Gaming tower build - what next?

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I'm trying to help my son. Well I operated a screwdriver and some mini screws.

We are at this stage. What next?

Download Window 11s first? Son says not yet.

Any tips.

[BlueMR2]

I would have thought as its new, you press y then install windows.

[grumbledoak]

If this is a new build you can press Y.

If you have upgraded an old PC and have Bitlocker'd drives, press N

[Hugo Stiglitz]

All new parts

[hiccy18]

That's a standard message whenever a new CPU is fitted to a motherboard. Press Y, clean install Windows.

[Griffith4ever]

Next up is disabling half those fans so you can hear yourself think :-)

[frisbee]

I think you can route the big power cable to the motherboard behind the metal plate the motherboard is mounted on.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Done. Not the fans (loud!). I'll mention the power cable.

All built up and Windows 11 running. Ta

[mmm-five]

Griffith4ever said:

Next up is disabling half those fans so you can hear yourself think :-)

Agree.

Doesn't look like a high-end CPU/GPU config so you're probably not even letting the heat from the CPU/GPU soak into the air before it's being exhausted.

Selectively disable or reduce the fan speeds so that they're silent (on my Corsair RX fans that means anything less than 900rpm, and the 7800X3D still stays below 70ºc - although that's with a 360mm AIO cooler).

[Griffith4ever]

mmm-five said:

Griffith4ever said:

Next up is disabling half those fans so you can hear yourself think :-)

Agree.

Doesn't look like a high-end CPU/GPU config so you're probably not even letting the heat from the CPU/GPU soak into the air before it's being exhausted.

Selectively disable or reduce the fan speeds so that they're silent (on my Corsair RX fans that means anything less than 900rpm, and the 7800X3D still stays below 70ºc - although that's with a 360mm AIO cooler).

No one ever needs all those fans. Its an RGB thing.

I'm running an i5 with an £18 low noise CPU fan ID-COOLING SE-214-XT , An RTX 3070, and I run 2x case fans, £13 each
- Noctua NF-P12 redux - one pushing into the case from the front, the other pulling out from the rear.

Whole thing runs near silent for general use, and only the GPU really makes any noise when gaming.

I tried adding a case fan on the top and it made sod all difference apart from making noise. I tried adding a side mounted fan to blow air onto the CPU and GPU, and again, all it did was add noise . Thye just were not needed and made no difference.

The right layout and good airflow is far more important. These are not server racks we are running, and the mobo does not need all that cooling. The GPU is generating nearly all the heat - and they have their own exhaust fans! :-)

On the Ops PC I'd switch off 4 of those 6 fans :-)

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I think its more look lots of fans/I'm new it looks great - along with the colours changing phase

[Griffith4ever]

Hugo Stiglitz said:

I think its more look lots of fans/I'm new it looks great - along with the colours changing phase

It absolutely is :-) And there is no harm in that so long as you don't have to live in the same room as it!

[grumbledoak]

You bunch of old grumps. It's a kids gaming PC. It should have masses of RGB and noise be damned.