Hello,
as some of you have seen, I built a Ryzen 1500X system into a Xbox-chassi.
Now, when I finally have gotten around to properly test it, I get a ridiculous 50-52 degree idle temp on the CPU in BIOS.
What am I doing wrong?
I have the 1500X at stock speeds, no OC
I use the Noctua NH-L9a as cooler.
While I don't expect the best case scenario in this case due to a bit cramped airflow, I did expect better idle temps than 50 degrees. Tek Everything gets 33 degrees idle on an OCed 1700X. Granted, that is a more open chassi he uses, but I did expect my system to be around 40 - 45 degrees idle.
Also, in the image below, you see how I have placed 3x 60mm fans to blow fresh, cold air onto, and below, the motherboard. This should push the warm air into the chassi and out on the other side. But now I wonder if it is this that causes the issue; that the hot air stays inside the rig. Should I flip those fans around to just exhaust air? But since the top intake is right above those fans (can be seen in this video), I fear that the fans will just suck air down through the top vent, and not really sucking any air away from the mobo.
Final question: Tek Everything also mentions that there is a way to direct the airflow from the Noctua cooler away from the RAM; i.e. make the cooler blow only towards the back IO-plate. But as far as I can see, the cooler blows air both towards the RAM and the back IO-plate. How to determine the direction? Or is Tek Everything wrong?
All suggestions and comments and ideas are welcome at this point.
as some of you have seen, I built a Ryzen 1500X system into a Xbox-chassi.
Now, when I finally have gotten around to properly test it, I get a ridiculous 50-52 degree idle temp on the CPU in BIOS.
What am I doing wrong?
I have the 1500X at stock speeds, no OC
I use the Noctua NH-L9a as cooler.
While I don't expect the best case scenario in this case due to a bit cramped airflow, I did expect better idle temps than 50 degrees. Tek Everything gets 33 degrees idle on an OCed 1700X. Granted, that is a more open chassi he uses, but I did expect my system to be around 40 - 45 degrees idle.
Also, in the image below, you see how I have placed 3x 60mm fans to blow fresh, cold air onto, and below, the motherboard. This should push the warm air into the chassi and out on the other side. But now I wonder if it is this that causes the issue; that the hot air stays inside the rig. Should I flip those fans around to just exhaust air? But since the top intake is right above those fans (can be seen in this video), I fear that the fans will just suck air down through the top vent, and not really sucking any air away from the mobo.
Final question: Tek Everything also mentions that there is a way to direct the airflow from the Noctua cooler away from the RAM; i.e. make the cooler blow only towards the back IO-plate. But as far as I can see, the cooler blows air both towards the RAM and the back IO-plate. How to determine the direction? Or is Tek Everything wrong?
All suggestions and comments and ideas are welcome at this point.