BigDaddyKong
Active member
I am trying a new experiment. Since seeing so many of the new graphics cards and power supplies come with 0 RPM fan modes, I wanted to see what happens when I run my case fans this way.
My current setup is an Corsair 900D with the standard front 3 fans, and the single rear exhaust. On top I have a 360 rad P/P and my Gigabyte 7970GHZ GPU's. They have a cooler that does not exhaust air out of the case.
Using my Aquaero 6 I found I can totally turn the case fans off and tie them to my water temp to kick them back on when the water starts heating up, about a 2C change. My rad fans are PWM, and the lowest I can spin those down are 738RPM.
With this setup, I can surf or do anything but game and the case fans stay in the off position as long as my second GPU has 0 core active.
Using Aida64 I found there has been no change in my GPU idle temps, even when using a screen saver when the PC is not in use. My CPU temps have went up about 1C on idle. Since my fans are kicking back on under the heavy load of gaming, or something very CPU intensive like P95. I have no change in loaded temps.
For years, I have been fighting dust, and everything says keep more intake than output on air flow to cut down on dust. I am going to challenge that idea. Before I started I blew everything out, and cleaned all the filters in the case, and power supply. I'll give it 30 days before I inspect my system.
Anyone else tried something like this?
My current setup is an Corsair 900D with the standard front 3 fans, and the single rear exhaust. On top I have a 360 rad P/P and my Gigabyte 7970GHZ GPU's. They have a cooler that does not exhaust air out of the case.
Using my Aquaero 6 I found I can totally turn the case fans off and tie them to my water temp to kick them back on when the water starts heating up, about a 2C change. My rad fans are PWM, and the lowest I can spin those down are 738RPM.
With this setup, I can surf or do anything but game and the case fans stay in the off position as long as my second GPU has 0 core active.
Using Aida64 I found there has been no change in my GPU idle temps, even when using a screen saver when the PC is not in use. My CPU temps have went up about 1C on idle. Since my fans are kicking back on under the heavy load of gaming, or something very CPU intensive like P95. I have no change in loaded temps.
For years, I have been fighting dust, and everything says keep more intake than output on air flow to cut down on dust. I am going to challenge that idea. Before I started I blew everything out, and cleaned all the filters in the case, and power supply. I'll give it 30 days before I inspect my system.
Anyone else tried something like this?