The title pretty much says it all. I've recently done a major upgrade to the following setup:
Core i7 5280K (Stock clock speed for now)
Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI
Sapphire R9 290X graphics card with the Tri-X cooler
Corsair RM1000i Power supply
Corsair H100i v2 AIO cpu cooler
This is all installed in my Antec Nineteen Hundred case. I really like this case, and had no problem with it before. Now, however, I've noticed that the combination of the two relatively heavy, powerful fans that came with the H100 and the plastic piece that covers the radiator on the top of the case causes an annoying buzzing noise when the fans go above the minimum duty cycle. If I remove the cover, the noise mostly goes a way, but then the radiator is susceptible to damage, and also looks ugly. My OCD won't allow that.
Noisy fans seems to be common complaint with Corsair's AIO coolers, and the general remedy seems to be to replace them a specific Noctua fan that I gather is specifically suited to use on a heatsink or radiator. (Model NF-F12PWM) I'm hesitant to do that however, because most people just seem to think the fans themselves are loud (mine aren't, on their own), and not that they're making the case to vibrate. Also, those Noctua fans are pretty pricy, at $20 apiece. I'd hate to spend that much and discover I still have the same problem.
I did some troubleshooting, and determined that it is both of the Corsair fans that are causing the vibration, and not just one of them. I also tried a few other things, like mounting the fans to the radiator with little o-rings between them and the rad. Finally, I tried swapping them out, and using the Antec case fans that came with the case instead. This fixed the noise, but I think they don't flow enough air to cool the radiator under hard use.
I guess my question here is: Is there a way to re-balance the Corsair fans, so they don't vibrate, and if not, is there any particular model I could replace them with where vibration due to balance is really carefully accounted for during manufacturing? Alternately, is there something else I should try that I'm not aware of?
Core i7 5280K (Stock clock speed for now)
Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI
Sapphire R9 290X graphics card with the Tri-X cooler
Corsair RM1000i Power supply
Corsair H100i v2 AIO cpu cooler
This is all installed in my Antec Nineteen Hundred case. I really like this case, and had no problem with it before. Now, however, I've noticed that the combination of the two relatively heavy, powerful fans that came with the H100 and the plastic piece that covers the radiator on the top of the case causes an annoying buzzing noise when the fans go above the minimum duty cycle. If I remove the cover, the noise mostly goes a way, but then the radiator is susceptible to damage, and also looks ugly. My OCD won't allow that.
Noisy fans seems to be common complaint with Corsair's AIO coolers, and the general remedy seems to be to replace them a specific Noctua fan that I gather is specifically suited to use on a heatsink or radiator. (Model NF-F12PWM) I'm hesitant to do that however, because most people just seem to think the fans themselves are loud (mine aren't, on their own), and not that they're making the case to vibrate. Also, those Noctua fans are pretty pricy, at $20 apiece. I'd hate to spend that much and discover I still have the same problem.
I did some troubleshooting, and determined that it is both of the Corsair fans that are causing the vibration, and not just one of them. I also tried a few other things, like mounting the fans to the radiator with little o-rings between them and the rad. Finally, I tried swapping them out, and using the Antec case fans that came with the case instead. This fixed the noise, but I think they don't flow enough air to cool the radiator under hard use.
I guess my question here is: Is there a way to re-balance the Corsair fans, so they don't vibrate, and if not, is there any particular model I could replace them with where vibration due to balance is really carefully accounted for during manufacturing? Alternately, is there something else I should try that I'm not aware of?