My Current set up, I've never actually owned a half decent PC in all my life and treated myself when I landed a new job and this is going to need to last me a while.
Case: Corsair 700D - CC-9011218-WW
PSU: 1200 w Corsair - CP-9020254-AU
MOBO: ASUS - PRIME Z790-P WIFI-CSM
CPU: Intel Core i9 13900K
GPU: Nvidia 4090 – ( ASUS TUF-RTX4090-24G-GAMING )
RAM : 2 x 32 gb DDR 5 (Corsair CMH64GX5M2B6000C40)
Primary Partition: 2 TB SSD ( WD - WDS200T2XHE )
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home
CPU Cooling:
CPU Corsair iCUE H170i ELITE CAPELLIX XT Liquid CPU Cooler- This is ceiling mounted. ( in ICUE is denoted as first 3 fans and guessing also the pump)
Case fans:
Front : 3 x Noctua 140mm NF-A14 PWM chromax all on same controller/grouped as intake on the front.
Rear: 1 x Noctua 140mm NF-A14 PWM chromax in the rear as outtake.
Side: In the side panel 4 x Noctua 120mm NF-A14 PWM Chromax all on same controller/grouped
So originally I did not have the side fans in the build. Everything was great thing ran quiet was super cold though like a fridge and possibly not optimal was all on default. I live in Australia and I’m kind of expecting a hot summer around the bend. I removed the front drive bay to allow for better airflow on the front 3 fans and thought Ill add some additional side fans. 4x 120 ml fans. My thoughts were to have the side fans kick in only when needed.
I went in to the ICUE which I’ve never used to manage fans before and stopped each fan to identify and label it.
Now in doing so I inadvertently lost whatever the default configs were. In hindsight should have taken a screen grab.
There are some default options. Quiet, balanced, extreme. None of which seem great.
I was able to configure some alerts and a custom curve for the side fans to kick in.
Before the PC didn’t even break a sweat playing FPS games on high settings and now it pants like a dog, have tried on all settings including extreme.
Its also rather noisy now. I’m getting coil whine just flicking through menu options even when idle in game.
Also every so often I hear something winding up. It almost sounds like an old style drive when it kicks into action for a read write but a lot louder and I cant identify where its coming from.
There’s no rhyme or reason to it that I can sleuth.
I feel like I have the right cooling options I just need some help and advice recommendations for settings and config of the fans.
This machine is a work PC by week day and doesn’t need high end specs most of the time but some evenings and weekends it really needs them.
Appreciate any input and guidance. I'm out of my depth here and sincerest apologies for the essay.
