Sup folks, as like...3 people here who know me know, I recently had the opportunity to bring my rig up to snuff - 2500 for a 2700K, OC'ed to 4.6, dual 670s dumped for a 1060, various case pieces to replace damaged bits (it's a Lian-Li, there was no simply replacing the case. Yes I'm a fanboy leave me be), and the biggest spherical genital ache, the cooling mods.
My NH-D14 only had 1 fan on it because on literally the first day I got it I broke one of the fans by picking it up wrong. But a 2500 never needed anything more. An OC'ed 2700K on the other hand...so I replaced the 2 140mm intake fans with P14s, added a P12 to the CPU cooler, and replaced the exhaust with a P12 too. Set it all up to run at around 700rpm until it gets toasty, and let the baby fly...and fly it bloody does.
The temp right now is 46c. That's with 800RPM on the 140s, and the 3 fans near the cooler. WHY?!
During gaming it's not too bad it doesn't go above 55c. But surely my ambient temps should be lower ? Have I screwed up my OC ? It seems to underclock just fine (runs at 1.6ghz most the time).
I'm out of my element here, I'm used to just banging in a whopping big cooler and letting it run, but being an old fart my tinnitus means I have to keep a check on the noise.