Improve Gaming Performance By Adjusting Case Fans

Your components need air to stay cool. But too often gamers misconfigure their case fans resulting in worse performance. In this video I tackle 4 case fan myths and judge the results using Cinebench R20 Multicore scores. The results might surprise you and hopefully inform you of how to improve your gaming performance simply with your case fans.

Featured Products in this video: 1: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL 2: Asus Crosshair Hero VIII 3: Lian Li Unifan 4: Be Quite Dark Rock Pro 4 5: MSI Afterburner 6: Lian Li L-Connect 7: Asus AI Suite 3

Topics: 00:00 Intro 00:42 Fan Placement 02:09 Case Pressure 03:30 Default Fan Curves 04:00 Run at Max

** I should I highlighted this, i did minimum tuning for these Cinebench scores. I did enable Precision Boost Overdrive and ensure those settings were correct. Asus's Auto Voltage is also enabled. I did not make changes between runs to keep things consistent. Additionally, I cured the thermal paste before taking the benchmarks by running the PC under heavy load, fully cooling, etc over the course of the prior day. **

Sources Cited: https://www.ctemag.com/news/articles/understanding-relationship-between-air-pressure-and-flow https://linustechtips.com/topic/33193-positive-pressure-in-corsair-350d/ http://www.engineering.com/calculators/airflow.htm ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOQaIu0RsSI