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- Sep 22, 2015
So my stock fans on my H100i GTX started squeaking and in general being loud. So I decided to get some new fans. I looked at the stock fans SP120L on the H100i GTX and did some general googling on what to look for. Everything said I needed good CFM and mm/H2O. So I looked at Noctua's website and decided on the NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM's (I wanted the better build quality dust resistance since I live in a very dusty place).
My system is OC'ed to 4.5ghz and runs around 60C. Soon as I put the Noctua's in, my temps jumped to 80C. Put in my stock fans again, back to 60C.
What did I do wrong? Are the Noctua's too strong? I did notice that a lot of the air seemed to be "reflected" back the wrong way rather than going through the radiator. Although the air never was hot/warm even when it was hitting 80C (coming through the radiator). I tried lowering the fan speed but that just caused the temps to raise even higher and then shut my system down. I tried the Noctua's in a Push and Pull setup. Push(75C) had lower temps then Pull (80C) but not enough to get back to my original temps.
My system
MB: Asus TUF Sabertooth 990FX
CPU: FX-8370
RAM: Kingston HyperX 1600 DDR3
Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540
PSU: EVGA SuperNova 850 G2 Gold 80+
CPU Cooler: H100i GTX
My system is OC'ed to 4.5ghz and runs around 60C. Soon as I put the Noctua's in, my temps jumped to 80C. Put in my stock fans again, back to 60C.
What did I do wrong? Are the Noctua's too strong? I did notice that a lot of the air seemed to be "reflected" back the wrong way rather than going through the radiator. Although the air never was hot/warm even when it was hitting 80C (coming through the radiator). I tried lowering the fan speed but that just caused the temps to raise even higher and then shut my system down. I tried the Noctua's in a Push and Pull setup. Push(75C) had lower temps then Pull (80C) but not enough to get back to my original temps.
My system
MB: Asus TUF Sabertooth 990FX
CPU: FX-8370
RAM: Kingston HyperX 1600 DDR3
Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540
PSU: EVGA SuperNova 850 G2 Gold 80+
CPU Cooler: H100i GTX