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Gawd
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I will be away this weekend, but when I return I will start testing various airflow and cooling options in my M1 with the new Window Side Panel installed. Changes I will try include:
If you're interested in this, the answer may already have been posted on YouTube. Yesterday Optimum Tech posted "Ultimate NCASE M1 Cooling Setup?" and found that having the NH-U9S with dual NF-A9 PWM fans, set to draw air in from the rear and the Xtreme III with dual 25 mm exhaust fans (NF-B9 ?) underneath gave the coolest temperatures with his homemade full tempered glass replacement for the side panel. I expect my results will be similar, but you never know.
- keeping the NH-C14 CPU cooler, but replacing the single 140 mm fan on top with slim Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM fans (top and bottom)
- with and without a slim 92 mm rear fan as intake (currently as exhaust)
- keeping the dual slim 140 mm fans at the bottom of the case underneath my Alpenfohn Peter II GPU cooler, initially staying as exhausts, but also trying them as intakes
- replacing the GPU cooler with an Arctic Accelero Xtreme III with dual fans underneath (NF-A12x25 PWM or NF-A12x15 PWM) in both intake and exhaust orientations
- keeping the Silverstone SX600-G power supply that has its fan replaced by a NF-B9 fan (facing inwards), and later replacing this with a Corsair SF600 with its intake fan facing outwards to separate its airflow from the rest of the components
- trying 2 tower CPU coolers, the Alpenfohn Atlas and the Noctua NH-U9S, in both intake and exhaust orientations.
If you're interested in this, the answer may already have been posted on YouTube. Yesterday Optimum Tech posted "Ultimate NCASE M1 Cooling Setup?" and found that having the NH-U9S with dual NF-A9 PWM fans, set to draw air in from the rear and the Xtreme III with dual 25 mm exhaust fans (NF-B9 ?) underneath gave the coolest temperatures with his homemade full tempered glass replacement for the side panel. I expect my results will be similar, but you never know.