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> Would be able to dissipate 180W probably without even throttling up the fans that much. That's very likely. I have an NH-D14 with only the center 140 mm fan
by vladvasiliu 5y ago
> Would be able to dissipate 180W probably without even throttling up the fans that much.
That's very likely. I have an NH-D14 with only the center 140 mm fan installed on an i7-3930k overclocked to 4.3 GHz, and it barely ramps up the fan. The loudest fan in my computer is the PSU (an old 600 or 650 W Seasonic). It runs in a "silence-oriented" Define R3 case with closed door.
Intel announces 135 W TDP for that CPU. Under load, OCCT says 160 W.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoAhaha yeah I have a Define S case. Unfortunately my current Noctua NH-U9S is not up to the task posed by the new processor, as my temps are now in the high 80s/low 90s while doing CPU-intensive gaming. So I've ordered a U14S which should be nice.
- vladvasiliu 5y agoI only have one GPU and not a particularly hot one (rx5600) at that, but I've found that moving it to a lower slot helped a bit. On the first slot it practically touched the CPU's heatsink.
- AdrianB1 5y agoIn most cases the lower slots are not electrically PCIe 16x, only 4x or 8x at max, so you lose performance by moving down.
- vladvasiliu 5y agoThat's definitely something that should be taken into account, especially on newer "consumer" CPUs which may actually not even have enough lanes for a GPU and NVMe drive [0]. In my case, the CPU has 40 PCIe lanes, and all PCIe 16x slots on the motherboard are electrically 16x. --- [0] For example, the i5-8500 only has 16 lanes total: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/fr/fr/ark/products/129939/intel-core-i5-8500-processor-9m-cache-up-to-4-10-ghz.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/fr/fr/ark/products/129939/...
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoI am also doubling the number of case fans I have installed, which should help a lot.