I just got the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214056 for my cpu and it does not connect directly to the psu in anyway. It connects and powers itself with 2 4 pin fan connectors, one for the fan, one for the radiator. I have my fans on silent setting and was wondering if this would negatively affect the radiator, Thank you.
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Karsten75
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You absolutely must connect the cooler's pump connector to the motherboard header for the CPU fan. The other fan is probably best connected to the motherboard as well, since the computer can then increase it's speed if things get a little hot. Or keep it nice and slow if all is cool. - that's what the PWM fans do.
Yes but will the bios fan settings negatively affect the radiator? Since they were designed for fans, not liquid cooling. Will the RPM fluctuations with temps be compatible with the pump as they are both on the same settings, I cannot control individual fans, its is catagorized into CPU fans and Chassis fans. I have the radiator fan on CPU fan settings and the tower intake, outtake, and pump on the other settings. I do not want to keep the fans on without a RPM control because they would be extremely loud. I also dont want the RPM control to limit CPU cooling on the liquid radiator.
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Dude - that's how they are supposed to work. At power-up, the fan/pump goes at max until the sensors kick in (1-2 seconds). I can hear a distinct "Woosh" when my PC boots up or wakes up from sleep. After that, as the motherboard senses the CPU is getting hot, it sends more power on the PWN connectors to the pump and fan to circulate and cool the liquid faster. If it cannot do the job, the CPU will enter thermal throttling.
As long as you leave the BIOS settings for the fans at normal there should be no problem. If you overclock, then you have to increase fan speeds.
As long as you leave the BIOS settings for the fans at normal there should be no problem. If you overclock, then you have to increase fan speeds.
The installation instructions for this cooler are very vague.
It says to plug both the fan and the heatsink into a 4 pin, not stating which. I have the radiator fan on CPU and the heatsink on chassis, they are both 4 pin. My computer is working but I am wondering if i have it set up wrong, i do not want to damage my new 85$ cooler. It works but i wonder if it is working as it should/optimal efficiency.
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It is as if you adon't understand me. I'll try one more time.
A closed-loop liquid cooler has 3 comonentes.
1. Pump/heatblock that sits on top of the CPU and transfers heat from the CPU into circulating water. The water must remove the heat from the CPU for the CPU not to overheat.
2.Radiator - connected to the pump through two hoses. here the water passes through find and a heat excahnce takes place where the heat from the water is passed to air that circulates between the fins of the radiator
3. One ore more fans that push or pull air throug the radiator to remove the heat abd bring in cooler air. At the same time it can also assist in ventilating the case by moving air into or out of the case.
now wach of the pump and the fans must be connected to the motherboard for this to operate well.
The pump must be connected to the CPU fan header. It should be clearly marked on your motherboard. This is the header that the BIOS will tell to work faster if the CPU heats up - this is how the hot water gets removed from the CPU. If you connect afan here, then the fan will spin faster, but the hot water won't be moved any faster.
the radiator fan you usually connect to a case fan header on the motherboard that corresponds to the position you locate the radiator. SO when the mobo wants to increase that speed, it knows whereto send the signals to.
And now I'm done..
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I don't have that particular model. Currently I have two Intel liquid coolers, a Corsair H50 and a Kraken X40. The principles of all these coolers are the same. Move liquid to remove the CPU heat.
I'm very pleased with how my builds with liquid cooling turns out and will probably never go back to air cooling (or not until CPU technology emits a ton less heat). I don't game much and when I do it's not the AAA-graphics heavy titles. I prefer smaller indie games. That means I don't stress my cards except during burn-in testing and benchmarks.
I focus more on quiet. I sit next to my computer for many hours every day and what I need is silence - or as close as I can get. That I get in spades with liquid cooling.
My current main computer is a year old now.
Correct. Which is why you plug the fan into it. Overall if possible it's best to find a header that will run at the full 12v all of the time rather than one that can be controlled. Although, like I said, you can skip around the controlled part by just setting it to full before hand.
It's quite simple really, the pump must be running at full 'rpm' all of the time, it is possible to control it slightly if you really want that for noise purposes, but it's generally not recommended. Because of this it's not fussy what header you plug it in to, as long as it's running maxed out.
The fan then, can also be plugged in to any fan header on the board, but whatever you have in your case there must be one fan plugged into the CPU header, for, as described above, the board to know there's a cooler connected. Again, it's not picky which, you just have to decide which fan is closest, if all the fans and headers are PWM it's not going to matter if it's labelled CPU_FAN or CHA_FAN#, they're both going to work exactly the same, you just might like the board controlling the fan/s on the CPU cooler dependant on CPU temp as opposed to any random fan in the case.
So, pump at full speed 24/7, something must be connected to the CPU_FAN header and the rest is up to you.
Also... I have no idea if I'm bumping this thread or not, kinda new to this whole forum thing.
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