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Looking for some advice/recommendations on how to take my PC cooling to the next level (mods, please feel free to move this to the 'new builds' section if that's better). I currently have an i7-7700k in a gigabyte motherboard and an RTX 2070 SUPER, all enclosed in a Rosewill Stealth ATX Mid Tower (https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811147232). I am happy with the performance I am getting with the parts I have (plus, getting new gear will be a challenge) and my peripherals and office furniture have already gotten their upgrades. Unfortunately, my cooling is fairly dated (which is bad considering how important it is), so I'm looking to take that to the next level. I currently have 6 cheap Rosewill fans (2 front, 1 bottom, 2 top, and 1 rear), pulling air from the bottom and front, and exhausting top and rear. The case is on a high table, with adequate clearance (I have a pet, floor mount is a bad idea). CPU is cooled by a CoolerMaster Hyper Evo 212 (no surprise i know). My goals for this project are as follows: Fans: Upgrade the 6 cheaper case fans with actually nice ones. I do want red LEDs to match the build, but otherwise they do not need to be ARGB (and in fact, messing around with something like i-cue is something I would prefer to avoid) CPU Cooler: Upgrade the CPU cooler to something that I could do some light overclocking with. While the i7-7700k is doing fine for now, I still have no plans to upgrade CPU anytime soon, so I want to be ready to stretch it out. AIO or a better air cooler are both options. Custom loops are out for me at this time Software: Get better software monitoring of my temps for before and after. I had something janky and free with speedfan/rainmeter when I first did this build 5 years ago but it never worked properly. Embarrassingly, I don't have good data on my average CPU and GPU temps besides randomly checking the Gigabyte software or task manager Case: Unless persuaded otherwise, I don't plan to swap this case yet since it's fulfilling the purpose and honestly I don't feel like moving all the existing gear Budget: I'm looking to stay in the $100-$150 range for this upgrade, unless i get talked into upgrading the case, for which I would spent ~$100 more Thank you all in advance for the advice! Please let me know if there are any questions

So I just finished my first build that took 6 months because of the gpu shortage. So I finished up my build and boot everything up and all of it but one thing went good. One of my pc fan cases decided to not spin. Thought it was either a mobo or fan issue but tested a few things out. Regarding the motherboard I disconnected the fan and plugged my other fan in it and it spun perfectly fine. I then tested out if it was the fan and I unplugged it and put it in another sys_fan slot and when I booted my pc it didn't spin. So I tried one last thing which was that for a second I unplugged and then plugged it back in and then it started spinning at the speed curve I set in the bios. So the only way for the case fan to spin is if I boot my system, unplug, then plug it back in every time. Which is pointless to do and have heard it can cause issues. So I was wondering what would be the cause of this issue. Parts: Motherboard: MSI z490 Gaming Edge Wifi Case Fans: Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X53 240mm Power Supply: EVGA 220-G5-0650-X1 Super Nova 650 G5 80 Plus Gold GPU: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3060

Hello all, I was wondering what would be the best fan configuration for a Lian Li 011 Dynamic XL Case. The fans in question I have are: Fractal Design Celsius+ S36 Prisma PWM ARGB 360mm 3x Corsair QL120 120mm RGB fans 3x Corsair LL120 120mm RGB fans I wanted to have a set of Corsair fans at the bottom of the case for intake, and the Fractal radiator at the top as exhaust but I was wondering what would be superior for the side fans. Would having the side fans as intake and having a positive air system be better? or having the side fans as exhaust and having a negative air system give me better temps? I'm also open to other configurations and other suggestions. Thanks in advance!

Hey all, I'm looking for a case fan for an ATX system that I'm building and planning on using as a server. I've had my eyes on some Noctua fans since I know that they are generally among the highest performers, but are there any other fans that excel in airflow performance? Loudness is not an issue at all, so it can be as loud as it needs to be.

I plan on picking up the Vetroo V5 (white) which has one, PWM, ARGB fan. I also plan on buying this 6 pack of upHere RGB, non-PWM fans. I have an ASRock motherboard so I'd use their software to control the CPU fan's RGB. However, I'm worried the colors won't be similar. For example, say I set the CPU fan and memory to white (a specific shade). Then, I use the upHere remote controller and set those case fans to white. Will the color match or be similar enough that you can't notice a difference? Are there any solutions to this, such as an affordable 6-pack of white ARGB fans (that actually look good)? I'm probably just crazy as I'm a perfectionist but I really want everything to match and look good. Thanks!

Hello Everyone, I recently built my gaming PC using the case from ANTEC. The model number is "Antec NX210", but due the poor cable management done by the guy who built my pc my case got deformed on the non glass side. During the first month I was not able to close the non glass side of the case properly. Due to this a small rat invaded my PC and cut the case FAN wire just enough so that it stopped working. My case has 3 front fans and the lower most one is not spinning due the accident. Can anyone tell me how I can replace this fan. I mean is there any way I can repair the wire or do I have to buy a new fan. Also how do I remove the front fan from the case as there is no manual provided on the website. I am not sure how the front glass will be removed. I am attaching the link of my case here, If anyone of you have any idea please help. link:https://www.antec.com/product/case/nx210

I unplugged one of my single rgb fans from a seperate core box to see if it would reduce the overall noise level of my pc, as it's quite loud. It turned off the fan and reduced the noise level as I'd hoped, but I noticed that the reset button no longer changed the colours of the other fans (different core box.) This was strange, so I plugged the single fan back into it's core box. Then I unplugged one of the three fans that were in the other fan hub and now none of the fans in my other fan hub have rgb. They all run fine, there just aren't any lights. I'm baffled as to what's happened as all I did was remove one of the fan cables. I've put everything back into the hubs yet I still have no rgb. Any help would be appreciated!

I'm looking for advice on White RGB Fans that look good in an O11 Dynamic (White) that's preferably cheaper than LL 120s. *Bonus Question* Could someone also give me advice RTX 2060 Gigabyte Windforce looks good in an O11 Dynamic? Thanks!

Hello, here's the problem I was watching youtube yesterday morning when I suddenly noticed my case fan at the back stopped spinning, I checked CPUID HWMonitor and the PWM fans were at 0% 0% 99%, I also checked the BIOS and the case fans were N/A. I haven't checked the back side for the fan hub. On a related topic, my fans RGB sometimes flickers, fade or downright turns off, I figured it might be from running UEBS because thats when it started flickering after running it but that was a few months back. My fans: InPlay DF-12 Ice tower 120mm Yes, my fans are relatively cheap and the manufacturer doesnt have any websites I figured I get advise from you guys here before I bring it to the folks who built the PC because it might be just a loose wire or something. My Specs: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 with stock cooler Biostar B450M Motherboard ASRock RX570 4GB 8 GB 2666Mhz Ram 500 GB HDD InPlay GS450 Pro 450 watt Bronze PSU

Hi there , so i recently built my first pc which was transfered to my old case which is a cooler master 430 black, it has intake and one exhaust fan , but I noticed one thing, everytime I press the power button of the case , the fans turn on with the lights as well, but after spinning a bit they go off for 1 or 2 seconds , then I hear the beep sound from the speaker , bios logo appear, then windows logo and the fans stop again for a second and then it's all normal as expected , so I'm wondering what's going on ? Is this normal or what? My system; Gigabyte aorus elite b550m Xpg white with rgb 2x8 3200 ram Ryzen 5600x stock settings using cooler master hyper black 212 Gtx 980 1 500 gb ssd 1 1tb hdd Evga 500 white plus 80

Hi everyone, Earlier today I installed two sets of three fans using two EKWB 3-way fan splitters onto my ROG Z390E Gaming motherboard: - 3x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 120mm PWM High-Speed (0.16A / 0.37A safety current, 1.92W) as intake. - 1x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 120mm PWM High-Speed, 2x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 140mm PWM High-Speed (0.14A / 0.5A safety current, 1.68W) as exhaust I'm confident that a single fan header can power three fans, they even ran at full speed without fail for a few seconds when I was playing around with BIOS settings (I run them at quite conservative speeds normally), the total amperage of three fans don't exceed the 1 amps a fan header can supply. However, I have some concerns: 1 - on be quiet!'s website, they list the 'safety current' which is 0.38A and 0.5A for the 120mm and 140mm models respectively, which combined well exceeds 1 amp. I'm not sure what exactly 'safety current' is, and i haven't been able to find much information. 2 - I've seen a bunch of Reddit threads on the same topic where people say that fans use 'more amperage when starting up'. Which isn't very specific since it would either be: they start up using their maximum operating amperage (which would be fine), or they exceed their maximum operating amperage for a brief moment. Again, I don't know. I've been able to run my PC normally after the installation, the fans start up as normal and they are all operating normally. I'm just making this post as a sanity check. Any comments explaining concerns 1 and 2 would be greatly appreciated. - Dom

Hey team. After playing around a bit with my PC, my chassis fans won't slow down or stop....they're running at near maximum and I can't figure it out. I've tried BIOS reset and Qfan control, power downs, resetting plugs, and using Fan Xpert to set my performance (see screenshots for measured fan RPM's as labelled respectively). 3x front stock fans from P500A, and 1x rear exahust QL140. CPU fans (also QL140) as far as I know run as normal, all the time albeit at reduced speeds. The only thing that lead to this was doing some mild overclocking (tested in my old case previously, this was a re-OC in the new P500A) and I found that I was severely overheating (wasn't as obvious at stock settings in games). So I remounted my AIO with fresh paste and it's fine now. P500A case housing Z490-E Strix supported by 32Gb Tridenz 3200 CL 16 and i7-10700K CPU running stock cooled by NZXT X63 AIO with QL series fans. -Sacha

I have enough space on the back on my cabinet between my GPU and my PSU to place a 120mm fan (using the unused slots as vents), it is worth to place one to try to extract the warm air coming from the GPU fans? (I think) It would look better using the emty space, but will it affect the pc temperarure/performance? (having in theory 3 case fans in front, 1 on the back and 2 above feeding the cpu watercooling (i'm on the planning phase), GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 GAMING 4G & CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200g ).

What are the best fans to get for cooling that won't break my budget, the other day when I was playing Rainbow Six Siege, my GPU got up to 92C in-game, I was planning to use this as an exhaust fan https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KFCRATC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A1Z5H6ZGWCMTNX&psc=1 and these as intake, I would appreciate anyone that can help me out! Thanks! P.S I specifically want 4 fans for intake, they don't have to be rgb but I also would want it to be connected to a hub and powered through sata

So my case doesn't have a side panel window and my board does not have any RGB headers, but I'm looking for some 120mm ARGB, RGB, or DRGB fans that would let me control the lights on the fans, even when my PC is turned off. Reason for that is, so I can used the lights on the fans as interior lighting, when I'm working on the inside of my PC, instead of using the LED on my phone as a flash light. I'll mainly be using white LED, but having RGB will be nice. Does those type of fans exist? Many thanks for your help

(my stellar artwork for reference in attachment) Would two case fans facing upwards (pushing air towards gpu) do anything? My psu is on the bottom left of the case, just under the metal. the fan is facing down towards the floor so no hot air is going upwards into the case. Would two fans like ive drawn make any difference with airflow temp, or do any harm at all? Another reason i would want some is just for aesthetics too if anything.

I connected my PWM connector that is attached to my fan hub to the 12v rgb header on my motherboard. When I turned on my case fans aren't spinning anymore and the led lights are stuck on stagnant with different colors. The computer itself is working normally and there isn't seem to be any visible damage on the motherboard. Did I fry my fans? Did I fry my rgb header? Is it just the fan hub that is broken? Are there any damage that it dealt that I should know about? Please I'm really anxious and desperately need help. Thank you in advance for help, you are a great person. Mobo: Gigabyte B450M DS3H V2 Fans: Techware Orbis F1 kit (4 fans) More info: It's seems that the rgb header is 12v according to the mobo manual. The fan is... Dimensions: 1200x120x25 mm Fan Blade: 9 Fan LEDs: 8 Inner LEDs Rated Voltage/Current: 12V Fan (0.2A), 5V LED (0.3A) StatrupVoltage: 5-13.8V(Fan), 5V (LED) BearingType: Hydro Bearing Fan Speed: 900-1500 ±10% Air Flow: 56.7 CFM Air Pressure: 1.15mm H20 Max Noise Level: 26.5 dBA

Hi, this is my first time building a pc and I seem to have encountered a problem. The motherboard that I’m using is the ASUS Prime B450M-A/CSM. It only has a CPU fan header and 2 CHA_FAN headers with 4 pins (not really sure what CHA is). I want to put 4 rgb fans in my case but there isn’t enough headers. I was thinking of using a fan splitter but I’m not sure if the fans will connect to the aura sync. Also, a lot of the fans I found on Amazon are 3 pin ones, so how would those connect to the motherboard? Any solutions or suggestions? Or I am completely misunderstanding something.

Hello everyone. This is the first time I'm installing custom fans for my PC, so please bear that in mind as I have no prior knowledge on how to do this. I'm buying a Corsair LL120 RGB 120mm 3-pack and 2*140mm LL140 RGB fans for the front of my case. Two of the 120mm fans will be replacing the fans of my top-mounted H100x AIO, and the last 120mm will be replacing my exhaust fan that came with my PC case. The LL120 RGB 3-pack comes with a Corsair Lightning Node Pro and RGB Fan LED Hub. My question is; do I connect all the fans except for the ones that attach to my radiator to the RGB hub, and the AIO fans the motherboard? or do I attach every single fan to the RGB hub? Also, it seems my case (Svive S650, an in-house brand from the retailer) has a fan hub installed, do I swap this out with the new fan hub from Corsair as all my fans will now be directly from Corsair? Thank you in advance for the help! Items: LL120 RGB 3-pack: https://www.komplett.no/product/964137/datautstyr/pc-komponenter/vifterkjoelingvannkjoeling/vifter/corsair-ll120-rgb-120mm-3-pk LL140 (buying two of these): https://www.komplett.no/product/964140/datautstyr/pc-komponenter/vifterkjoelingvannkjoeling/vifter/corsair-ll140-rgb-140mm-vifte

I will attach a video for more context but the title pretty much explains it. When i boot the system up from a shutdown cycle, all my LEDs turn on but when it gets woken up after being put into sleep mode, not all of the fans get lit up. The fans are operational just the LEDs are off. The next part of this post will make better sense after the video, so please watch the video for more context. The case came with a fan hub Antec DF600 and out of the 6 RGB slots, i have used 4 of them. The three up front and the one closest to the front panel for the top exhaust fans (the only ones that light up). The other 2 are daisy chained at least RGBwise. For power, i bought another fan controller and plugged it directly to the motherboard. I suspect there is an issue with the daisy chain and why there is no power being sent to the LEDs across it Help me figure this out please! thank you and warm regards kind stranger 220043701_helpmeLTT.mp4

Sorry if this has been answered, but... PWM cables are 4 pin, correct? PWM splitter cables allow more than one PWM fan to be controlled by one fan header on the MB, correct? I noticed that PWM splitter cables (i.e. This One) has 3 female plugs to accept 3 fans to use on one MB header. However 2 of the 3 female connections only have 3 pins. 1 of the female connection has 4 pins and the male connection looks to have 4 pins. Why the 2 3 pin female connections? Does it matter which of the 3 fans is plugged into the 4 pin female? Sorry for the noob builder question. Thanks.

Hello All, First Time Poster! I am having some trouble figuring out the optimal case fan setup for my first build. I am having issues with my CPU reaching high temps (around 8-82c) while gaming with a 50ish% load. Even if that temperature is acceptable, I want to have more wiggle room, as I live in the Midwest and temperatures can rapidly change and I have little to no actual room air conditioning. I am thinking the stock wraith cooler I have is not enough, so I am planning to upgrade to a Noctua-U12-A; but now I am also wanted another opinion on how to setup my case fans since the exhaust from the 12A can’t go to an intake fan right? My case included 4x 43.2cfm 1k rpm fans, and I also got 2x Noctua F12 71.69cfm 2k rpm fans which I placed on the two open top slots on my case. Ideally I would like the front fans to stay the same (they are all idle non adjustable rgb so I don’t want them to be scattered if possible as is the rear fan) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mvz4Y9 Linked above is my current build, and attached is a basic sketch of my current configuration, plus what I had planned based on some more research. I could take pictures later when I’m back home if needed. Any feedback is appreciated, thanks all!

GIGABYTE X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING X470 has 8 fan headers. If I need 2 more case fans, and I've used all 8 fan headers, is there a way to expand and add 2 more fan headers for some kind of splitter or circuit board that I am unaware of? Help and thanks?

I was looking to build my first PC. I'm quite sure I'm am going to buy a Phanteks P400A but I also want to mount an AIO in the front, but then I would have to rearrange the front fans right? If I could then I would want the 3 front fans rearranged in rear exhaust and top exhaust configuration.

I am planning on buying 6 120mm fans for my system. I'm looking for something with 50+ cfm, addressable RGB, and, if possible, around 25dB of noise level. Is there a fan that can fit these categories at the $200- $250 price point?