What Air cooling radiator would be considered ''good''?

[Kahlo kahlow]

Hello, I currently have this CPU FAN: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B007VQO7GE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and I removed the red fan that game with it and installed 2 Noctua NF-P12 PWM as push-pull config (1 in front of the radiator and 1 behind it). I've become a maniac with checking my PC temperature and would like to know if the radiator that I am using is good/decent.

My CPU's temperature when idle is around sits between 26C-30C. When playing demanding games it stops at 60C (Because I set the fans to spin at 100% when CPU reaches 55C). I would also like to mention that I currently have no fans in the front of my case and will soon add 2 of them, but I don't know if this will help much. Oh and also, since I put 1 fan in front and 1 in the back of the radiator I don't have enough space to add a fan to the back of my case but the fan behind the radiator is quite close to the holes for where there would have been an exhaust fan.

 

[Max1s]

Ok, the temperatures you're getting right now are good. A maximum of 60C is definitely comfortable, and your idle temp is good as well.

Just a note: a "radiator" is something that is having water pumped through it and is dispersing the heat of the water, what you have mounted to your cpu is a "heatsink." Basically the same thing but the heat pipes carry the heat through the fins instead of water channels.

I would recommend leaving the "pushing" fan on the heatsink and putting the "pulling" fan on the back of your case.

Adding some intake fans at the front of the case will be good.

To get better CPU cooling, you'd probably have to upgrade to a heatsink with better copper heatpipes and a bigger area of fins (more metal)

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

Ok, the temperatures you're getting right now are good. A maximum of 60C is definitely comfortable, and your idle temp is good as well.

Just a note: a "radiator" is something that is having water pumped through it and is dispersing the heat of the water, what you have mounted to your cpu is a "heatsink." Basically the same thing but the heat pipes carry the heat through the fins instead of water channels.

I would recommend leaving the "pushing" fan on the heatsink and putting the "pulling" fan on the back of your case.

Adding some intake fans at the front of the case will be good.

To get better CPU cooling, you'd probably have to upgrade to a heatsink with better copper heatpipes and a bigger area of fins (more metal)

May I know why I would need to remove the pulling fan from the radiator to put it in the back of the case? And for my current configuration I made the pushing and pulling fan run at the same speed at the same time (they're connected to a 4 pin header with a Y-splitter), if I were to move pulling fan in the back of the case could I keep the same connectivity for both fans? So both can increase RPM at the same time?

 

[Max1s]

Well, you don't "need" to make any changes to the current set-up, but you want to have air moving through your case, otherwise you are cooling the CPU well but just heating up the air inside the case over time. That's why I recommended the exhaust case fan be used. Also, I think a single noctua fan should be capable of pushing enough air over the fins of the heat sink, two is probably overkill. But I guess temperatures are the measure of success here. (Although you'd need to measure the temps over a long period of time to account for the air in the case heating up.)

You could keep the exhaust fan on the 4-pin, but it might be better to have the case fans always running at a constant speed, like 75% or something. Keep in mind that the CPU isn't the only component in your case, you want your graphics card, hard drive, and PSU to be getting fresh air all the time, not just when the CPU is working hard.

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

Well, you don't "need" to make any changes to the current set-up, but you want to have air moving through your case, otherwise you are cooling the CPU well but just heating up the air inside the case over time. That's why I recommended the exhaust case fan be used. Also, I think a single noctua fan should be capable of pushing enough air over the fins of the heat sink, two is probably overkill. But I guess temperatures are the measure of success here. (Although you'd need to measure the temps over a long period of time to account for the air in the case heating up.)

You could keep the exhaust fan on the 4-pin, but it might be better to have the case fans always running at a constant speed, like 75% or something. Keep in mind that the CPU isn't the only component in your case, you want your graphics card, hard drive, and PSU to be getting fresh air all the time, not just when the CPU is working hard.

Agreed, my GPU will get fresh air from the 2 front case fans that I will soon add to the case and the PSU is bottom-mounted so it gets its own vent from the bottom of the case. I don`t think the PSU is really in any dangers since it`s something like 10-15 centimeters away from the motherboard (GPU and CPU). Thanks for the tips though. I will be putting my pulling fan to the back of the case.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.75 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $46.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-27 09:56 EDT-0400

 

[Max1s]

Cool, just experiment and see what seems to make sense and work best. Good luck! 🙂

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.75 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $46.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-27 09:56 EDT-0400

Do you think I could remove the fan on the CPU heatsink and put in my Noctuas? It seems promissing, is fatter and smaller than the one I have and has better reviews. I would like to put in my noctuas that have better CFM and are quieter.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It performs well with the one Cryorig fan , two fans will barely improve performance , and in some cases not at all.

 

[Kahlo kahlow]

It performs well with the one Cryorig fan , two fans will barely improve performance , and in some cases not at all.

I won't be putting 2 fans on it, just 1. But I would like to replace the current fan in it with mine since it has better CFM 53.3 vs 49 and better noise level 19.8 dBA vs 25 dBA.