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Well, the 3000 RPM fans dropped the temps by about 5 degrees, but they are insanely loud. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1irXS8KH5HHud9aBJA7FGX5xKDeGhoBLu/view?usp=drivesdk

 

I tried making the fan curve less aggressive, but the industrial fans have a 6 pole motor instead of a 4 pole motor, the motor in the industrial fans don't undervolt nearly as well and they don't like going under 60% through PWM.  So I decided to give up on the overclock, but on the bright side, the modifications that I did allows the CPU to turbo for a much longer period of time. 

 

Now for some pics.

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The new case allows for much better cable managment, this is probably the cleanest build that I have ever done.

There are still a few things that I can do, I don't have a USB 3.1 header on my motherboard, so the front USB C connector is a dead port right now.  I can get a USB 3.1 header card though, I also have 2 USB 2 headers that's not getting used, as well as a USB 3 header, so I can get some PCIe USB brackets and take advantage of the 2 vertical PCIe slots that the case provides. 

 

I can't do audio monitoring with the elgato plugged into the PCIe x1 slot, I'm guessing that it's a latency problem since that slot is going through the motherboard chipset, I can still record the audio, I just can't monitor it, so I'm going to get a long 3.5mm to RCA Jack and plug the monitor's headphone out into my mixer.  That would be a more elegant solution anyway. 

 

As you can see, the top fan is right up next to the CPU cooler.  I actually had to position the fan so the blades didn't hit the heatsink or fan clip.  It's very effective at being a secondary CPU fan, so much that I removed the second fan on the CPU heatsink, so no more push/pull setup. 

 

Removing the dust filters and spiderweb like plastic frame did help the case with dissipating more heat, but I no longer have any dust filters for the intake or top exhaust.  I'm not worried about the top exhaust, but I'm ordering 3 Silverstone magnetic dust filters, the mesh on those are incredibly fine, and they will make a good replacement that should perform better then the stock, thick ass dust filters. 

  1. Crunchy Dragon

    Crunchy Dragon

    You didn't happen to take that first picture during an earthquake, did you....?

  2. Skanky Sylveon
  3. Crunchy Dragon

    Crunchy Dragon

    Aight, will do.

  4. Skanky Sylveon

    Skanky Sylveon

    @Schnoz

    https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT-710-2GD3H-LP/dp/B01AZHOX5K

     

    I have it simply for the extra HDMI port, I have a quad monitor setup, and I wouldn't have enough ports for all of the monitors as well as a VR headset.  

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    I currently don't have a headset, but I do intend to get one down the line.

    The GPU is passively cooled, only 1 slot in thickness, and has a VGA port on the off chance that I would need one.  I can't really ask for more then that.

     

    @_StrikE_ I may have use for the industrial fans for the greenhouse during the summer.  Only concern is those particular industrial fans aren't the IP67 ones, but they would most likely be on the top of the greenhouse venting out hot air anyway.

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