Overall Cooling improvement

[Peevs]

I've made a new build about a month ago with NZXT 510i case and NZXT X53 AIO. That way i had 2 front intake 2x120mm fans, 1 exhaust at the back 120mm and 1 exhaust in the top, all NZXT fans provided with the case and the AIO.

 

That was working pretty well and it was quite, really quite, and ran smoothly.

 

That was good but! The one thing i had considerations for my setup was if i should get the overpriced Z series AIO with the screen or not, which i initially skipped because of the price, although there was a Amazon sale 50% the other week and i bought it- Z63 to replace it and sell the X53. I've done that and I've now got 2x140 mm intake with the same 2x120mm exhaust and think this is bugging the airflow. I've done builds before and i thought i may bug it, but anyway I went for it..

 

My PC become quite noisier and the CPU would easily get warmer and cause the fans to spin faster and louder.

 

I'm thinking to switch the top exhaust fan with 140 mm one, as that's the only possibility to upgrade the cooling at this point, but i'm wondering if that would make a good improvement. Also would you recommend me getting the NZXT AER RGB 2 - 140mm fan, or a good Noctua without RGB would do better, and how much better.

 

If that helps CPU is Ryzen 5 5600x, running on Asus ROG Strix X570-E motherboard with currently old 1080 TI GPU.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Mooshi]

My system is fairly quiet and that's running 6 120mm fans in an airflow case. The key is being able to run at lower rpms and still get good airflow/temps. 

 

Instead of buying more fans, I'd consider a case that can breathe.

[Peevs]

1 hour ago, Mooshi said:

My system is fairly quiet and that's running 6 120mm fans in an airflow case. The key is being able to run at lower rpms and still get good airflow/temps. 

 

Instead of buying more fans, I'd consider a case that can breathe.

I just recently bought that one and made the build so probably will not change it... Already feel some pain switching from Fractal Design Define r4 Black Pearl which i used in my previously build for 8 years. Probably should've stick with FD..

 

So looking on opinion for the fan change and potential improvement.

[narrdarr]

I second using a different case.

Buy a new one sell the old one just like you did with the aio.

[Peevs]

19 minutes ago, narrdarr said:

I second using a different case.

Buy a new one sell the old one just like you did with the aio.

Not really an option at the moment, i might do that in some time. I would probably try the Fan upgrade thing anyway, but hoped someone could advise if someone tried it already. There are a lot of NZXT 510 builds out there.