Hi, I built my current PC with the Pure Base 500DX about a year ago. Due to the motherboard shrouds not leaving enough clearance at the top of the case, I had to mount to the 240mm AIO at the front panel. This left me with some less-than-ideal options for fan configuration but I decided to use two fans at the top for intake and one fan at the back for exhaust, so that my only intake wouldn't be warm air from the radiator. With my 3060 Ti and i5-10600k temps stay manageable most of the time, rarely peaking at around 85-90 under load.
Now I'm buying a 3080 since GPUs are much cheaper and my friend is planning to buy my 3060 Ti off me for his build, and with that GPU upgrade I'm considering upgrading to a newer CPU as well sometime in the future (likely the i7-11700k). My only worry is temps, they've been sufficiently cool up til now but I don't know how they'll be with higher end components. So I'm trying to figure out if there's a more ideal fan config.
My current specs are:
Case: be quiet Pure Base 500DX
Motherboard: NZXT Z490
CPU: i5-10600KF
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB DDR4-4000
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x
Case Fans: 2 x Pure Wings 140mm (top intake), 1 x Pure Wings 2 140mm (rear exhaust)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2 RGB
I'm happy to replace some fans with Noctua fans or something else if those will improve my temps, I'm just curious if anyone has any insight on what might be a better configuration. Not sure if pics of the build are useful but in case they are they can be found here (https://pcpartpicker.com/b/9ZfPxr)
Now I'm buying a 3080 since GPUs are much cheaper and my friend is planning to buy my 3060 Ti off me for his build, and with that GPU upgrade I'm considering upgrading to a newer CPU as well sometime in the future (likely the i7-11700k). My only worry is temps, they've been sufficiently cool up til now but I don't know how they'll be with higher end components. So I'm trying to figure out if there's a more ideal fan config.
My current specs are:
Case: be quiet Pure Base 500DX
Motherboard: NZXT Z490
CPU: i5-10600KF
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB DDR4-4000
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x
Case Fans: 2 x Pure Wings 140mm (top intake), 1 x Pure Wings 2 140mm (rear exhaust)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2 RGB
I'm happy to replace some fans with Noctua fans or something else if those will improve my temps, I'm just curious if anyone has any insight on what might be a better configuration. Not sure if pics of the build are useful but in case they are they can be found here (https://pcpartpicker.com/b/9ZfPxr)