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Aurora R10, fixed fan speed
Recently I bought 3 Noctua NF-F12s to improve cooling in my system, as well as give it a good clean. I installed one on the front, and two on top for a push-pull on my aio. At idle it is working amazing, giving me a -5 to -10 C decrease in temperatures. Once i loaded up games though, i noticed much more stutters and realized the fans were stuck at 42% for the top, and 39% for the front. Setting an offset or fan curve in AWCC wasn’t doing anything.
ProfessorW00d
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January 14th, 2023 11:00
The Dell OEM industrial grade server fans have a top speed of about 4,000 rpm. So if your Noctua NF-F12 are at their 100% of 1,500 rpm, AWCC will show them as 37% (1500 / 4000 )
Vanadiel
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January 14th, 2023 08:00
AWCC % are hard coded to the original fans. You will need to increase to 75% or higher for the Noctua fans.
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January 14th, 2023 08:00
I see, but i’ve tried this and theres no audible difference or thermal difference. I did notice in HWiNFO some crazy rpms, like 5000 on the chassis fans so im wondering if theres some software conflict happening? Definitely not going to run at that speed.
BrokenR10
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January 14th, 2023 09:00
I only used a Y splitter for the 2 fans on the radiator, but it wont be too big of a deal. It’s getting equal thermals without them being on 100% all the time which i can appreciate. Thanks for the help
Vanadiel
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January 14th, 2023 09:00
Fan controller cannot be read by third party apps, only by the AWCC application.
It might not make a difference as the flow in the R10 case is not the best. You can try 100% and see what happens.
Also make sure you did not use the LNA adaptors that came with the Noctua's.
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January 14th, 2023 20:00
Thanks a lot for the clarification. I do have 1 question though. Do you think it be bad for the fans if I set them to a percentage higher than 37? Or is the controller just telling it to run at its max?
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January 14th, 2023 21:00
Noctua is a top quality fan designed to run at max rpm, as needed. With air flow being so stifled in the Aurora chassis, I would definitely keep the fans running at 100% rpm. Fortunately, Noctua fans are quiet. You actually could have gotten the Noctua NF-A12x25 FLX 3-pin fans which would run and a constant 2000 rpm . . . quietly.