Hey guys, please read and give me your opinions.
I recently built a new PC in a Raidmax Aztec case, and it seems like these fans don't blow much air. I cant find any info on them as far as CFM goes.
I am overclocking my AMD 940. I have it from 3.0 to 3.6 right now with a voltage of 1.4v. My CPU temp at full load is about 48C-49C, and those temps are with a newly purchased XIGMATEK HDT-S1284EE. I am not impressed so far. I think the fan on that is weak. It is a 120mm 56 CFM fan, but I can hardly feel air coming out of the other side of the heatsink. My temps were at about 51C-52C. I had to remove my side case fan to install the XIGMATEK. I don't know how much that hurt my cooling.
I am going to Micro Center tomorrow to look at some new fans. I have been looking on line and it looks like about $30 per fan if I want a 120mm 120 CFM or higher.
I am thinking about replacing my stock intake, exhaust and the stock XIGMATEK fan with at least a 120 CFM fans. I am planning to mod my case a little so I can throw a 80mm fan on the front in the 3.5" drive bays. That will blow cool air from outside the case right under my XIGMATEK.
I am probably looking at about $150 in fans, 3- 120mm and 1- 80mm, all high CFM.
Is it worth it, or should I be looking at something else?
Thanks for reading, any ideas?
I recently built a new PC in a Raidmax Aztec case, and it seems like these fans don't blow much air. I cant find any info on them as far as CFM goes.
I am overclocking my AMD 940. I have it from 3.0 to 3.6 right now with a voltage of 1.4v. My CPU temp at full load is about 48C-49C, and those temps are with a newly purchased XIGMATEK HDT-S1284EE. I am not impressed so far. I think the fan on that is weak. It is a 120mm 56 CFM fan, but I can hardly feel air coming out of the other side of the heatsink. My temps were at about 51C-52C. I had to remove my side case fan to install the XIGMATEK. I don't know how much that hurt my cooling.
I am going to Micro Center tomorrow to look at some new fans. I have been looking on line and it looks like about $30 per fan if I want a 120mm 120 CFM or higher.
I am thinking about replacing my stock intake, exhaust and the stock XIGMATEK fan with at least a 120 CFM fans. I am planning to mod my case a little so I can throw a 80mm fan on the front in the 3.5" drive bays. That will blow cool air from outside the case right under my XIGMATEK.
I am probably looking at about $150 in fans, 3- 120mm and 1- 80mm, all high CFM.
Is it worth it, or should I be looking at something else?
Thanks for reading, any ideas?