As i said, i don't own the R5 to guarantee it will fit, but i don't see a reason why it shouldn't given it fits the R4 and R6, if you find the thread/post, ill be interested on reading the issue. If you can, share your experience with the BL067, i also didn't like the tone on the Fractals around 80...

I'm going to return the Silent Wings 3 fans because they cannot be mounted in my case. Neither of the mounting mechanisms work. At best I could mount a top front fan with anti-vibration fittings, but that is it. EDIT: Maybe not. It fits by using my GP-14 and AF-140 screws, oddly enough not with its ...

One of the 140mm Noctua fans I have used successfully is the NF-P14s Redux 1200 PWM. Provided your motherboard BIOS and/or fan control software can set the PWM duty cycle to 16% I was seeing idle speeds in a system of around 200 to 250 rpm with this setting. I know at least some users of this fan p...

You could consider the Arctic Cooling F12 140mm PWM, which has a fluid dynamic bearing. The interesting point about this fan is that it is semi-passive, that is the fan stays off which PWM duty cycle is under 40%. When it does start it is at about 600 rpm; top speed is around 1300 rpm. It is not a ...

After much thought, I'm reconsidering buying SW3 fans, due to terrible be quiet! support. Here is why: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/agnkkk/terrible_be_quiet_support_experience/ Which is a shame, because I don't know about other good alternatives. PS: Am I crazy for thinking that be qui...

At the top of the air coolers, most perform very similar, specially at high rpms, i seen 2 or 3 degree difference between high end coolers, at some point heat transfer on small dies and area contact has its diminishing return, with these limitations at some points its just brute force of the fan, h...

I still like the SW3 1600RPM for the CPU cooler, potentially, unless I can be swayed otherwise. I can't seem to be able to find anything else that's better for silence. Remember the NH-D15 usues 140mm fan that have 120mm mounting holes, so SW3 BL067 or the 1600rpm version wont mount with the stock ...

As I understand it, you have 2 x intake fans and 1 x exhaust. I think the biggest step forward you can take is to remove the ModuVent from the rear top exhaust and put a fan there. To try it, at no cost, you could consider putting the second rear fan of the NH-D15 there, or putting the D15 fan in t...

Some say you shouldnt run PWM fans undervolted that the motor is design to be ran at 12V always, but then you get a Noctua PWM fan and it comes with a resistor, so could be fine or could have a limit, i personally think its best to buy according to what the header is restricted by design, so if its...

And the PWM vs DC issue, as mentioned here: http://thermalbench.com/2016/10/31/be-q ... eed-fan/3/ Doyll and you have pointed me that issue on BQ, i have never experience it, on 12x BQ BL067 that i have bought on different dates and companies, none have exhibit that issue, one thing that could be r...

Well, you might hate it (as do I), but it's a useful debug tool. You may have to go this route to get the motherboard under control. Silent mode is still maxing out the NF-A15s' to 1500rpm..in a few seconds. So, it's not a case airflow problem. That would be something that happens in tens of minute...

Nothing wrong with those temps/mounting...and the Noctua should be able to handle this with room to spare. Here's another thing to try - instead of using BIOS fan profile, load Gigabyte's Windows based s/w. It should let you build custom curves for all the fans. Also, what are the CPU cooler fans' ...

Attached is the P95 26.6 (so, no AVX) Small FFTs temperature result (in hwinfo64). CPU is using 1.2v, and it's at 4.3GHz. Test has been running for half an hour. The BIOS fan profiles are on Silent, ambient is again around 25C or so. The dust filters and case fans were recleaned today, so that shoul...

Welcome back. CPU, huh? Before modding, have you looked at temps and fan speeds for system, CPU, and GPU while heavily loaded? Generally, the graphics card is the loudest thing in the system. Maybe there's something odd going on with the Noctua.. Thanks! I play CPU heavy games like Paradox strategy...

Hi all, So, I first posted here about 2 years ago. My system is, for the most part, still kicking alive and well (now I use a Corsair RM750i as my PSU). I also added an Intel SSD into the mix, and an Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter to make sure I'm not using the crappy Killer NIC. Sadly, it does ta...

Things that you can try, 1) Cross check the cooler is seated properly and the contact with the paste is adecuate, sometimes too much hurts, sometimes too little hurts. 2) Your temps are high, but not out of what i experience with my 4790K, but usually its the turbo being ran at 4.4 and the voltage ...

I would use the adapter as a last resort. It's just a resistor, and using a resistor is an inefficient way to slow down a fan. Right, but what other options do I have? Setting it to Silent in BIOS is the only thing I can think of, which I will do. Though, from what I've seen, it still gets to 1500 ...

NH-D15 fans are 1500rpm version, the retail are 1200rpm, not sure if you added another or maybe the newer versions are coming with the 1200rpm fans. Play with the bios and even with Gigabyte software see if you can lower it down some. Personally i prefer other brands because of this, but the NH-D15...

So, the noise has been annoying me recently when it comes to my CPU cooler. The Noctua NH-D15 is pretty quiet, up until it hits 70-75 C, where it starts to run at 1500 RPM. That's unacceptable for me, it's way too loud at that RPM. As a solution, I'm thinking about doing 2 things: 1. Going into BIOS...

Hey, so I have an update. I wasn't able to get an Antec True Quiet 140, so I got a Corsair AF140 instead which I mounted as the second front intake fan, in the bottom slot. Note that I'm using the 4790k @ 4.5 GHz (1.25v), and the HD 5850 still. Note that the fans are running at 7v. I've also done so...

I'd imagine less power draw than a 980/980 Ti so should be easier to cool. I would asume also.... but you never know, its a new architecture.... not always ends up more efficient, we will know in june. Well we know now. The 980Ti is 250 watt TDP and the 1080 is 180 watt TDP for a massive 70 watts T...

I didn't get you: less power draw of which card? Didn't you have a 5850? And how many watts do you think OC brings in? Sorry, I meant: less power draw than a 980 Ti (though more than Pascal, likely). I think you're confused by your own words. I mean the 980 has less power draw than the 980 Ti. That...

Do what you think best: I always prefer to have thew right parts, not just what's locally available. I would agree with you but I think I have plenty of options locally as well. There's much more hassle to having it shipped, and takes more time than simply purchasing one from a local shop (which I ...

It's *DIFFERENT* , how can I say? It's a 1500rpm fan, it will run presumably faster and so noisier than a 1000rpm GP-14: moreover it's PWM, you shouldn't connect it to the R5 fan controller (as you said in previous messages) given its about 8V starting voltage. Of course you might use, of course it...

I'd imagine less power draw than a 980/980 Ti so should be easier to cool. I would asume also.... but you never know, its a new architecture.... not always ends up more efficient, we will know in june. Yeah, the 2 months or so will be a bit painful until June, for me. I really hope the new ones wil...

The HP-14 is a 1500rpm high end PWM FDB fan, the True Quiet 140 is an 800rpm mid end, voltage controlled, sleeve bearing fan. I think they're fairly different, with different goals and they need fairly different headers. Take note that the HP-14 is not black, but dark gray (though I don't know how ...

I have an update with more information about the current situation. 1. My GTX 780 died about a month ago. Once Windows booted, after about 5-10 minutes of just staying in Windows (so, not even stressing it with anything) the screen would turn gray/white, PC would become unresponsive, and/or screen w...

quest_for_silence wrote:That's just a false belief (another one): up to 50°C those temps are perfectly fine.

IIRC, in the Google research, HDDs over 40 C had a significantly shortened lifespan. So, I'm not sure.

That looks like rather odd, it shouldn't be so: it would seem (judging your words about that and the side panels issue) your new case may even be somehow bent/damaged (more unlikely it may be so the PSU, but not impossible). Do you have any other PSU to mechanically try there? It doesn't look bent/...

Why did you do so? Do what? I didn't put it upside down, I'm saying I didn't use the screw holes for when you put it upside down. I used the ones you're supposed to, but one of them was really hard to get in (even tried unscrewing the others and screwing this one first). It barely fit in, the screw...