pcbuilder wrote:
As for the CPU cooler currently i have a Thermalright silver arrow sb-e and while i thought of "upgrading", after reading a lot of cooler reviews i realized it's really not worth it.
Its not that its not worth it, its a top performer no doubt, specially for higher tdps cpus like yours, but where it doesnt get recommended as much its because its big and specially because its expensive, there are other options that will perform similar for less money, still i wouldn't change it, to me is still one of the best air coolers around.
pcbuilder wrote:
I'm also not sure if the thermalright fans are ok as i can hear them quite a bit.
This you should check, usually TY141/140 were only able to drop around 600rpms and some samples like steve said, around 900rpms, there are also the TY143 (the ones that come on the extreme edition) that i havent tested, but they also only drop around 600rpms or so. My suggestion is run FanXpert since you have an Asus board, and see if you can drop them lower and if the temps you are having are to your liking, if you cant drop them, i would recommend either
Thermalright TY-147A (can drop to 300rpms on fanXpert) or
Noctua NF-P14r redux-1500 PWM also drops around 300rpms with FanXpert, either of this would be my choice for an 140mm cpu fan cooler. Both fans will fit with your current silver arrow clips.
pcbuilder wrote:
To be honest i believe the noisiest parts at the moment are the case fans which will be replaced when i get a new case anyway. I was just wondering if the difference from my TY-141 and noctua fans is big or not worth the investment.
Once you fix the noisiest part of your build what usually happens is you will start noticing the second. I would say about noctua will perform similarly, the gains for you on upgrading is allowing the fans to drop lower on none loaded operation (like browsing and programming), on load they will be very similar in temps i would think, but all setups are different thus not all can be disregarded, tonally will depend on a lot of things.
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I have a X99 deluxe. I've heard good things about the fractal r5 and at the moment that's what i'm more inclined to get.
Try the included fans first, the Fractal fans should drop around 500 rpms with fanXpert, if this isnt quiet enough for your liking, then consider
Antec True Quiet 140 or
Noctua NF-P14s redux-900, both fans can drop extremly low, below 300rpms under fanXpert2, some samples very close to 200rpms.