ok whew finally done it took me awhile because i needed a few parts to hook the CPU fan up top for exhaust that do not come with the noctua cooler.... keep that in mind you will need 4 screws and nuts thank God i had some laying around Haha. i used the screws that originally attached the CPU fan to the stock cooler as reference for length and it worked out well. And no need to cut any zip ties etc i put the CPU cooler fan right above where it was So after i got that hooked up and plugged in and removed the cooler and cleaned the old paste of with noctua wipes i bought along with the cooler they worked awesome i recommend them...then 2nd mistake i didn't read the owner's manual and originally used the black bushing spacers when i was supposed to be using the blue ones Haha so after i swapped them out and reattached the base plates and got them lined up in the middle number 2 spot that was fun also Geesh i decided to add the paste and for that i read the owner's manual and did it like they showed and said then i attached the cooler that was easy just make sure you have the longer tab on the bottom to the right then carefully screw it in until they don't move then i attached the fans and that was kind of tricky because there was and is not a lot of room on either side but after a while i got them both but it was a mother <bleep> to say the least Haha lol so then i originally used the splitter on the rear fan and upper case fan and plugged the 2 noctua fans into the dual slot 3 it worked but in predator sense the CPU read 0 lol....so i went hmmm shut it down and used the splitter for the noctua fans and plugged that into the same number 4 spot the stock cooler was in then put the rear back into its spot and plugged the upper case fan into slot 3 on the right and then predator sense showed the speed at 2050 the original fan read 2250. so, all in all it wasn't bad, but it took me a few hours maybe like 3 or so i didn't time myself. but use this as a reference so you have everything you need ahead of time and be careful mounting the fan on the top i almost over tightened the first screw and when i looked i had the corner slightly bent so i backed it off, they are not that strong, and u can easily break them. re plugging the fans back in was fun i had to use long nose pliers carefully so i didn't break anything lol. now until i got this installed myself i found it hard to believe how much the temps would fall but they are all right Days Gone was 57-61 before 40-44 after RDR2 was 63 before 40-44 after Terminator Resistance was 53-57 before 38 after and Tomb Raider was 61 before 40-44 after played Poppy Playtime chapter 1 it was like 53 before and 40 after so yeah it's been a few hours and it's still running awesome if i can think of anything else to add i shall and i did take before and after pics i will upload soon but they look like the others here and idle speed is about the same at 28. now i noticed on all my games my GPU temp is always at 50 or below now I'm not sure if that's good or bad for my NVidia 3070 and all game setting are set to optimal using the game settings inside of the GeForce Experience app but it is odd to see the GPU temps higher than the CPU now lol. anyways tc all and be safe.
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