Pintuz

Hi guys, I was planning to repurpose my old desktop PC to another home server and was looking for SSD's. The motherboard is a z270 so its only gen3 pcie on it, however!, I know its capped to gen3 speeds then, but I had this idea that perhaps because a Gen4 ssd is designed to do faster speeds that it might actually run cooler than a gen3 would on the same motherboard due to the capped speeds?, and if thats true then perhaps a gen4 ssd would be able to outperform and be more stable than a Gen3 ssd in that same slot? would it actually? I ofc imagine that perhaps if I in one go move 100GB+ to or from the ssd that if it runs slightly cooler then stability in speeds might increase? I dont know if anyone tested this and compared gen4 vs gen3, I have done a quick googling on it but havent found much information about it, and I dont remember seeing ltt testing this, or perhaps Ive missed it? I do remember some ltt videos about comparing ssd speeds but dont remember them doing anything with different generations like gen4 vs gen3 in a gen3 slot? I know ofc gen4 ssd's are more expensive than gen3 but if there actually is a difference then price is irrelevant :)

I built it last night, it was a pain to fit all parts together. Due to that I had placed the corsair H90 cpu block with its tubes facing the graphics card to make it more clear around the RAM, I had to rotate the cpu block so that the tubes were facing the RAM instead for better clearence for the cpu radiator and 140mm fan. It was really a millimeter issue everywhere to get it all in place. In order to fit it all together I had to leave the graphics card beside/outside the chassi during assembly. I fitted the gpu radiator, gpu fan and the fanadapter together as one unit into the chassi before adding the CPU radiator and the 140mm fan. In the end it wasnt the configuration I actually wanted, the two fans are too close together I think, but due to the fittings and not having a decent amount of shorter radiator screws and also having to keep the GPU fan due to that the tubes were in the way of anything I tried fitting on the GPU radiator on its own I would say it worked better than I expected. I only tested running CSGO and it looked good actually. With the new 140mm fan I got below 60C on the CPU and the GPU were at 40-41C. I would say it probably would go up further if I ran a more graphics intens game ofc.

Ok cool, Ive ordered the new 1080ti sea hawk and some new fans and parts. Im planning to do the following setup. I changed radiator order to get the CPU as cool as possible and also put 2 stronger 140mm fans in to help pushing some air through. I also plan to change the front intake fans with a couple of stronger ones to keep the positive pressure in the box. Hopefully this will work

Hm, yea that is true, the cpu would need to run as cool as possible and if the order could get reversed it would benifit the rig hm. I might need to reconfigure it so that the cpu radiator is feed with the most fresh cool air.

Yea exactly my sediment also and you are right the more powerful fan (more airflow) in the back would help such configuration to keep cool, though perhaps I would have to replace the two front intake-fans also to avoid getting a chassi with negative air pressure.

This is basically what I was thinking, I hope it translates. Please note that no component is shown in scale . Right side is the back side and the idea is to only use the one 140mm chassi fan to cool both radiators.

Yo!, Just built a new rig, its a Fractal Design node 304 build with a 7700k using the corsair h90 watercooling. The h90 got a 140mm fan mount and so did the chassi so it worked perfectly to just add it to the exhaust vent. However the chassi is so small the only way I can see to get in like a MSI seahawk X or evga hybrid (closed watercooled gpu) in there would be to add that radiator in a series to the other radiator using like a 140mm to 120mm bracket like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Bgears-Cooling-Fan-Adapter-140mm-Black/dp/B0043GMY1U Would that be an overall just bad idea you think?, as the cpu radiator would only get warm air to cool down, or would I only lose a few degrees, and it might be ok? ./Pintuz PS: not sure if this is a reoccuring topic so I posted it as a new topic, sorry if its discussed somewhere else