I upgraded from a hyper evo 212 to an EVGA CLC280, which is a 280mm aio. The software for the RGB and fan control is, of course, busted. I have been using speed fan and am trying to figure out a fan curve. Default is 30% @ 30C up to 100% @ 60C.
I want it quiet until its time to do stuff. When I am not doing stuff, I am streaming tv.
So 15% ish CPU low load and 70% ish CPU high load. This AIO keeps me 20C cooler than the 212 did with everything on 100%, including load, which is awesome! But...
Can I run my CPU too cool? What is a good temp range to shoot for under heavier load and at low load?
I have been screwing with the fan curves and don't like anything better really than setting everything to 25% for low load applications, it gives me temps around 34C. I can drop my temps by 1C to 33C with 100% fans and pump and with 100% load, which is probably ok, but I am just not sure.
Keeping it cool isn't an issue anymore, but how cool? AMD recommends 62C as max. I have had my FX 6350 up to 79C with no thermal throttling, but only for a few minutes while testing. at any rate, overheating seems like it may be impossible with my 4.6Ghz O.C.
Now as far as case fans go, I have a bunch. 2 140mm front intakes, bottom and middle, except the bottom one is mostly blocked by the hdd cage.
I have a 120mm on the bottom of the case as intake.
2 x 140mm pulling air through the radiator and into the case from the top.
I have a 140mm fan blowing down on all of my VRM'S piggybacked off of the pump. It works sweet, when the pump ramps up, so does the vrm fan.
I have a 140mm blowing fresh air on the back of the cpu socket
and a 140mm rear top exhaust.
I am trying to create a high pressure case to fight dust.
Everything is quiet, but is it as optimized as it can be? Thats question 2.
Last question: Fan headers on the mother board. ASUS to be more precise. Using Speedfan, I can't control the PWM fan headers independently. That kinda sucks. Anyone know how? The water pump and cpu fan headers are PWM and I can control them just fine...
TIA!
I want it quiet until its time to do stuff. When I am not doing stuff, I am streaming tv.
So 15% ish CPU low load and 70% ish CPU high load. This AIO keeps me 20C cooler than the 212 did with everything on 100%, including load, which is awesome! But...
Can I run my CPU too cool? What is a good temp range to shoot for under heavier load and at low load?
I have been screwing with the fan curves and don't like anything better really than setting everything to 25% for low load applications, it gives me temps around 34C. I can drop my temps by 1C to 33C with 100% fans and pump and with 100% load, which is probably ok, but I am just not sure.
Keeping it cool isn't an issue anymore, but how cool? AMD recommends 62C as max. I have had my FX 6350 up to 79C with no thermal throttling, but only for a few minutes while testing. at any rate, overheating seems like it may be impossible with my 4.6Ghz O.C.
Now as far as case fans go, I have a bunch. 2 140mm front intakes, bottom and middle, except the bottom one is mostly blocked by the hdd cage.
I have a 120mm on the bottom of the case as intake.
2 x 140mm pulling air through the radiator and into the case from the top.
I have a 140mm fan blowing down on all of my VRM'S piggybacked off of the pump. It works sweet, when the pump ramps up, so does the vrm fan.
I have a 140mm blowing fresh air on the back of the cpu socket
and a 140mm rear top exhaust.
I am trying to create a high pressure case to fight dust.
Everything is quiet, but is it as optimized as it can be? Thats question 2.
Last question: Fan headers on the mother board. ASUS to be more precise. Using Speedfan, I can't control the PWM fan headers independently. That kinda sucks. Anyone know how? The water pump and cpu fan headers are PWM and I can control them just fine...
TIA!
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