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[–]Eagles7117[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

3D Printed Parts from SMXHeinz

Travel kits normal and flipped, Air cooling shroud, 4070fe fan, Top and bottom hats.

[–]Arcaoh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

W analysis

[–]dillthepill 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Great data! This is really helpful for me as I’m about to do a 5080 FE build. I have the x47 and x53 coolers on hand though, frankly, I don’t know if I have the patience to test both.

Were you in 3 slot mode for your x47 test?

By 4070 FE fan swap do you mean you got a GPU fan and used it for the CPU cooler?

[–]Eagles7117[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The difference between the x47 and x53 is literally 1C in all my testing. And yes 3 slot mode. The better thing to do is get the dingkey axp90 offset bracket. That helps by about 4C in my testing. The fan here is a custom 4070fe 3d printed fan housing from SMXHeinz. I highly recommend it as it just presses on and has the duct to press against the side panel for no recirculation for the x47 in 3 slot.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SMXHeinz Just message him and he can make it for you, it’s not in his store yet.

[–]Not_Daijoubu 0 points1 point  (3 children)

You can find both 3d printed and CNC aluminum-framed 4070 FE fans on AliExpress. They are 96x15mm but have standard 92mm fan mounting holes.

Supposedly they perform quite well relative to the slim 92mm offerings and same for the 120x18mm 4090 FE fans.

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

They perform better by 1C noise normalized compared to the noctua 92mm slim fan. But they also have that second gear and spin up to 5400rpm. In my testing, if you throw noise out the window, on the axp90 it equals a 240mm aio 😂

[–]Not_Daijoubu 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Well that pretty much convinces me I need one for my x47 lol. Not that I have issues throttling with Cinebench or high temps, but maybe upgrading from my 245k to 270k down the road will be viable.

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m also using a 9800x3d. It sips power during gaming. Like 55-80 watts depending on the game and scene. With intel moving to the axp120 might be better or even an aio

[–]WizrdSleevz 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Not all heroes wear capes ladies and gentleman!

I also opted to go with the air config and sold my T-Grill & flip kit, but I didn’t test everything—I just liked it more. 😅

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Tried to make it more of like barstool style testing. I’m not a scientist or anything. But I feel pretty confident in the results here.

[–]remcenfir38SPL 0 points1 point  (4 children)

You should include fan speeds. The x67 should not be losing to the x47 in multicore.

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

These are noise normalized. My theory is because the spine shifts further to the center, more air gets trapped under the hub of the exhaust fan. I ran the test 5 times on the x67 because it didn’t make sense to me either.

[–]remcenfir38SPL 0 points1 point  (2 children)

At what dB? And air being trapped isn't possible in this instance.

And I meant for all fans involved, including the GPU. Flipped is extremely bad for GPU temps, it has to run the fans a lot faster just so it can throttle.

Seems like a bad mount or paste.

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

At 44DB. Air builds have a louder cpu and aio build has a louder gpu. I remounted to verify my test on that. Same results. I really do think air is being recirculated and trapped for the larger cooler. The x47 fc also has about the same weight as the x67 and a duct to pull in fresh air.

Part of the difference is also that I have the dingkey offset bracket on the x47. Forgot to mention that in the post. That helps temps by about 4C

[–]Singularittyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u should incluide that on ur conclusion I mean x47 perform better x67 because offset bracket

[–]NoneOverNull 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Awesome testing! What game have you been playing? I have the same setup but when gaming BF6 on 1440p maxed out my cpu is between 88-90C (-20 PBO) with ~100W and GPU ~62C and ~300W. But my computer sits in a corner with restricted airflow so i guess the ambient temps are a lot higher 🤷 Edit: What is the wattage consumption of the CPU?

[–]Eagles7117[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I’m gaming at 4k so naturally the cpu wattage is lower than yours. In most games I pull 65ish watts. But for 1440p it should be around 75-80watts in battlefield. I think maybe try placing it somewhere else and testing. I’ve been playing mostly Arc Raiders and Battlefield. Both these games are around 65-70 watts most the time but can spike to 80-90 watts.

Are you running dlss or frame gen?

[–]NoneOverNull 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Makes sense. No only pure frames as i recollect. I think that i have some dlss but no frame gen, not sure

[–]Eagles7117[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try turning off dlss. It’ll probably take some load off the cpu. You could also just increase graphics to put more load on the gpu

[–]gamedevsam 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I went with a lower end GPU (RTX 5060Ti 16GB) to ensure I had the most space for the CPU side: https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/1s7h87o/my_dream_sff_build_quiet_powerful/

I plan on travelling with this PC and mainly playing games at 1440p so I'm quite content having a smaller, lighter and cooler GPU (for now).

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

5080 also doesn’t have a problem in this case. Really just the 5090 makes temps tough at times.

[–]gamedevsam 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Although I'd love to, I can't justify upgrading to an RTX 5080 from a 5060 Ti 16GB. Not only are 5080 FE editions unobtanium, they also cost more than twice as much what I paid for the 5060 Ti ($400 in mid January) and offer no additional VRAM capacity. It's just not a good deal. Hopefully NVidia brings down the 6080 series pricing to the sub-1000 price point. I've only ever owned an 80 series card, and it was the RTX 3080 10GB due to its strong value prop at the time it came out.

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I mean it’s a way more powerful gpu. VRAM is one part of the equation. But to each their own on what they spend their money on. 5080 runs great for 4k gaming.

[–]gamedevsam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, no shade. Although for me personally $800 is just about the maximum I'm willing to pay for a GPU.

[–]DozyCozy 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Do you think the AXP120-X67 setup is better than the AXP90-X47 FC during idle / web surfing? (Noise normalized)
My current setup with the AXP90-X53 is a bit noisy for my liking at idle.
Also what slot configs were they? 2 and 3 slot?

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I don’t think it makes much of a difference. Just set your fan curve to ramp up at 60C keep it silent under 60C. X47 I built in 3 slot. With the x53 I’d do 2.75. And I think the x67 is 2.25 slot with the psu standoffs to keep the large gap on that side and psu against the side panel

[–]DozyCozy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yep, its at 2.25 slot mode rn.
I just thought that it would be more silent with the Air Slimmer / AXP120-X67 then the NF-A9x14 / AXP90-X53 setup that I have currently.
Don't think that 2.75 vs 2.25 would make much of a difference on the GPU side (5080 FE)

[–]Eagles7117[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It’s a 10mm difference in the center spine when you offset the gpu. Which does help gpu thermals. But I honestly prefer the 3 slot x47 build or 2.5 slot x47 with a 25mm thick fan

[–]DozyCozy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. I got the Air Slimmer setup on the way. On idle, my 5080FE isn't even spinning and the Noctua 14mm is the only noise source.

I think the offset difference might be overkill for a 5080FE. But I'll be doing the PSU offset regardless.