- Jul 21, 2016
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Hi, I've got a Zalman Z3 Plus case, which has 5 slots for fans (120 mm). I'd love some tips regarding the positioning of the fans, the connection types, the fan % RPMs, fan curves, positive pressure, negative pressure etc, in order to achieve a good cooling for my Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC during gaming.
The image below explains how they are placed and how they are connected.
Front - Up (shooting air to the GPU): 1x Scythe Slip Stream, intake, 3-pin connected to mobo (initially, the Zalman one was here, but I bought Scythe, because it seems to have a better air flow strength than the Zalman)
Front - Down (shooting air to HDDs/SSD): 1 x Zalman-ZA1225CSL, intake, Molex
Top: 2 x Zalman ZA1225ASL, exhaust, 3-pin, both connected to a fan controller (button on case: low 5V, high 12V)
Back: 1 x Zalman ZA1225ASL, exhaust, 3-pin, connected to mobo
The Scythe Slip Stream is 1200 RPM, max CFM 68.54.
The Zalman fans are 1600 RPM, max CFM 59.1.
I control the 2 top fans (exhaust) via the front panel button of the fan controller. I don't really see a big change in the GPU temperature whether I set the fan controller button to LOW or HIGH.
The front-up intake fan and back exhaust fan are controlled via MSI Command Center (mobo). They are set on "Smart Mode" and have the following "fine-tuned" curves.
Should I set them manually on 100% while gaming? Do they influence the air flow more than the top 2 fans? If so, I might connect them to the fan controller, instead of the top two fans.
And here's the fan curve for my Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC. The GPU is pretty hot; in Furmark benchmark the GPU it reaches 73 C. During gaming (Witcher 3) it reaches 65-70 C. During extremely GPU-intensive scenes it reaches 70-73C.
Thanks for having the patience to read and I can't wait to hear your tips.
The image below explains how they are placed and how they are connected.
Front - Up (shooting air to the GPU): 1x Scythe Slip Stream, intake, 3-pin connected to mobo (initially, the Zalman one was here, but I bought Scythe, because it seems to have a better air flow strength than the Zalman)
Front - Down (shooting air to HDDs/SSD): 1 x Zalman-ZA1225CSL, intake, Molex
Top: 2 x Zalman ZA1225ASL, exhaust, 3-pin, both connected to a fan controller (button on case: low 5V, high 12V)
Back: 1 x Zalman ZA1225ASL, exhaust, 3-pin, connected to mobo
The Scythe Slip Stream is 1200 RPM, max CFM 68.54.
The Zalman fans are 1600 RPM, max CFM 59.1.
I control the 2 top fans (exhaust) via the front panel button of the fan controller. I don't really see a big change in the GPU temperature whether I set the fan controller button to LOW or HIGH.
The front-up intake fan and back exhaust fan are controlled via MSI Command Center (mobo). They are set on "Smart Mode" and have the following "fine-tuned" curves.
Should I set them manually on 100% while gaming? Do they influence the air flow more than the top 2 fans? If so, I might connect them to the fan controller, instead of the top two fans.
And here's the fan curve for my Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC. The GPU is pretty hot; in Furmark benchmark the GPU it reaches 73 C. During gaming (Witcher 3) it reaches 65-70 C. During extremely GPU-intensive scenes it reaches 70-73C.
Thanks for having the patience to read and I can't wait to hear your tips.
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