I have a dual socket Supermicro system, its been going fine for a few years, but I just recently added 12 drives to the front which were empty before, and increased the load a little bit (TrueNAS VM)
I have (Had) the fans set to 25% and CPU1 was fine the entire time, only once getting even slightly close to the limit. However, CPU2 multiple times hit 100 and throttled and complained unless I turn the fans up. The rest of the system was fine. Turning the fan speed up would immediately solve the problem, I have a feeling the pressure all the way back there by CPU2 just isn't enough to properly make it through the heatsink
Right now I'm at around 35% fan speed which is a little too loud for my liking
Has anyone tried attaching a 60mm Noctua fan to the passive 2011 heatsinks with any good results?
Fan on the rear or the front of the heatsink for best results? I was thinking the rear so that the air from the fan still hits it dead on
I have (Had) the fans set to 25% and CPU1 was fine the entire time, only once getting even slightly close to the limit. However, CPU2 multiple times hit 100 and throttled and complained unless I turn the fans up. The rest of the system was fine. Turning the fan speed up would immediately solve the problem, I have a feeling the pressure all the way back there by CPU2 just isn't enough to properly make it through the heatsink
Right now I'm at around 35% fan speed which is a little too loud for my liking
Has anyone tried attaching a 60mm Noctua fan to the passive 2011 heatsinks with any good results?
Fan on the rear or the front of the heatsink for best results? I was thinking the rear so that the air from the fan still hits it dead on
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