Today i decided to wait until early next year to put liquid cooling in my computer. Instead i bought a new NH-U12P cooling fan to replace the stock CPU fan to keep my overclocked temperatures as low as possible.
Standard CPU cooler which comes with the Intel i7 920
CPU fan removed exposing the CPU
Stock fan and Noctua NH-U12P side by side
Noctua NH-U12P without the fans
Noctua fan angled to make sure the hot air is pushed out the back
Noctua NH-U12P
Noctua NH-U12P with the 2 fans attached
Noctua NH-U12P the first fan sucks in the air, the one at the back pushes the air out to the exhaust fan
Noctua NH-U12P with the sidebar fan attached
Noctua NH-U12P in the case, overclocked to 3.2mhz, idle 41 degrees and high load 65 degrees.
I always thought the idea of “liquid” cooling the internals of a computer was a crazy idea. I can see now that “crazy” is not limited to liquid cooling.
Love the shot of the poor little stock unit, feeling terrible inadequate
yeah i love that one too lol
After today it seems summer is now upon us, going to need as much help as possible to keep the CPU overclocked to 3.2, if it gets too hot i will drop it back to the default 2.6mhz
That cooling tower looks like one of the office building here….you sure the mb will be able to keep it upright
I wondered the same thing when i lifted the case after the install. Because the whole thing is pretty heavy!!
But it was ok, because the fan has a back plate which goes on the back of the motherboard which is then bolted together with the fan.
Was abit of a pain to completely remove the motherboard, but the low temperatures i am now seeing is completely worth it.
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Just ordered the a new Antec 1200 to replace this case, will post new pictures tomorrow
The first time that i tried overcloking over a year ago, my CPU got overheated and got fried..:*