https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 15 May 2026 22:48:58 +0000 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:56:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1162 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1162&PID=5309&title=asrock-c70m1-motherboard#5309 Author: Ian-D
Subject: 1162
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 12:56am

I am about to put a small PC together based on this board.

Does anyone have any experience of the temperatures / cooling and noise for this board?

I am going to put 2 DDR3 sticks in, and probably a passive NVidia card.

My main concern is the 40mm CPU fan - how quiet and effective is this?
I am toying with replacing it with a 120mm fan, and will have to play with the positioning to ensure I do not reduce the cooling to the CPU.

The Tech Support guys at ASRock tell me - The maximum allowed load on that fan header is 1A. That should be more than enough for any standard fan.

The case will be a - CoolerMasterElite 130 Mini ITX Case
I plan on a front 120mm slow/quiet fan to give possitive air pressure inside.

The PSU will extract some air, and is a Be Quiet Pure Power 300W

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