simonm Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hi all I recently upgraded my noctuda nd-14 to a corsair H100iGTX and its been a pretty bad choice for me so far.... This thing is annoyaningly loud and it drives me a little crazy. I can even hear it from another room 10 metres away! Any suggestions on decent fans i could replace it with? My current rig is: CPU 4930K 32gig RAM GTX 780 GFX Card Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heni30 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) darn. I'm having something built right now with that model spec-ed. I just told the guy to stop. So there're no viable solutions you could come up with? Some people are suggesting higher quality fans. Edited January 18, 2016 by heni30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Hi George There is the corsair link software where can control the fan (quiet, balanced and performace) but in my opinion its just still too loud. My older noctua wasnt even as loud as this. If i were you, i wouldnt consider this and then replace fans. I mean perhaps replacing hte fans will be a better solution for me but for you i would seek another setup altogether and get one that works out of the box. sh*t. I'm having something built right now with that model spec-ed. I just told the guy to stop. So there're no viable solutions you could come up with? Some people are suggesting higher quality fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heni30 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Thanks, glad I stumbled onto this thread. Did you feel the Noctua was underperforming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 No not at all. One day i decided to OC my cpu - now bear in m ind i have no idea how to do this so i looked online and got some advice here. It blue screened of course so then i figured it could be the fan/cooler. So i replaced it with the corsair h100i. It didnt make a difference, i kept blue screening. Obviously something im doing wrong but i gave up on it - so as a result of that all i now have a noisy cooler/fan. Thanks, glad I stumbled onto this thread. Did you feel the Noctua was underperforming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 What's the model of your chassis? And where exactly have you installed the H100? If it's on the top part, blowing air upwards, then keep in mind that some fans make noise when installed like that. Imo, the best place to install an AIO cooler is the front part of the case. As suggested in a previous post, use the Corsair link software to adjust the fan profile. Balanced is a good option in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Hi Nikolaos Ive taken a couple of pictures. It is top mounted. The case I have is a thermaltake A71 - can you mount these any other way? What's the model of your chassis? And where exactly have you installed the H100? If it's on the top part, blowing air upwards, then keep in mind that some fans make noise when installed like that. Imo, the best place to install an AIO cooler is the front part of the case. As suggested in a previous post, use the Corsair link software to adjust the fan profile. Balanced is a good option in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 No, with this chassis I'm afraid it's the only way you can install the H100. Are you sure that the noise you hear is coming from the fans solely? I mean, I had an H80i in the past and sure, it was a bit noisy, but not so much that I could hear from 10m away. One more thing (since you uploaded these pictures). Something seems weird with the RAM installation. Is the current configuration 4x4gb plus 2x8gb? You have a pretty decent workstation (I like the psu too, it's top notch), but the chassis is a rather poor choice for water cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 woops my bad i have 48 gig of RAM..... all 8 gig sticks. How do i test where the noise is coming from? I cant make out what is what Which chassis do you recommend?? Im happy to change it No, with this chassis I'm afraid it's the only way you can install the H100. Are you sure that the noise you hear is coming from the fans solely? I mean, I had an H80i in the past and sure, it was a bit noisy, but not so much that I could hear from 10m away. One more thing (since you uploaded these pictures). Something seems weird with the RAM installation. Is the current configuration 4x4gb plus 2x8gb? You have a pretty decent workstation (I like the psu too, it's top notch), but the chassis is a rather poor choice for water cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 woops my bad i have 48 gig of RAM..... all 8 gig sticks. How do i test where the noise is coming from? I cant make out what is what A simple way to see if it's the fans that make the noise is to stop them with your fingers while they're running. Just be careful to touch them close to the center of rotation to keep your fingers safe. If the cooler still makes noise, then it could be a pump issue. Finally, if the pump is OK, the noise could just be the air passing through the radiator's fins. That's something you can't deal with because it's a problem of design and manufacturing. Of course, better fans with higher static pressure and lower noise levels would be the only solution to this issue. Good fans with silent operation and good features are expensive. Look for Noctua, Phanteks, Be Quiet! and similar quality brands to find good fans for your AIO. As for the case, there many good choices around, the time we speak. It depends on the budget. In your place, I would resolve the AIO noise problem first. I wouldn't like to bequeath this issue to my future case configurations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonm Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 it seems to be the pump - but on balanced mode the fans kick in a bit more and you can hear those too! WIth a budget of lets say $300 - what would you recommend? A simple way to see if it's the fans that make the noise is to stop them with your fingers while they're running. Just be careful to touch them close to the center of rotation to keep your fingers safe. If the cooler still makes noise, then it could be a pump issue. Finally, if the pump is OK, the noise could just be the air passing through the radiator's fins. That's something you can't deal with because it's a problem of design and manufacturing. Of course, better fans with higher static pressure and lower noise levels would be the only solution to this issue. Good fans with silent operation and good features are expensive. Look for Noctua, Phanteks, Be Quiet! and similar quality brands to find good fans for your AIO. As for the case, there many good choices around, the time we speak. It depends on the budget. In your place, I would resolve the AIO noise problem first. I wouldn't like to bequeath this issue to my future case configurations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) First thing you should do is to RMA the H100GT. Corsair should send a replacement immediately. It's one of the best brands when it comes to support and RMA. A pump noise definitely justifies an RMA replacement. When the new AIO arrives and everything is OK, then we could talk about a new case. First of all, have you overclocked the cpu? Are planning to oc it? If not, then there is no need to change anything. If your H100 has a pump problem in deed and you receive a new one from Corsair, fault free and less noisy, then it's a cooling solution that could keep your cpu very cool even with the silent profile on. If you do plan to oc, then a new case could be useful, if you don't mind changing it. There one thing I'd like to know. How many ssds and hdds are you currently using? And, is a dvd drive absolutely necessary inside your build? Edited January 18, 2016 by nikolaosm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Schroeder Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 No not at all. One day i decided to OC my cpu - now bear in m ind i have no idea how to do this.... Well, there's your problem. Are you sure you got everything reset back to normal? It could be that something still thinks its OC'd and wanting to push the CPU fans really hard. I have the same model of the H100i and it's really quiet. Sure, when the whole house is silent you can hear the fans and pump humming along but it's nothing to get all worked up about. Either you have high noise level requirements for your systems, you installed it incorrectly and something is vibrating, or you got a part that was defective. What kind of noise are you talking about? Humming? Vibrating? Rattling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolaos M Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Oops! I missed the oc part... (I'm getting older... ). Newer AIO's have adjustable pump speed, so if the cpu temperature is very high due to bad oc (as Scott suspects), it would seem logical that the pump struggles to keep it cool by rotating faster. I don't know if that's the case here, but lets start with stock speeds before proceeding to any other steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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