Noctua NA-SRC6

[nick name]

Does anyone have any experience using the Noctua noise reducer model SRC6? I can't find how much they reduce fan speeds and Noctua's site only has the SRC7 version listed. The SRC6 costs about half of what the SRC7 costs currently. 

[Streetguru]

39 minutes ago, nick name said:

Does anyone have any experience using the Noctua noise reducer model SRC6? I can't find how much they reduce fan speeds and Noctua's site only has the SRC7 version listed. The SRC6 costs about half of what the SRC7 costs currently. 

Just buy a fan controller if you want to control your fan speeds?

Or your motherboard already has fan speed control.

[nick name]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Just buy a fan controller if you want to control your fan speeds?

Or your motherboard already has fan speed control.

My motherboard will go to 100% at 80*C. It's the most annoying thing when you can't prevent it from maxing out your fans. 

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, nick name said:

My motherboard will go to 100% at 80*C. It's the most annoying thing when you can't prevent it from maxing out your fans. 

 Try speedfan

 

or you should be able to set target temperatures and RPM curves
 

 

[nick name]

Just now, Streetguru said:

 Try speedfan

 

or you should be able to set target temperatures and RPM curves
 

 

I hate having to run anything in Windows that I don't need to. 

 

And I said 80*C earlier. It's actually 75*C. If it was 80*C it wouldn't be quite the issue, but I can hit 75*C without much effort with certain tasks and then it's 6 fans at 2700 RPM. 

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, nick name said:

I hate having to run anything in Windows that I don't need to. 

 

And I said 80*C earlier. It's actually 75*C. If it was 80*C it wouldn't be quite the issue, but I can hit 75*C without much effort with certain tasks and then it's 6 fans at 2700 RPM. 

Then just go for a Sentry Mix 2, supports up to 6 fans with glorious sliders for control.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NZXT-Sentry-Mix2-6Channel-5-Color-LED-Changing5-25-Bay-Fan-Controller/192493297410?epid=1965120404&hash=item2cd17e9f02:g:GWwAAOSwQaFauXL~

[nick name]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Then just go for a Sentry Mix 2, supports up to 6 fans with glorious sliders for control.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NZXT-Sentry-Mix2-6Channel-5-Color-LED-Changing5-25-Bay-Fan-Controller/192493297410?epid=1965120404&hash=item2cd17e9f02:g:GWwAAOSwQaFauXL~

Oooh I might try that if these Noctua reducers don't perform as I want. I snatched em up being so cheap. Thanks for the tip. 

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, nick name said:

Oooh I might try that if these Noctua reducers don't perform as I want. I snatched em up being so cheap. Thanks for the tip. 

You'll have to find it used since they stopped making them a while ago.

[LogicalDrm]

It's 7V reducer. So to about 60%. For rpm reading you need to do calculations yourself.

[nick name]

1 hour ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

It's 7V reducer. So to about 60%. For rpm reading you need to do calculations yourself.

Damn, where were you earlier? Lol.

 

And you are correct, sir.  I just received the SRC6's I ordered and they bring a Crosair SP-120 2700 RPM fan down to 1400 RPM (that speed is super quiet though).  Not exactly what I wanted or what was expecting.  The eBay listing stated something closer to a 20%~25% based off an example with a Noctua fan. 

 

I'm not terribly displeased as it was cheap, but the search continues. And I also got six of the Corsair fans I am using for cheap so in total I haven't spent a whole lot.

[WoodenMarker]

47 minutes ago, nick name said:

Not exactly what I wanted or what was expecting.  The eBay listing stated something closer to a 20%~25% based off an example with a Noctua fan. 

The voltage to rpm curve varies depending on the fan.

[Alex Atkin UK]

The elephant in the room is that its needing 100% at 75C!

When mine was hitting 83C I reduced the overclock to make sure it doesn't go over 80C, aiming for about 75C would seem to be the safest bet, surely?

[nick name]

2 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

The elephant in the room is that its needing 100% at 75C!

When mine was hitting 83C I reduced the overclock to make sure it doesn't go over 80C, aiming for about 75C would seem to be the safest bet, surely?

I don't mind when my CPU gets up to 75*C, but the fact that the motherboard will run the fans at 100% at that temp is what irritates me.  I can adjust the fan curve in BIOS except for the behavior after 75*C.