Best H80i settings for high-end gaming? Sounds too loud!

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pr0jectile

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I wanted to know whether I can turn down the fan speeds on the H80i and if so, by how much?

I use my PC 90% of the time for gaming, mostly BF4 at high settings. My rig is as follows:

Intel Core i5-4690K CPU @ 3.5GHz
Asus Z97 Pro (WiFi ac) Motherboard
Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4GB Graphics Card
Corsair 16GB (2 x 8GB) Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 C11 Gold RAM
Corsair H80i CPU Cooler
Corsair HX750i PSU

I get the following temps during gaming (monitored via MSI Afterburner):

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During boot up and in-game, the fans spin at 90-100% which gets quite annoying after gaming for a few hours non-stop.

Also, is it worth swapping out the CPU Cooler fans for quiter / better ones?

Thanks.
 
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synphul
You can try swapping out fans. You can also try using a fan controller or connecting the fan to a fan header on the motherboard and attempt to control it that way through the bios or use a power reduction cable (they make fan power cables designed to drop the voltage to 7v rather than 12v which is full speed). That will likely make your temps go up though. For one the h80i is a single radiator so the fan's going to have to work harder than a dual or triple radiator with multiple fans running at slower speeds. For another, the fan and radiator set up is designed by default to have an obstruction in front of the fan (the radiator itself) which causes air turbulence. Not really sure what other things you can do to quiet it down without...
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You can try swapping out fans. You can also try using a fan controller or connecting the fan to a fan header on the motherboard and attempt to control it that way through the bios or use a power reduction cable (they make fan power cables designed to drop the voltage to 7v rather than 12v which is full speed). That will likely make your temps go up though. For one the h80i is a single radiator so the fan's going to have to work harder than a dual or triple radiator with multiple fans running at slower speeds. For another, the fan and radiator set up is designed by default to have an obstruction in front of the fan (the radiator itself) which causes air turbulence. Not really sure what other things you can do to quiet it down without losing a ton of performance outside of using a different cooler.
 
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