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Hi I Could REALLY Use Your Input On Cooling Hardware

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sebastian869

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Computer Components:
GPU: EVGA 04G-2983-KR GeForce GTX 980 Super clocked 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 ACX 2.0 PCI Express 3.0 $564 (This is the one I got)
CPU: i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4GHz 1150
MOBO: Asrock extreme6 Z97
Memory: 16GB Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A2133C10 (SPD Latency 9-9-9-24, SPD Speed 1333MHz, SPD Voltage 1.5V. Speed Rating PC3-17066 (2133MHz), Tested Latency 10-11-11-31, Tested Speed 2133Mhz, Tested Voltage 1.5V)
HDs: Samsung 850Pro MZ-7KE256BW, Western Digital VelociRaptor WD 1000DHTZ 1TB 10,000 R.P.M. 64MB Cache, SATA 6
PSU: Corsair HXi 1000i (CP-9020074) 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 Plus Platinum
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 FD-CA-ARC-R2-BL-W
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Water/Liquid Cooler-240mm Radiator
Blu-Ray/DVD Burner: BH16NS40 16X BD-R Write capability. Read & Write Quad, Triple, Double Layer BD-R Disks.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium.
Monitor: BenQ XL2420T (TX Has the 3D receiver and glasses) Using DisplayPort
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5


Looking for way better fans

NEED 2 140s in front will probably split it from the 4 pin on the mobo so they run same speed (there is a slight filter in fronts so need a bit of torque)
and one 140 in the rear all looking to be PWMs so speed can be adjusted as needed

For some reason the corsair h100i say to blow inwards (thinking now will reverse it)
Lastly, have some room on the floor for a 120mm pointing down to get dust out the way, what do you think (one guy at corsair said its not a good idea) he said to get the
Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition High Airflow 140mm Fan for the rear to get the air out in volume.
Something with some static pressure makes sense for the front because of the air filter. I only have 2 - 4 pin spots on the mobo so a y split for the 2 front and one for the rear and i have i think one or 2 3 pin left the cpu cooler connects to a 3 pin and just needs one lead. I don’t really care for LED fans what so ever.
Appreciate any ideas.


Thanks a lot,
Sebastian
 
I posted this in another thread discussing Noctua Fans which are considered the top of the line fans nowadays:

I read somewhere that Noctua "borrowed" the blade design from thermalright and seeing as the Ty-143 was a fraction of the cost of NF-P14, i bought one and boy was i amazed by the amount of air this thing moves. Before i broke 2 scythe fans by them hitting my finger while checking for temps of the PC and got pissed by the flimsy fin design so was looking for alternatives. Now i can't comment on longevity but performance wise this thing is a beast. At 50% (~1000RPM) its nearly silent and it keeps my overclocked FX 6300 at 58-60C while crunching. At 60% (~1500RPM) the temperature drops to 53-55C but the fan becomes audible which i dont like while working without headphones. At 100% and 2350 RPM my case starts to move about the room :p

Just to support the claim i made earlier here are 2 seperate sources testing the noctua's and TYs showing that for the same noise level the thermalright fans perform better

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So i would get TY-141 for silence and TY-143 for performance. The TY-141 is quieter at same RPMs when compared to TY-143 but it goes only up to 1300. The TY-143 is a beast but starting at around 1300 it becomes audible and ends up being a jet engine at full speed
 
krusha03 said:
He is looking for 140mm fans and maybe one 120mm
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Cooling system
case can fit both 120 and 140 fans so there isnt big diff what he will use. so far with my xp with 140mm fan support in cases => that it would be better to stick with 120mm (especialy with mid tower cases) cause with 140 fans quite often have problems with interferce with other parts (hdds cant fit cable management is hard etc). even with big towers like haf 932 or trooper you have to sacrifice some things
what i would do is to replace stock h100 fans with those 120 high static preasure noctua fans (they are costly thou) and use fans supplied with case as they are with rear fan set as inlet as well

http://noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=82&lng=en&set=1
 
Here you can get 2-3 thermalright fans for the price of that noctua fan and idk about the 12cm noctua fans but many reviews have shown that the 14cm thermalright fans are better.

After breaking 2 schythe fans and getting pissed with their flimsy fins I decided to look for alternative and 95% of the people where praising noctua but after coming across a review where the TYs where tested and looking more in depth i found a fan that is both cheaper and better than the noctua. The only thing i cannot comment on is longevity as i had it only for 3-4 months.
 
-I have used several 140mm fans for different things (Aerocool Shark, Lian Li, Enermax, Fractal Design, Thermalight, Corsair all of them, Noiseblocker) I found the best ones were the Noiseblockers Blacksilent Pro PK2 (pk2 stands for 1200rpm at 12v 3pin). They pushed tons of air through dust filters and low-fpi radiator from HWLabs and where totally dead silent. The worst were Aerocool and Enermax by far, Corsair wasn't that good either in several scenarios because of noise while sucking air through filters or rads. Terrible noise. If pushing air, Corsairs are amazing though. (I have never tried Noctua).

-Why would you put the fans on the H100 to blow inwards lol :D the point of an AIO is to blow hot air directly out of the case so that it doesnt create a hot atmosphere inside the case.

-Thumbs up for your choice of case, my friend has it, its awesome. Believe me the stock 140mm fans it has are quite good for the front intake with the filter. They seem to be really close to the Corsair AF140 performance which is nice since they come for free. I think only with 140mm Noctuas or Noiseblockers you will notice a difference without having noise from the airflow.

-If you are happy with the 140mm version of a fan, you can definately buy the 120mm version too.

-Why dont you want to use the fan controller of your case? It supports 3 fans and it works well. Sure, its manual, but you will never need more than 1000rpm on case fans when you have an AIO and a good GPU cooler, i guarantee you.

-Lastly, dont use the AS5 on the CPU, The H100i has EXCELLENT TIM pre-applied. Its really within 1-2c of top-end TIMs from Coolaboratory etc. (mostly because Corsair spreads their TIM with a machine so its a perfect application).
 
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