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H60 fan help plz

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kraver

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I have a H60 on my cpu and wanted to know if the fan that came with the unit was any good/reliable ? Im lookin to change the fan possibly with some coolermaster R4 fans I have from my old rig and want to make a push-pull setup. also want to know if the coolmaster R4 fans are good for that kind of set up? I have a 4x fan controller scythe KM02, one to the H60 pump and one for a R4 fan that faces the backplate of my GPU chip. I have 2 spots for fans on the controller I wanted to use for rad cooling. Any suggestions:confused:
 
the R4 fans should be about the same as the fans that came with the h60. the stock fans are fine for 95% of users.
 
The stock corsair fan @ 74.4 CFM isn't shabby. If you want to swap it out for a pair of R4 fans @ 44.73 CFM that isn't an upgrade. If you're swapping out fans you'll want better CFM's. Something along the lines of 80+ CFM in push/pull will be your best bet. Having them on the fan controller you can adjust them to have the perfect balance between noise & airflow.
 
the specs I saw for the R4 fans said 90 CFM. but if they are actually only 44 CFM then stick with the stock fans.
 
I was looking at the 2k RPM r4s on the cooler master website.

but overall I would advise the OP to just stick with the stock fans.
 
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Yeah, but the stock fan is 74CFM and the ones you posted are 69CFM. Might not see any improvements other than the bling factor. Maybe in push/pull tho you may see some, but nothing to write grandma about. Your best bet would be to try and find another stock fan to run in push/pull.
 
With the little bit of difference between those fans you will not see a temp difference. I would recommend using the stock fans until you decide you need or want better cooling fans that will make a cooling difference.
 
thanks for the advise.. i tried 2 stock fans and 2 of the CM fans i wanted to use and had no diference at all.
anyone know if thes H series coolers are a pain to mod?
 
not hard at all. but it has not been proven whether or not modding improves temps. just something to keep in mind.
 
I can say 100% that just adding a second 120 radiator helps a ton. It dropped about 10C off the load temps on my i7 920. The pump is really the weak link which I removed the internals of and installed and external pump kept my 4.4ghz @ 1.375 vcore folding under 70C year round.
 
I hope the H60 works out better for you than it did for me... :( Went through 2 of them trying to find one that didn't sound like a hard drive about to crash...:shrug: Sounded terrible, Cooled the CPU OK but the noise was awful... Ended up changing it for the Intel liquid cooler and could not be happier... :clap:
Good Luck... :salute:
 
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