Got a great deal on Phanteks PH-TC14PE so decided to upgrade. Best thing I ever did.
Phanteks is huge... LxWxH = 134 x 140 x 160mm with out fans, 159 x 140 x 171mm with 2 fans and 184 x140 x 171mm with 3 fans. 2 radiators each 50mm long x 140mm wide x 107.5mm high with 34mm between them with 5x 8mm heat-pipes in each. Supplied fans are good but are not PWM so I used my TY140 fans. Phanteks is sending me their External PWM Adapter so they can be controlled by 4 pin PWM motherboard socket. Plan to give the fans a try when adapter arrives.
Here are some before and after tests:
Before w/ Noctua NH-U12P w/2x TY-140 fans ducted out top
ET6 = 10% rpm @ 32c 100% rpm @ 48c 21c ambient
idle 720rpm @ 36-41c encoding 1280rpm @ 67-70c mobo 37,50,55
After w/ Phanteks PH-TC14PE w/3x TY-140 fans ducted out top
ET6 = 20% rpm @ 30c 100% rpm @ 50c 21c ambient
idle 680rpm @ 35-34-38-34c encoding 1170rpm @ 59-58-60-56c mobo 33-43-44c
Unplugged top fan and temps same at idle, 1c higher encoding.
So only 4c cooler at idle.. didn't expect a big difference here... but encoding temp dropped 8-10c with fan running 100rpm slower.
Not a true test as I also changed my HD 6570 w/ Scythe Setsugen cooler for Gigabyte HD 5770 Silent Cell. Both are low watt idle so should make much if any difference.
I'm quite happy with the results
System:
Fractal Design Define R2 with 2x 120mm front in & 1x TY-140 bottom in
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Rev 1.6
i7 920 @ 3.55 GHz
Phanteks PH-TC14PE w/3x TY-140 fans ducted out top
Gigabyte HD 5770 Silent Cell
Corsair TX650 v2