Recent content by jive_turkey

Yeah I agree. There actually is a small cutout at the back for cables and such but it was low in the cabinet and I don't think much hot air was escaping. The real issue I think was that hot air was getting vented out the side and would hit the side of the cabinet and just create a reservoir of...

Ok a final update. At some point I realized that a big part of my problem was where I was keeping the case. I had it horizontal in a TV cabinet that was enclosed on 3 sides, with the front wide open. There was about 18 inches of clearance above the case and a couple inches on each side. Anyway...

TLDR: I have everything up and running with a different cooler (IS-60) and will start putting it through its paces soon So I have had quite an interesting series of events. At some point about a month ago I decided I wanted to upgrade my cooling solution. I had previously ordered acrylic...

Ok just as an update: I reapplied my noctua cooler to the CPU. When I pulled it off, I noticed there was an area along the edge that had no thermal paste at all. I ended up using a card to make sure it was evenly (and thinly) applied across the whole die. The first time I had only done a dollop...

That's great info! I was using HWInfo64, so now I'm curious to see if my idles drop using another monitoring program. I definitely noticed at least one core constantly boosting to 4.4 GHz while monitoring, so I believe what he was saying. But I also noticed other cores dropping to < 1 V, so I'm...

I upgraded a 2700 (non-X) to a 3700x. I have a Gigabyte Aorus I B450 (mini-ITX) and updated the BIOS prior to getting my new chip. My cooler is a Noctua L9a-AM4 and my case is a Salvo S401: https://www.salvostudiosltd.com/store/p2/Salvo_Studios_S401.html which is essentially open-air, given how...

I just picked this case up and my GPU temps are 10-12* less while gaming (EDIT: with an open-air EVGA 2080) than with the Node 202 I switched from. I'm a happy camper. Has anyone tried to squeeze an ID-Cooling IS-60 into this case? Its listed height is 55 mm, which is a few hairs more than the...