zudzguy :
What you're hearing is either my AC wall unit which is right next to my computer desk or the crappy H60 Corsair cooler I have turning on. It has to run on MAX for me to keep the i7 8700k temps down to about 35 on idle. Only reason I'm running this cooler is because it came as a gratis with the 570X case. I suppose the next question i could pose is what other corsair cooler you recommend for this rig
No I didn't mean to imply it was loud. Only reason I mentioned sound levels is solid front panel cases as a rule are generally quieter. I have an Antec DF-85, and while it's not the best looker, it's awesome for airflow, and very easy to clean.
Funny you should ask about coolers, because I was using a Corsair H50 on my previous CPU, and in push/pull with two 120mm fans it didn't even cool as well as my new Cryorig H7 with one 120mm fan. The i7-8700k may be a lower wattage chip than my i7-950 was, but at nearly 50% higher clock speed and two more cores, it doesn't run any cooler at load. Maybe even hotter.
I picked the H7 because I wasn't planning on OCing, so didn't want to spend a ton. It's the best dollar per performance air cooler. I also hate how rads on AIO water coolers are so delicate to damage and you have to start unscrewing fans to really clean them well. I get anywhere from 28-30c idle, and about 55c load on the most demanding games. Sometimes it peaks at 60c.
As a result those two fans started conking out on me due to fine dust getting in the sleeve bearings. I had to take the fans completely apart recently because of it and thoroughly clean them and add some lube to the bearings. They're still going but I bought two Antec Two Cool fans to replace them if they ever go out completely.
I suppose if I didn't have fan speed adjustments on my 3 front fans and two rear and two top to regulate the airflow to slightly positive case pressure (slightly more intake than exhaust flow), those fans may have been toast by now. What that does is keep any dust from coming in through crevices in your case. Plus my 3 intake fans have their own easily removable filters, and I added a side intake to blow on my GPU which I installed an aftermarket filter on. IMO every intake should have a filter, and I agree with Antec on not having a bottom intake below the PSU. All you need is rubber feet tall enough to raise the PSU up, and a clear path to the front intake fans to get air under it. That means front facing HDD bays with thin mounting walls. Bottom intakes just pull in too much dust, or require frequent filter cleaning.
On load temps, I advise always using Nvidia Inspector and enabling any features in it that are poorly optimized in game. Usually it's Vsync. I was running Wolfenstein II last night and was able to use much better settings in game with much better frame rates just by enabling the Nvidia Inspector profile for the game and using it for Vsync and triple buffering instead of using the game's vsync. It also made the load GPU temp drop from 68c to 62c. That's a game that looks tons better on max settings too. Nvidia Inspector also has driver level optimizations in it's game profiles, and it has a profile for pretty much every game. Even if it doesn't yield higher FPS, it will often make a game run smoother.
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