Cool my gaming tower
T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date Status Member Last intervention -
Hello, I'm reaching out for advice on cooling my Skilkorp PC.
It is equipped with a Ryzen 7 5800x, an RTX 3060 and 48 GB of RAM.
A total of 4 TB of storage.
It's not that it overheats that much, but it is very noisy as soon as the temperature rises, and the issue is known by the manufacturer. (80 degrees on Flight Simulator 2020 in 4K ultra and 65 degrees for the GPU.)
So I was thinking of lowering the temperature by improving the airflow.
The yellow airflow represents the current flow, one CPU cooler and one case fan (very noisy and limited to 8cm due to the thickness of the case).
They are each connected to a socket on the motherboard.
I was thinking of adding a fan at the rear with an upward exhaust (arrows 2 and 4 with another 8cm fan) and bringing in fresh air from the top at the front of the case with a 12cm fan (green arrow 3). I will probably have to connect it via Molex since I have no more sockets on the motherboard.
The two extraction fans will be connected together via a splitter.
First question: Will the two fans connected in tandem necessarily run at the same speed or will they be recognized as two separate entities by Speedfan?
Second question: Does this setup seem correct to you for improving airflow?
Thank you. Have a good afternoon.
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I suppose it's the SKILLKORP SK45-R73060W11G powered by ROG. If that's the one, the problem is that they don't provide any information about the motherboard (brand and model?). Your configuration seems to be very loaded. I assume you added the additional components yourself. There is also no information about the case. We don't know how many fan slots it has. The solution might be to replace this case with one that is better equipped with fans or has the capability to add more.
PS: "bring in fresh air from the top to the front of the case with a 12cm fan"
In principle, the top fans are not meant to bring in cold air from outside but to expel hot air from inside the case to the outside.
Hello, thank you for your reply. Indeed, it's the right model. It is equipped with a G15DK motherboard from Asus.
I have only added RAM (32 in addition to the original 16), and the SSDs are necessary for demanding games like MSFS and Xplane.
There is no other space for fans in the case. Just some "holes" in the grid the size of screws. And I can't change the case because the equipment is still under warranty. Boulanger only allows the addition of peripherals and prohibits any modifications (changing GPU or CPU and everything related to it), so it's also forbidden to put a liquid cooler in.
Have a nice day.
It is apparently an ASUS brand PC sold by Boulanger. It's not a generic motherboard, I can't find its specifications. If there are no slots for additional case fans, there's not much you can do.
48GB of RAM! What else are you doing with your PC that requires 48GB of RAM besides gaming? For the majority of current games, 16GB of RAM is still sufficient. Ideally, you should have added 2 more identical sticks to the ones already there to have 32GB. In principle, what you've done is counterproductive as you've broken the dual channel operation which is supposed to maximize RAM utilization.
I wanted to try the 48GB. It's true that I didn't notice any difference indeed. I switched back to 2x16GB that were sold together. It's not too much for MSFS and all its plugins.
As for the noise, too bad. I'll see after the warranty to opt for liquid cooling or if there are quieter 8cm fans available.
