Are additional fans necessary

[Lethidox-tichondrius]

yea i was reading about the 2nd fan and ram height issue and even in pc part picker website it states it too. i watched a video cause they have 2 different chromax versions of the noctua NH-DS15. one has an S at the end of the “15” which is supposed to be i guess the “better” one since it came after it i believe but this guy ran temp tests with both and showed that the S version was slightly hotter assuming it was because of the 2nd fan.

price wise idk if the S version is cheaper i assume it is cause it looks to be the exact same thing just 1 less fan. But i see a lot of people propping the fan higher on the fins to clear the ram height so imma try that first and if not then imma take it off. something about the fan not utilizing the entire fins so it’s just cooling other areas/blowing air else where which idk if beneficial or what i assume it is to an extent.

I am planning to run maybe 3 fans at top for exhaust and 2-3 in the back as exhaust as well. front for intake. what do you think?

@Salhezra-feathermoon

Unrelated, but this discussion reminds me of being 16 and thinking bigger exhaust pipes would make my car faster. It made it mostly slower.

doesn’t exhaust raise HP i mean not always drastically but a few? you work on cars btw? i was saving up for a chevy nova tryna build it into a drag car but legal one over the years. sadly money went into the PC them muscle cars here are expensive af though and for terrible condition. shipping costs + harder to find in state makes the market hell. plus i think we got a handful of shops only that can do quality work on um for a hefty price just to fully restore. tryna learn on my own though especially since i need a new car after mine got totaled few years ago. i race people rn in a mini van XD they are surprised i can keep up

@Hammerator-sargeras

I’ve had it, and all I can say is you don’t need it. Buy a Cooler Master Hyper 212+ and go about your business. You are paying a premium price on an enthusiast level cooler for no reason. Unless it’s regularly 85F in your room before you turn the PC on, or you plan on overclocking the CPU/GPU (you aren’t), you don’t need this stuff.

i live in Hawaii on Oahu so yea it is pretty much around 85F year round. winter time is the only time besides the evening where temps will dip to 70’s and rarely higher 60s. Summer time also is just straight hell we don’t run AC in the house. humidity as well just feels hotter then it is if it were dry heat.

i run the PC maybe 8-16 hours a day if im off then 24/7 pretty much. use it to watch tv and leave it on for background noise when im asleep. the area where i live gets hot too its not like some areas say down the road maybe a 2 minute drive it will be much cooler and rain more. here its hotter and only really see rain if its storming.