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upgrade fan for h50

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i just bought a corsair h50. i want to upgrade my fan for the h50. i am wonering which fan does better cooling for my amd 940 (later 965). also i want to overclock it.
 
hi, try Noctua

The NF-P12 has been specifically developed for applications such as CPU coolers that demand superior pressure and airflow performance. Thanks to psychoacoustic optimizations like the Vortex-Control Notches, the new SCD drive system and Noctua's premium-grade SSO-Bearing, the NF-P12 achieves exceptional quietness and long-term stability.
 
When it comes to radiator fans, my understanding is that you really want something that can force air. This isn't necessarily a matter of higher cfm. I picked up some Scythe S-Flex fans for my H50 and I'm noticing significant improvement in temps over the Akasa fan it came with. I tried push / pull with the S-Flex fans but the additional noise was not worth the marginal cooling in my opinion.
 
the.ronin said:
When it comes to radiator fans, my understanding is that you really want something that can force air. This isn't necessarily a matter of higher cfm. I picked up some Scythe S-Flex fans for my H50 and I'm noticing significant improvement in temps over the Akasa fan it came with. I tried push / pull with the S-Flex fans but the additional noise was not worth the marginal cooling in my opinion.
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I agree. I tried the H50 in push-pull with the stock H50 fan and a 110 CFM Scythe Slipstream (not high static pressure, but it was just temporary while waiting for the CM R4 to arrive). The push-pull setup dropped peak temps by 4C vs the initial push setup. That was enough for me to be able to run a 100 MHz faster overclock (3.5 rather than 3.4 GHz) without going over-temperature on any of the cores, but the noise level was significantly increased.

In contrast, the Noctua P12 and P14 are very quiet.
 
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