Ram cooling fans: Anybody think it's worth the money to get a cooling fan setup as well?
1536402
I'd like to know the answer to this, as well. I have Corsair Dominator 3x2GB DDR3-SDRAM, and just eyed this myself. And if anyone would know, does it conflict with my Thor's Hammer HSF?
220055
Yes. As long as you stick an upgradeable ATX mobo, and have some requirement for an optical drive, it's great. Took care of my cooling problem without installing any additional fans.
1405543
I am sure you could rig up a way, but why would you want to?...the stock fan is amazing and probably 1/3 of the price of this cooler. Plus it's a 150mm fan that moves a ton of air and is quiet. I use an SP120 at my rear exhaust on my case in tandem with this cooler keeps my 4770k nice and cool.
789999
It comes with 3 fans already, I bought 1 extra just in case. But as long as you aren't overclocking the computer then the stock fans should be plenty :)
1421494
You're definitely right! I think the chip outputs too much heat. What I did is undervolted the cpu from the BIOS and also disabled the AMD Turbo Technology, and now it's so much cooler and quieter. Temp on idle around 30-35 load 50-55. Lowest degree was 25. That's insane with the stock fan!
2031943
I have bought two different model AMD APU's and they both have come with cooling fans in the boxwith the APU. So the answer is a big YES.
1460242
Boy, there are a lot of variables there!!! I'm on a MSI motherboard with liquid cooling and have no problems. The RAM isn't all that tall. I am making a guess but it should work...that is a very popular cooler.
327957
I really don't know. And I, too, wonder why you would want to use a fan in conjunction with an SSD.
961969
I haven't seen a need to use any additional cooling on the mainboard itself and I've been using it for moderate gaming. Keep good airflow in the case and it'll be fine.
931115
they work very well. I'm not sure if they perform better than the stock fan, even a pair of them, but the added color rings made all the difference for me. You may want to go for the PWM version of the SP120s though.
1805264
Hello my friend! Sorry for my english, i don't speack very well, this air flow not work whit this memories, with red dominator ram work perfectly. Many dude whrite me.
1004785
Adding top fans will improve your airflow and lower your temperature; but it might add noise. I do have 2 top fans on a Corsair 600T to help expel to hot air inside the case (i do 3D rendering)
2060174
I have bought three of these cases and none came with fans. It would have to be an add-on by the vendor. There is so much ventilation on case that fans aren't needed, IMO, unless you are using a hot running CPU. In that situation this might not be the best choice for a case.
418293
I stuck with the stock fans and they've worked for me - quiet, no overheating. That said, I should mention that I'm not overclocking anything in this build and did the best I could to keep wires out of the airflow channels (cable management is still a challenge in this form factor, but if you're doing it for cooling and don't care what things look like once the case is closed, you're fine). I'm running an i5 4670K with stock heat sink/fan, Corsair Vengeance RAM, 2 x 2TB hard drives.
1101157
yes i would highly recommend it the best is usually the Arctic silver and its kinda expensive in some places but it works this keeps your cpu much cooler and your fan doesn't have to work so hard to keep it cool i always put the thermal paste on a cpu when i replace the fan most fans brand new come with it.feel free to ask any questions that i can help you with.
1419709
I'm pretty sure you can put a fan in the front case - just know that it will involve some deconstruction and could get tricky. The case will easily support your typical 120mm fans up top. Too many fans will cause noise though; try to limit your case fans to under 3 if possible. Three fans would be my limit. IMO the passive fan noise outweighs the benefits, this case stays cool just from its copious ventiliation.
1132055
Stock cooler is fine. It's noisy, though. It may also depend on your case set up - you might have less air flow in your case and/or maybe running Crossfire or SLI with 2 hot GPUs. I have since bought a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO, which is awesome. I have a Coolermaster HAF Tower, so I have good air flow in my case naturally. In any case, I doubt you'll have over-heating issues with the stock fan and heatsink without overclocking it.