How to cool a Corsair Carbide Air 540 with mild OC
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:10 pm
Hello,
I'd like to upgrade my current config :
Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540 Cube
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard : Asus R.O.G. Maximus VI Formula (Z87)
CPU: Core i7 4770k (@4.0GHz)
CPU Fan : Noctua NH-U12P SE2
RAM: Kingston HyperX Black, 2x8GB, DDR3-1600 CAS 9-9-9
Graphic card : MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G
HDD :
- Samsung SSD 850 Pro 1To
- Crucial SSD MX200 1To
- Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500Go
Cooling :
- Rear : 1x Noctua NF-A14 PWM - extraction (only grid, no filters)
- Top : 2x Noctua NF-A14 PWM - intake + 2 Decimflex 140mm filters
- front : 3x Noctua NF-S12B ULN - intake (with the built in dust filter from Corsair)
(you can see a picture of this mounted here : http://www.overclock.net/t/1016941/the- ... t_21071038 )
Audio :
- Carte son : Sound Blaster ZxR
I'm waiting for Broadwell-E to go 6/8 cores, with a mild OC to reach 4/4.2GHz + a relevant X99 mobo (probably stick with Asus ROG), and will also upgrade to whatever NVidia / AMD release that kicks ass. I firmly intend to keep the case, which I love (very roomy, it's a pleasure to build inside)
The conf above is very noisy, as I probably overdid it with fans, and also fans are not managed (I haven't installed Fan XPert on Windows 10)
Goal :
[*] have a near silent PC under windows, with low workload (web browsing / dev)
[*] have a little noise if needed during gaming (I don't care as much)
Questions :
[*] Which fans would you use, and how many ? I somehow have the feeling I have too many
[*] How to properly control the fans ? this article (http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1498-page4.html ) suggests using the Asus mobo controllers + Fan Xpert is fine, do you recommand it as well ?
[*] what about the airflow ? shall I keep the top ones on intake ?
I'd like to upgrade my current config :
Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540 Cube
PSU: Corsair AX860i
Motherboard : Asus R.O.G. Maximus VI Formula (Z87)
CPU: Core i7 4770k (@4.0GHz)
CPU Fan : Noctua NH-U12P SE2
RAM: Kingston HyperX Black, 2x8GB, DDR3-1600 CAS 9-9-9
Graphic card : MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G
HDD :
- Samsung SSD 850 Pro 1To
- Crucial SSD MX200 1To
- Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500Go
Cooling :
- Rear : 1x Noctua NF-A14 PWM - extraction (only grid, no filters)
- Top : 2x Noctua NF-A14 PWM - intake + 2 Decimflex 140mm filters
- front : 3x Noctua NF-S12B ULN - intake (with the built in dust filter from Corsair)
(you can see a picture of this mounted here : http://www.overclock.net/t/1016941/the- ... t_21071038 )
Audio :
- Carte son : Sound Blaster ZxR
I'm waiting for Broadwell-E to go 6/8 cores, with a mild OC to reach 4/4.2GHz + a relevant X99 mobo (probably stick with Asus ROG), and will also upgrade to whatever NVidia / AMD release that kicks ass. I firmly intend to keep the case, which I love (very roomy, it's a pleasure to build inside)
The conf above is very noisy, as I probably overdid it with fans, and also fans are not managed (I haven't installed Fan XPert on Windows 10)
Goal :
[*] have a near silent PC under windows, with low workload (web browsing / dev)
[*] have a little noise if needed during gaming (I don't care as much)
Questions :
[*] Which fans would you use, and how many ? I somehow have the feeling I have too many
[*] How to properly control the fans ? this article (http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1498-page4.html ) suggests using the Asus mobo controllers + Fan Xpert is fine, do you recommand it as well ?
[*] what about the airflow ? shall I keep the top ones on intake ?