Help finding some new fans.

[mtsprite]

So currently my rig is custom water cooled with 2 360 rads in the 011 XL case using the Lian Li Unifans, however the more i use them the more im starting not to like them. The unifans themselves are nice for cable management but they do have a few downsides. The software is kind of terrible, they get really loud really quick and i feel like they're not doing a good job of cooling my rig.  Under full load my CPU temps can get into the high 80s. Other than the VRAM on the back of the GPU ,(active backplate from EKWB is in the mail), the GPU itself doesn't get very hot. 

 

PC Specs for Reference:

CPU: 5900x

GPU: RTX 3090 FTW3

 

At this point im more or less just trying to see what you guys would suggest for replacement fans that may improve my cooling. 

 

P.S. Im not too attached to RGB on the fans though it would be nice. 

 

[LIGISTX]

35 minutes ago, mtsprite said:

So currently my rig is custom water cooled with 2 360 rads in the 011 XL case using the Lian Li Unifans, however the more i use them the more im starting not to like them. The unifans themselves are nice for cable management but they do have a few downsides. The software is kind of terrible, they get really loud really quick and i feel like they're not doing a good job of cooling my rig.  Under full load my CPU temps can get into the high 80s. Other than the VRAM on the back of the GPU ,(active backplate from EKWB is in the mail), the GPU itself doesn't get very hot. 

 

PC Specs for Reference:

CPU: 5900x

GPU: RTX 3090 FTW3

 

At this point im more or less just trying to see what you guys would suggest for replacement fans that may improve my cooling. 

 

P.S. Im not too attached to RGB on the fans though it would be nice. 

 

What temps does the GPU hit? I doubt better fans will help, this sounds more like a heat not getting out of the CPU and into the cold plate well enough type situation.

 

My old 9900k would run insanely hot since the IHS must have had very bad TIM under it. So I would run my fans 100% for stress tests but it almost made no difference vs 50%. The issue was the heat wouldn't get out of the CPU itself and into the block and then into the water. My 2080 ran at like 50c in games.... but in a stress test with the GPU doing nothing the CPU would hit 99C when OCed to 5 ghz on relatively low voltage - it just wasn't a good chip. This can happen.... its just luck.

 

So better fans may not help, and if your GPU is running cool, this confirms that theory. If the fans were not enough, GPU would run warm as well.

 

Full load in the 80's is fine.

[mtsprite]

52 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

What temps does the GPU hit? I doubt better fans will help, this sounds more like a heat not getting out of the CPU and into the cold plate well enough type situation.

 

My old 9900k would run insanely hot since the IHS must have had very bad TIM under it. So I would run my fans 100% for stress tests but it almost made no difference vs 50%. The issue was the heat wouldn't get out of the CPU itself and into the block and then into the water. My 2080 ran at like 50c in games.... but in a stress test with the GPU doing nothing the CPU would hit 99C when OCed to 5 ghz on relatively low voltage - it just wasn't a good chip. This can happen.... its just luck.

 

So better fans may not help, and if your GPU is running cool, this confirms that theory. If the fans were not enough, GPU would run warm as well.

 

Full load in the 80's is fine.

GPU temps are steady around the 50 - 60 degree mark at full tilt. So you think it could just be a bad cpu? 

[NorKris]

Unifans are not the best case fans. 
Arctic's P12 ARGB push alot more air at the same noise lvl. 

[LIGISTX]

14 hours ago, mtsprite said:

GPU temps are steady around the 50 - 60 degree mark at full tilt. So you think it could just be a bad cpu? 

I wouldn't call it "bad", I would call it "potentially runs a little warmer then normal" or your cold plate on the waterblock just doesn't make perfect contact. I ended up lapping my waterblock and that helped about 5c on my 9900k, but 80c under load really isn't that big of a concern unless your at full load all the time doing something like video editing etc. I am sure in games, its in the 60's and 70's which is totally fine.

[StarsMars]

17 hours ago, mtsprite said:

So currently my rig is custom water cooled with 2 360 rads in the 011 XL case using the Lian Li Unifans, however the more i use them the more im starting not to like them. The unifans themselves are nice for cable management but they do have a few downsides. The software is kind of terrible, they get really loud really quick and i feel like they're not doing a good job of cooling my rig.  Under full load my CPU temps can get into the high 80s. Other than the VRAM on the back of the GPU ,(active backplate from EKWB is in the mail), the GPU itself doesn't get very hot. 

 

PC Specs for Reference:

CPU: 5900x

GPU: RTX 3090 FTW3

 

At this point im more or less just trying to see what you guys would suggest for replacement fans that may improve my cooling. 

 

P.S. Im not too attached to RGB on the fans though it would be nice. 

 

Arctic p12 pwm pst. They are supposed to have really great static pressure. 
 

scythe wondersnails if you can find them

[freeagent]

You need 120x38s to punch through that rad with authority, quietly. They will put any consumer fan to shame. You don't have to get screamers either.. cfm may be similar but pressure is like 3-4x "regular" fans if using something like a nice quiet Delta.. because not all of them are loud   Of course though, at the upper end of higher pressure you need rpm so things can get a bit louder, but you are already used to that