New case for cooling a quietness. :)

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Ok, I have a Fractal Design R3 that I am very happy with. It is quiet and quite roomy inside. I have one intake fan on the front and bottom, a outtake fan on the top and back and a Noctua NH-D15 cooler with both fans exhausting towards the back.

However, since I am using a FX 8350 with an Asrock 990FX Extreme 9 board, my socket temps are often up to 20 degrees warmer than my CPU temps. I know this is because of the sound deadening material and therefore, I would like something that is just a quiet but will allow better cooling.

A fan on the back on the socket area is not an option for this case. Any suggestions? (I have had this case since February, 2012 so it is good and keeps my Reference R9 290 quiet as well.)
 
If you like the Fractal case you might take a look at the Define R5, it lets you remove the center cage giving more room for air flow. I like the corsair 550d for a silent case, but its rather expensive.

It can be difficult to do silent with air cooling. You can try better fans or making sure you have a good positive air pressure in the case, you want a little more air coming into the case then going out.
 
I would try using more fans first. Grab a couple of high static pressure fans for the front (Fractal Design makes the Venturi Series, but the Dynamic Series would also work), and move the front fan elsewhere in the case. The included Silent Series fans in the fractal case have a tough time sucking air through the filters, then pushing it through the drive cage. If you configure the fans for positive pressure, removing the PCI slot covers helps, too. Removing the rubber grommet above the CPU might also help hot air behind the motherboard escape, especially with a top mounted fan pulling it out.

I'm running a 4700, two GTX 580's, and a bronze power supply in an R4. The box draws 760 watts from the wall all day long. It's simply a matter of getting enough air flow. I'm using 4 of the 140 mm Silent Series, though I do let my components run on the hot side of warm.
 
Thank you all for the suggestions. :) I may try the fan configuration first since getting air into the front may be the issue. Mind you, I set the fan to only go full blast when the computer heats up but, having better air flow will probably help if it I do not have it already.

Those Nanoxia cases look great and the R5 has more space for larger fans than my R3.
 
Lt Broccoli said:
I would try using more fans first. Grab a couple of high static pressure fans for the front (Fractal Design makes the Venturi Series, but the Dynamic Series would also work), and move the front fan elsewhere in the case. The included Silent Series fans in the fractal case have a tough time sucking air through the filters, then pushing it through the drive cage. If you configure the fans for positive pressure, removing the PCI slot covers helps, too. Removing the rubber grommet above the CPU might also help hot air behind the motherboard escape, especially with a top mounted fan pulling it out.

I'm running a 4700, two GTX 580's, and a bronze power supply in an R4. The box draws 760 watts from the wall all day long. It's simply a matter of getting enough air flow. I'm using 4 of the 140 mm Silent Series, though I do let my components run on the hot side of warm.
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Thanks again. I ordered 2 of the Venturi 120mm fans since that is what will fit on the front of my Fractal Design r3 case. :) I will see them sometime late next week, looking forward to it.
 
Well, I have the fans and installed them. :) However, I had to remove the Noctua NH-D15 to place the slower 140mm fan on top with the other one. (The vacant 3 pin header on the mainboard was needed.) I carefully twisted the heatsink back and forth but, it was not enough and the cpu came out with the heatsink. :eek::eek:

Well, only a couple of pins were a little bent. With the phone camera and a very small screw driver, I straightened them out and with a little force, the cpu popped into the socket totally flat. Attached the heatsink, plugged in the computer and thank the Lord Jesus literally, the computer turned on and posted. :) I turned the new fans down to 60% of their rated speed to quiet them down and they work fine.

*Absolutely HUGH! SIGH of relief.* :D
 
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