Who would have guessed that one little change can have such a drastic performance improvement? I removed the fan at the top and moved it over to be an intake fan over on the front.
While @foxon told me it was unnecessary, I decided to go for it and WOW I was surprised by its improvement. While it didn't really change any FPS gains, the GPU thermals have much improved. While playing Batman Arkham Origins, my temperature never exceeded 60 C. I had reached 70+ in the past, but not anymore, even on more intense scenes. It was quite amazing to see better thermal performance from the GPU and I never expected such and improvement.
I monitor the temp with the RAM's RGB as I've said in the past and I have not been able to hit red(70+) since I've moved the fan. And I started playing an even more intensive game at a higher settings, Watch Dogs 2 at Very High settings. The performance is amazing and I understand why people love PCs and PC gaming now. This is the first time that I've been able to have quite a long gaming session(though I did stop every 45ish minutes for 15ish minutes).
The white RAM looks soooo good :). I want to get 2 more soon.
Nice, yeah fan positioning can make all the difference to your thermals.
I'm currently hoping that the 4x rgb fans per rad on my system will not sound like a jet engine anymore when I finish up my computer build. Fan controllers ftw yeer.
I didn't think it'd make such a difference like it did. I definitely want to get a better CPU cooler just because thats the loudest part of it.
Clean looking rig! I've always had fans blasting cool air into from the front and sides and fans pulling air out the back and top. There's a debate between blowing fresh are onto a heat source, or using a fan to pull air away. Blowing fresh air onto the component gets best results, but if you can do both them..boom!
Thank you. I definitely want to get the white look even better(the cables look the worst right now).
Oh! Changing location as well for proper airflow. That would make a difference. I thought you were talking about flipping one of the ones in that corner 😆
Usually, I'd expect that front fan a little lower, but that would just be to help the GPU. If it's already on point, then you're good to go
You're giving me the itch to build or upgrade some PCness!
I tried positioning it a little lower but it didn't really fit. It looks like that thing is fully meant for a radiator instead of just fans. But hey, I hope to be buying one sometime next year when I do my first round of upgrades.
Do the upgrades :) It's so much fun to build.