AF120 or Stock Fans On H80 Water Cooler?

Zaman786Ahmad · Feb 4, 2014

I have 2 AF120's and was wondering shall i swap them for the stock fans provided with the H80 ? i know the SP120 are better for radiators but will it perform better using the AF120's on my RAD over the stock fans provided

Calculatron · Feb 4, 2014

I think the stock fans are just SP120s, with a higher RPM?

Zaman786Ahmad · Feb 5, 2014

Calculatron :

Really ?
Also should I have a front intake bring in cold air and the h80 pulling that cold air through rad and then pushing it out (pull push

thebadkarma · Feb 5, 2014

The stock fans provided are SP120S. Those are pressure optimized and are reccomended by corsair for use with heavy resistance such as the RADIATOR. Corsair says to use AF120S for regular use on the case itself. And yes having a intake on the front with AF120S is a good idea. Since warm air rises, the standard airflow is usually intake on front, intake on bottom, exhausts on top and back

Zaman786Ahmad · Feb 5, 2014

thebadkarma :

What temps should this be getting idling and on load . Any ideas

sirstinky · Feb 5, 2014

Depends on your configuration. Are you overclocking? Using the stock thermal paste?

Zaman786Ahmad · Feb 5, 2014

I'm running stock speeds on my fx 8120, stock sped is 3.1 GHZ , also I am using ARTIC MX-4 thermal paste

sirstinky · Feb 5, 2014

With stock cooling a stock clocked 8320 runs close to 60. With your cooler, you should be under that at stock clocks. I'd give a ballpark of 50 C or less.

Zaman786Ahmad · Feb 5, 2014

sirstinky :

On load? Also shall I have the fans plugged into the pump or the MOBO?

sirstinky · Feb 5, 2014

Zaman786Ahmad :

Yes that's under a load. The fans plug into the pump. That lets you control the fan profiles.

Zaman786Ahmad · Feb 6, 2014

sirstinky :

Zaman786Ahmad :

Yes that's under a load. The fans plug into the pump. That lets you control the fan profiles.

Push air through then pull it out of the rad ?

sirstinky · Feb 6, 2014

You'd have to flip one fan to change the airflow direction so one would draw and the other exhaust. Generally, you want one to pull the air out of the case on the front of the radiator, and a fan on the back of the radiator to push it out of the case. I have never done that with a liquid cooler though, but I hear it works good.

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