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Hello everyone, This is my 1st post here. Hoping to get some feedback from you as I did not get that lucky on Reddit (and I'll be happy to help on the forum as well wherever I can with the little knowledge I gained already). But as it's my 1st one, a quick intro : I'm 41, from the countryside of france, enjoy riding my bike and video games (fps mostly now), not that experienced w/ pc assembling and overclocking (although I did build my own pcs 20 years ago..). Ok so enough for the tinder presentation and let's get serious : The emotional part After selling 3 of my kidneys (one of the advantages of living near a nuclear power plant), I managed to build the following rig : aorus x570 xtreme in rev.1.1 (yeah it's overkill, but shhhh) + r9 5900x (1st time for me w/ an amd cpu on a desktop) + nzxt z73 (full build here or in my profile) all that stuffed in a BeQuiet DB Pro Rev2 on which I added a 3rd SilentWings 3 at the front. So I got 3xSW3 (140mm) on the front, 1xSW3 same size at the back, and the z73 fans (3x120mm) oriented towards the top of the case. By "managed to build" I should mention that I only picked the components and the actual build was made by pros (so no idea what thermal paste was used but I trust this store and given my skills in cable management well...I'm pretty sure I made the right choice ). Got my beast end of June. Things were going smoothly and me and my pc were running hand-in-hand on rainbow unicorns in slow-motion in the heavens of video gaming. Then, "it" happened. NZXT CAM. I was tempted. I knew the feedback was not that good on the soft from what I had seen here and there. But the RGB god smiled at me, then I looked at this nice display on the Z73 which was only displaying the CPU temp over a dark screen, and that was it : "Worst case scenario, I'll uninstall it" was I thinking. Ahahah, so naive.. So I installed CAM, and suddenly...the Z73 fans, which I had NEVER heard until then, kicked in at max speed (wtf!). The CPU temp displayed 65°C, then it went down a little and the z73 fans progressively slowed down. I then noticed that when booting the OS (win10), CPU temp was over 60°C (doing nothing in particular w/ the OS), and then when playing (mostly CoD BO4) I could even reached 91°C (!). I originally blamed the CAM software, but without really understanding the causality between this behavior ('had my aio fans playing yo-yo) and the soft. Were my aio fans not working properly before ? (as I never heard them). Was the cpu temp really that high at the time - had I missed sthg / not paid attention to it before ?? But more importantly : Was I the witness of a stranger-thing'ish with an alien dimension opening in my room and injecting the whole global warming all at once in my case ? Ok, enough with the conjectures. Time to put the glasses on, roll up the sleeves, pay a chaman, then read and measure stuff. Quick study Now, a quick reading about the Ryzen introduces the Core Performance Boost notion to my eyes, and I understand it is enabled by default (and should be fine this way). Going into the advanced settings of the MB uefi, I realize it's kind of a mess in there, to say the least...but the mobo is quite new so I get it. Core Performance Boost can be found in 2 different places (!) : 1 option in the "Tweaker" menu, and 1 same (??) option in the CPU common settings located in the AMD overclocking menu. So, 1st, I decide to run some Cinebench R23 measurements (no tweak at all, all default) - room temperature was pretty hot, 28-30°C : CPB is then in auto mode (I can see that the cpu clocks @4.4-4.5 Ghz) : multi-core : 20,099 pts (the score is decent but compared to what I see online from you guys, I kind of expected a bit more here even w/o any OC) single-core : 1,533 pts CPU Temps : max : ~81°C min : ~ 60°C Max VCore : 1.51V See the screenshot here : Note : I maxed the front/back SW3 fans @1000rpm (dont like that, it's noisier) front panel opened. CPU max temp reached 82°C (looks pretty high to me) CPU temp value indicated by Ryzen master (once the test was over) is 52.11°C whereas I get a reading of 66°C by CAM, about the same (67) w/ AIDA64 -> seems like CAM / Aida values are the CPU die values whereas Ryzen is rather based on the core temperatures). I'd rather have CAM to do the same but heh.. Then, I disable the CPB option located in the Tweaker menu : CPB disabled (cpu clocks at stock @3.7Ghz) : multi-core : 17,634 pts single-core: 1,207 pts CPU Temps : max : 63°C min : 42°C Max VCore : 1.1V So...just by disabling this option in the bios, I saved 20°C. See screenshot here : I then ran my fav game, Call of Duty Black Ops 4, in which I was reaching a temp of 91°C in spike after a few mins of gaming (w/. CPB on), and I kept that -20°C as I was around 70°C max. I didnt seem to lose any fps as I was still around 230 fps in 1440p (so clearly enjoyable...); but the game is from 2018 and not sure how heavily it relies on the CPU (the 3090 does help though :p). Ok that makes sense, lower tensions, lower freq. used etc...but keeping the CPU @base freq without the turbo is kind of a shame for such a configuration. So for now, my actual setup, I keep deactivated the CPB but I set the core multiplier at 40 instead of 37, and I'm now running @4Ghz. Results are good on Cinebench "compared to" what I had w/ the CPB mode on : CPB disabled - core multiplier at 40 : multi-core : 19,865 pts single-core: 1,307 pts And the temperatures are still pretty "cool" for that cpu : still 42°C min and around or less than 71°C max. I should also state that the windows power settings were/are in "balanced" mode. Now, with all that being said.... Questions : 1. What do you guys think of these results, do they look poor, am I missing something somewhere ? I expected cooler temperatures and higher results on the bench tbh. 2. Does anyone know which option superseeds the other between the "tweaker" options and the one we find in the AMD OC settings ?? 3. Are there any advanced documentations (being text, vids, etc i don't care) that would explain in details each settings in the bios of the x570 aorus xtreme - I've read the manual, it is well done and quite clear "but" it misses lots of options descriptions as well "details" on each of those. If there any good tutorials to learn how to better tweak the Ryzen 9, I'd be glad to look at them! 4. Also, something I did not mention above : I uninstalled CAM before re-installing it, and when CAM is not installed : the metrics on the Z73 screen are frozen and, more importantly, the fan speed will also stay static and won't change even if the temp is getting high. It's as if the Z73 imperatively needs CAM installed to work properly. I had read from a NZXT answer on Amazon (to a customer) that only the RGB would be off so I'm a bit surprised here (cables look correctly plugged on the mb). Anyone else who would have remarked this as well ?? Overall it feels that there's some soft update needed in the drivers (chipset maybe) regarding the way CPB works. I dont get why it's so agressive even when not doing anything on the operating system. Clocking very high and therefore inducing high temps when ...nothing is done in particular (ok some background processes are always running but the cpu load is very very low) simply does not make sense.... I'm curious to see if anyone is experience similar things ??? Oh, and thanks for reading up to here if you made it :).

Hi. Could someone please help me figure out which hose of the Kraken Z73 is the intake? My build requires me to position the rad vertically on the short side and it’s only marginally higher than the CPU (Desk PC). I have to make sure the liquid enters the rad from the top to avoid air going into the pump. The rad orientation will be just like the attached photo but the pump screen will be facing upwards. Any help would be really appreciated.

Hello. I recently got a Corsair 4000D Airflow case. I have now changed to it, from NZXT H710. Specs: MB: Asus: ROG STRIX B-550-F Gaming CPU: AMD Ryzen 3700X CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X73 GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 ROX Strix OC The fan settings is same as in H710, but this maybe not be optimal for 4000D case? Now the setup is like this: Cha fan 1: Exhaust back in the case. (40% from 0 to 40C, 50% at 60C and 80% at 80C). Cha fan 2: Intake fans: In pull config on the rad for my CPU cooler. (connected via Noctua splitter to header). (40% from 0 to 45C, 70% at 70C, and 98% at 85C) Cha fan 3: Exhaust in the top of the case. (connected via Noctua splitter to header). (40% from 0 to 40C, 50% at 60C and 80% at 80C). AIO pump header: AIO pump, always at 100%. All fans in use are Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM in the case for now. I have one Noctua NF-A14 PWM available from the NZXT H710 case, but that fan is not in use right now. After 10.min with Cinebench R23 max temp was at 73C. Room temp is around 23-24C. Is there a more optimal fan setting I can do to get lower temp's in this case? (Everything is set to CPU as source temp. I don't game much, and my GPU is never over 65C, if I game.)

Hi guys, I just built my first PC and I thought I would get better temps. My specs: Case : H710i CPU: 5900x AIO: Kraken Z73 I have 3 intake fans in front. I have 1 140mm fan pulling air in the back. And I have my AIO on top with 3 pulling fans.(I'm using the RGB AER from NZXT instead of the fans that come with it wich are best suited for AIO's. (AER P) ) I'm between 40-55 degres at idle wich don't seem too bad for a series 5000. And I'm getting around 70's under load.(never saw it above 75°C) This don't seem too bad but what I'm worried about is my liquid temps. When I start the pc I'm somewhere between 29-32°C and under load I get in the low 40's. I see a lot of people saying they get much lower temps on liquid than I do, and I can't figure what why. Do you guys have any ideas?

I have attached a video, but basically everything is connected correctly(i think) but the fans still dont light up, what could i try and rule out before deciding that they are defective? I have pulled the radiator out and double checked so no cables had fallen out, i have detached and reattached the RGB cable, checked the pump connection and the usb connection to the motherboard and switched PSU cable just to rule that out. the NZXT CAM software does detect the fans as rgb so this most likely must be a cable-issue right? VIDEO(with audio): https://imgur.com/a/eaKUA2U trim.A8721D4D-4CE6-46FE-97D1-A691372F4695.mov

I have the NZXT 710i Case with the Smart Device V2 Fan/RGB Hub built-into the case. It has 3 fan channels and 2 RGB lighting channels. 1 of the RGB lighting channel is used to power the 2 built-in LED Strips in the case. I have replaced the rear 140mm fan with an AER 2 RGB, and also will be using 3x120mm AER 2 RGB fans with Z73 Radiator. I have daisy chained all 4 AER 2 RGB Fans. I have the 140mm rear AER RGB fan connected to a channel by itself which is in turn connected to one of the 3 Fan Channels on the Smart Device V2 HUB. I'm not sure where to connect the fan connectors on the 3x120mm AER RGB Radiator fans to? Do I connect them to the 3 fan splitters that's connected to the Smart Device Hub, or do I connect them to the splitter on the breakaway cable that comes in the box with the Z73? Also my other question is regarding the connection of the RGB lighting of the 4 fans. After having daisy chained all 4 aer rgb fans, do I connect that last wire directly into the Smart Device Hub's RGB channel or connect it to the RGB connector from the breakaway cable that's coming from the AIO?