doctorbigtime
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- Jul 26, 2017
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The noise arises from two different fronts:
1 - Fan speed. I'm sure you're running them pretty high to keep things under control.
2 - Radiator fin / fan interaction. This can't really be changed unless you try to smooth things out. For example you can install a fan gasket to give the air more chance to straighten out before it starts interacting with the fins. Using a stator to straighten the fan airflow before it hits the radiator would be even better still, although that's not practical in the M1. Or you can grab a different radiator with fewer fins or a different fin shape.
My advice as always - Cut the bottom of the case out, use a low FPI radiator on the bottom, add a rear radiator as you're doing, modify the bottom radiator to gain from breathing space.
Pretty drastic but really the only way to get the temps you're probably wanting from the setup.
Yes, the fans are running at 100%, and the radiator sucks. I also have a HWL GTS 240 at home, so I might try to get that to fit.
You'd previously given me advice on pcpartpicker regarding the bottom of the case. I think I will need to do that if I put fans on the outside.
What fan hubs (if any) are people using? All the 15mm fans are 3 pin, and my motherboard doesn't seem to support controlling fan speeds by voltage, so I had to get a pwm->3pin hub.