Hi all,
I've got a Meshify C with a 2070 super and a 9900K, no overclock. Cooling-wise, I've a Thermalright Macho RevB, 2x Corsair AF140 front (intake) and 2x Fractal 120mm fans out (rear and top-rear).
Since the 9900K (had a 9600K before), CPU (and VRMs) temps go a bit high during heavy loads (e.g h265 encoding): VRMs hitting 98C, CPU cores overing at 88C, hitting (very occasioanlly) +95C and causing (again, very occasionally) thermal throttling. It's not a huge problem, but I'd be more comfortable with lower temps on both CPU and VRMs.
While under full load, I removed the front and top filter of the Meshify C (metal grid + foam): that gained me 6C on the CPU and 15C on the VRMs (!!).
Now I'm wondering: what shoud I do to have more flow from the two front fans ? Options I see:
Option 2: I'm unsure how much better this would be compared to the foam. Any idea ?
Option 3: I'm OK with the fans being a bit loud if spinning fast, but at low loads I'd like them to be quiet (i.e. similar to the AF140 I have).
Any advice is welcome !
I've got a Meshify C with a 2070 super and a 9900K, no overclock. Cooling-wise, I've a Thermalright Macho RevB, 2x Corsair AF140 front (intake) and 2x Fractal 120mm fans out (rear and top-rear).
Since the 9900K (had a 9600K before), CPU (and VRMs) temps go a bit high during heavy loads (e.g h265 encoding): VRMs hitting 98C, CPU cores overing at 88C, hitting (very occasioanlly) +95C and causing (again, very occasionally) thermal throttling. It's not a huge problem, but I'd be more comfortable with lower temps on both CPU and VRMs.
While under full load, I removed the front and top filter of the Meshify C (metal grid + foam): that gained me 6C on the CPU and 15C on the VRMs (!!).
Now I'm wondering: what shoud I do to have more flow from the two front fans ? Options I see:
- Take the foam away from the front filter (keep only the metal grid).
- Take the foam away from the front filter (keep only the metal grid) but put some good filtes on the front fans: things like Silverstone F143 or Demci Flex.
- Swap the two front Corsair AF140 in the front for something else ? Higher static pressure to "overcome" the foam ? Which fan ?
Option 2: I'm unsure how much better this would be compared to the foam. Any idea ?
Option 3: I'm OK with the fans being a bit loud if spinning fast, but at low loads I'd like them to be quiet (i.e. similar to the AF140 I have).
Any advice is welcome !