got from Machines & More on YT who did a comparison. That’s why I went for the Arctics for the experiment instead of getting a pair of Noctuas lol. Have been reading up and the temps don’t look THAT bad right, the card starts throttling when the core hits 90-ish only?

 

[SEvsNK]

Yeah that’s why I got from Machines & More on YT who did a comparison. That’s why I went for the Arctics for the experiment instead of getting a pair of Noctuas lol. Have been reading up and the temps don’t look THAT bad right, the card starts throttling when the core hits 90-ish only?

my 3080ti also reach the same temps as per your hotspot. So i guess it safe?

 

[Yongkit]

The GPU temp can be better if manually tune up around 80% rpm

 

[Phen8210]

From my experience, bottom mounted fans barely lower temps with the exception of more noise. Update us once u have them up and running.

When lacking airflow then it will be significant. Otherwise, in most tests I have seen, 2-3c.

 

[SEvsNK]

When lacking airflow then it will be significant. Otherwise, in most tests I have seen, 2-3c.

3 deg is the best case scenerio provided u have cool air from the outside. Usually tests we see are done in foreign countries where their ambient temps are way cooler than SG. Further more he is using a slim profile (15mm fan)?

Here we can set the rpm almost double and still may not see any significant drop haha.

 

[Gymrat76]

3 deg is the best case scenerio provided u have cool air from the outside. Usually tests we see are done in foreign countries where their ambient temps are way cooler than SG. Further more he is using a slim profile (15mm fan)?

Here we can set the rpm almost double and still may not see any significant drop haha.

At best it'll be an experiment. As said, already expecting the improvements to be marginal. On Reddit I see some have recommended using a shroud for the GPU fans which may work better. Taking off the bottom dust filter may also help, though with these kinds of cases with a lot of ventilation, it's going to accelerate it becoming a dust trap haha

 

[SEvsNK]

At best it'll be an experiment. As said, already expecting the improvements to be marginal. On Reddit I see some have recommended using a shroud for the GPU fans which may work better. Taking off the bottom dust filter may also help, though with these kinds of cases with a lot of ventilation, it's going to accelerate it becoming a dust trap haha

oh like this product? It'll be ineteresting to see if this can really help if u can manage to fit in haha

https://noctua.at/en/na-fd1