I have to say that these mods were totally worth it! I finally got the last two fans for the front and just that 80mm at the bottom makes a huge difference in my GPU temps. Overall between GPU and CPU, I am getting about 35-40 degrees on idle and on full gaming, I haven't seen temps go higher than 70 degrees. Thanks for these awesome tips!
@@jrcp87 I got the bracket 3D printed. In my opinion, the printed bracket is way more efficient and square than trying to mess with getting a couple screws to mount right onto the case
Thanks for the video. I managed to cram my old exhaust fan next to my 3.5" HD by removing the clips by using 2 rubber connectors and 2 zip ties. Very important to connect the 4 pin connector to the old exhaust fan to avoid the BIOS error. I ran it initially w/o the old exhaust fan, but added only to correct the BIOS error. So far so good.
Thanks a bunch for the video and advice! I held off on buying the noctua cpu cooler as I have the tower cooler from Dell. Decided to buy two 92mm noctuas (one for the back and one for lower front as I have the XPS instead of the G5) managed to attach the 92mm lower front fan with some thin steel wire, it's a little hacky but is works great! Temps in the case dropped significantly for GPU, CPU and M.2. Your video really helped in deciding what to do :)
Hey man your videos are a lifesaver! I have a xps 8940 with the 3060ti and used your vids as a guide. Noctua cooler and 92mm exhaust brought the temp of the cpu to 60 or under full load. Using the old exhaust as the intake is very loud and cooled off the cpu even more but but only 2 degrees of difference to the GPU. I assume a noctua intake would be far quieter however I'm not sure if it's totally worth it.
This is an amazing video! Except being the worrywart I am, I would be concerned about the warranty on my machine. I'll probably just purchase a 92mm fan for the back. Thanks though!
I keep hearing you don't void your warranty if you replace components but then again, a lot of those comments came from elitist troll arshholes from reddit.
I bought this computer back in march of 2021, I know very little about them but this one made me want to learn. I got it more ram as my first upgrade as it seemed the easiest. I knew since I had the cheaper model with the pancake fan cooling was an issue. Your giving me the confidence to start learning more & upgrading my computer! Going to change out my little case fan first as it seems less daunting then changing out the main cooler, but thank you for helping me get started!
Just wanted to say great video, I did the fan and cooler swap before. Using a dell k series cooler on the non-K CPU and repurposing the 80 mm fan to the front using an 80mm 3d printed bracket you can install sidewise into the case and it will work fine using standard fan screws. Also did a 120 mm fan on top of that one using the 3D-printed bracket. What were your temps under load max and mins and averages? I can get anywhere from 88-93 highs on the CPU still it doesn't thermal throttle just power throttles after about 230 seconds. GPU is about 73c under load. I know the 3060 TI and 3070s vent hot air into the case. Also, note I used the Scythe Flex 2 PWM high STatic pressure 93mm / CFM as a rear exhaust and 120 mm scythe flex II high cfm static pressure front intake, they do not cause post errors as well. Sadly unlike the G5 8940 you cannot adjust the fan curves as the Alienware fan software doesn't read the 8940 fans. You can use Speedfan which kinda works, however, the fans will never reach full speed as it seems that DELL locked the there fan curves to about 1500-1600 on the sys and 2850 on CPU.
I am a noob. I can’t figure out what you did with the mechanic disk hard drive after removing it for the 120mm fan. I can’t seem to put the enclosure back in place now. It looks like you didn’t put it back in? Please let me know what I’m missing here
Thank you for this video! Bought a G5 to hold me over until prices get better to build again. i5-10400f rx 580 8gb . Originally it was running 72 degrees on the cpu and 72 on the gpu while playing pubg - added the 92mm Noctua fan as the exhaust fan and I am using the original fan as in intake ( removed the HDD tray) Temps were between 56-60 on the cpu and around 62-63 on the gpu. $20 for 1 fan was to do this was well worth it. I might upgrade the cpu cooler eventually but I am rather pleased that this computer can be solid for just a bit more $ into it. Dell should really spend this extra amount to make it useable in the first place.
I have a Dell G5 too, and I plan on upgrading the GPU to a RTX 2060, do you think buying this fan will improve its overall performance? If so Is the fan on Amazon because that's the only one I can find - thanks
One way to test whether it works better is doing a long time benchmark that loads up all CPU cores (and maybe GPU at the same time) heavily, and check if you get higher scores with improved cooling.
solid video. a quick tech question if someone is passing by : is there a very limited choice of case fan I can use to upgrade to avoid boot problems, or can I use any if all the required technical aspects are there and what are they? 92mm, 12 volt, 4 pin, and I'm good? thx for any answer.
Hello... thanks for the great video... I recently purchased a used Dell G5 5000 desktop (i7-10700F, rtx 3060, 16gb ddr, 500w psu) for occasional gaming in the living room. I am thinking to add the "Arctic p12 PM PST - 120mm" on the front along with that 3d printed bracket and "ARCTIC F9 PWM PST - 92 mm" on the back to replace the OEM 80mm stock fan. I am planning to leave the CPU cooler as is.... You think those fans will work on this pc? and also will that add any improvement in cooling? On the specs of both P12 and F9, it says that it has cable splitter.... do I still need y-splitter?
@@Schmoogisfor retaining it in the case I reuse the case screw, which is probably an M3? Honestly you probably don’t need it since the side panel will hold it in anyway. For holding the fan to the bracket I use the sharp thread ‘plastic cutting’ type flat head screws to hold the fan to the bracket.
I got a Dell G5 with intel core i5 1040, 6GB VRAM, 8GB RAM, 256 SSD. I'm upgrading the RAM to 32GB and adding a 1TB SSD as upgrades. This already beats my MacBook Pro 2014 intel Quad core i7 16GB which I mostly use for photo editing and some video clipping. This PC seems much better so far for $780. 27" 2560x1440 res for $195 USD. It's a decent set up for light gaming and light editing.
My only problem with this is needing a 3d printed part to install the fan mount, I can't "just go to someone in my community" because no on does it, not commercially at least. Edit: managed to find a workaround, got all the fans connected thanks to you, great video all in all, for the completely inept (like myself) it'd be convenient for you to show the direction each fan will be facing
I have 2 Noctua A9's on the CPU cooler and another at the exhaust. I used the low noise adapters on the 4500 rpm pancake coolers and I have 2 80mm at the front constantly running at their "lower" speed of 2400 RPM.
Thanks for the info! You're a real Saint. If I can ask a question, you can use one of them 5 way splitter hubs for all the fans right? Instead of just using y splitters? Also when doing the whole exhausting of air for one fan and fresh air intake for other two, that's up to the direction the fan is spinning? Which I assume can be set in fan control? Sorry I'm pretty new at this.
Should’ve listened to your advice. I got all fans setup however I found the front fan 120mm isn’t produce much difference and that’s about $22 wasted. I say the cpu fan, the rear 92mm and front 80mm could be sufficiently get to 29-30 on my 8940
@Mike Bakers --- I purchased and 8940. The NF-A9 and NF-A8 is definitely a good combination. I use an Alseye DR90 cpu cooler (PC store installed it). I then purchase a NF-A9 to replace the Dell stock 80 mm exhaust fan. I then was able to wedge the NF-A8 in the front under the HDD drive and wire bundle. It snuggly fit between the two in the front of the case to bring in more front air flow. Went from in the 90 - 80F range down to the 60 - 70 F range. GPU (PNY Nvidia GT 1030 installed) also went down from 5 F from 95 to 90F.
great video. side note, i can't get the LED light on the G5 to change color. Alienware Command Center doesn't do it for me. Any help would be appreciated.
This was great to improve the cooling on my pc! The only problem I have is that I have no access to 3D printing services, so I can’t get the 120mm mount printed. Is there any alternative?
I just bought this im doing the same upgrades. The back fan goes into the 4 pin at the back (next to vram heat sink) The cpu fan goes into the cpu pin Where do i plug in the front 2 fans ? Even if i use the extension and spliter on the very back 4 pin connector next to vram heat sink that only allows for 3 fans. Im drying hook up 4 I think im missing the location for the 3rd 4 pin connector onto motherboard where is it?
Great video! I was wodnering if i can replace the Noctua NF-A9 92 mm fan with the Artic F9 92mm fan (the fan speed is 150 - 1800 rpm). I don't know if using the artic f9 fan will cause the same errors you mentioned in 1:31. Thank you
Tried using Noctua’s 80mm fan on the stock pancake cooler, and got a processor fan failed to respond correctly BIOS error. Any ideas? Thanks for the work, and great tutorial!
This was really useful and I ordered the fan off the back of it. i do unfortunately get the BIOS error on startup with the XPS 8950. However, I live with it because the silent fan payoff is worth it! These Noctua fans are awesome.
@advenchura Do your fans properly work? I installed the noctua u9s with a push/pull config to the 4pin connectors at the bottom of the 8950 motherboard, and my bios gives the error but the fans sound like they're spinning loud enough to sound like 80% at all times. Did you ever do anything to fix the bios issue?
@@JimboJack3 Hi unfortunately there is no fix for the BIOS issue, but since then I have rebuilt my own PC, I wish I did that in the first place. One thing you could try is a splitter to run multiple fans off one of the heads that doesn't give the BIOS error. But its trial and error, or buy a separate fan controller. Good luck!
Big question is, how in the world do you control the fan speeds? I am almost to the point of just using a sata power to fan to control the front case fans. They don't seem to be brining in much for air.
I just recently got the XPS 8940, and started looking into fan upgrades, love the 3d printed bracket for the fan, very cool. Not sure what can and can't be done to maintain the DELL warranty. But the case fan upgrade should be ok for sure.
@@Buckeyebob You need to have it 3D printed by someone with a printer. there are sometimes printers even at Library that you an use to print. Do a google search.
Your analysis of the 80 mm Dell versus Arctic fans is incorrect. The Dell fan is designed for airflow because it is intended for installation in the back of the case. Front case fans on the other hand are designed for high static pressure as they push air into the case.
Hey j, solid video and thanks for this. I had a question as I'm contemplating doing something similar. With the better cooling arrangement, do you run into any issues with the Dell mobo limiting you cpu with the better cpu cooler? I guess what I'm asking is what the clock speed of the cpu running st when your are doing extended gaming period
@@JSyntax Thanks man! Yeah I live in calgary and found someone selling it for $350 (without the GPU). Planning to buy that. Upgrade the CPU cooler like you did. then just put my old 2070 in. Is the front intake fan necessary?
@@JSyntax Also I forgot to ask. Did you notice a considerable difference for the front intake for the GPU? or just leave it as is and only upgrade the CPU Cooler. I got the Vetroo V5
on the front panel fan install i was able to use rubber pull screws (like the rear fan uses) and they fit snug and perfectly. only cost 6.99 for 36 rubber screws.
FYI - the AWCC will still use the exhaust fan as if its still the original. The orig exhaust fan could run at 4200rpm and the A9 can only do 2000rpm. So if your thermal profile is set to Performance; that fan setting assumes the orig fan is in place. The tables it uses for the preset thermal profiles will all assume the orig is there, even if it isn't. The workaround, I think, is to create a custom thermal profile and set some offsets. do NOT create a thermal profile and set it to automanage. why? because AWCC can't automanage the A9 fan. If you do this, the fan will just stop but AWCC will say its running at 100% when its not running at all. I'm surprised no one's noticed this
I bypassed AWCC by connecting the fan directly to the PSU with a fan to SATA adapter cable. AWCC says fan is running at 0% but it is running. You can’t control the speed though, it’s a constant 100%
So I ordered a G5 before seeing any of your videos and made some mistakes. I have an i7 but not K series. This will likely need the Noctua fan upgrade right? Also, I got 1x16 GB of RAM, not knowing the difference between that and 2x8. I emailed them asking to change my order and they said they could not, but they applied a 90$ credit. I plan to use that towards another stick of RAM. Do you have any suggestions for that second stick? I am a total computer newbie. I got the 3.5" drive, but that doesn't matter if I don't plan to change the other fans right? Lastly, the order details say it's a 500W chassis. Do you think that is enough power with a 2060 graphics card? In Canada btw. Thanks for any and all help, I really appreciate your videos!
Hey, congrats on the purchase! Yes, I'd highly recommend upgrading the Noctua fan to prevent high noise and performance throttling. I'm selling my ram if you are interested on kijiji toronto, I have 4x8gb 2666mhz. But yes, I'd get another 16gb ram stick. 500w is plenty to support even up to 3070! 3.5 hdd bay is not ideal for me, id rather put the 120mm fan. I have an extra 3d printed part for sale too !
Is there an alternative to using the artic fan? As I'd like to know if there is a secure way you can still have the gpu bracket. Would installing the dell fan or a Noctua fan work there securely? PS I know you said the artic would work if you used one screw but I'm not sure how secure that fan would be...
I did this install recently along with the cpu cooler and for whatever reason if I don't have the original dell fan that I put at the front of the tower lower side like you did my power unit and computer go bonkers . I have to use the 3 pin off the sys fan splitter for the rear 92 exhaust fan . I also use the 3 pin off the cpu splitter for the 120. Did you have this happen to you as well where your computer just went bonkers with certain cable setups ? Let me know . I also noticed that my rear fan doesn't spin as quick as it did before but this is probably having to do with the fact I'm on a 3 pin but if I change it to the 4 from the splitter and run the 3 to the dell .. like i said up there ,^ the computer doesn't like it
Hey, would you mind letting me know what screws you used to attach the 120 mm to the 3d printed bracket? They looked like euro screws, but im not sure of that or size.
I just ordered the Dell XPS 8950 pretty much maxed out on all components. How difficult would it be to just take the expensive components from it (cpu, gpu, ram, ssd) and just throw it onto a new motherboard and put it in a new case with a 360 mm AIO? I am really worried the bad cooling is going to affect the performance since I have a 3080 and a i9 in it.
Great video, but I have one question. If I were only to replace my rear exhaust fan, would that be adequate cooling? Also, I noticed that your front bezel is a different color. I tried looking around the DELL community pages and couldn't find any solutions to changing the LED color. I was only pointed to the Alienware Control Center, which should have an FX tab. However, mine is greyed out. Is it possible to change the color from the bios or something?
so, sorry if this is redundant but, i can get a 4 pin y splitter and plug that into the cpu fan plug then power the cpu cooler and the front panel fan? i plan on using some old leftover coolermaster .60A fans... they are 80mm i swapped the rear fan with one of these coolermaster fans as i was under the impression that the bigger amp meant stronger fan?
i was just wondering if u ever did a video on dual fans on the cpu cooler video i am just waiting on a the heatsink and fan but if running doudle fans is better ill order that before i do my install thanks
Great video, I hope I have found this earlier. I have a 8940 with the pancake fun, I exchanged the cpu fan to the K version tower, added VRM heat sink. I probably should have stopped there. But under load my 3060 ti temp hovers around 67-75C, and cpu in the 72-78C range occasionally into 80s. So I replaced the 80mm rear fan to a noctua A9, plugged into sys_fan connector, without adjusting fan curve (I don’t know how, and I thought pwm will optimize the performance and noise level). And the only difference I can tell is lowered noise, no change to temperature at all. Now I’m not sure if I should go further and add a 120mm intake. But you mentioned that it is not worth it… another thing, 8940 front panel does not have perforated vents in the upper part, will that 120mm even work as expected if it is installed in the HDD bracket location? Thank you for the nice video and apologize for my English.
@@JSyntax I went ahead and added the 120mm intake, it only cost me about 8 USD to print 2 copy of that frame. But I end up removing that 120mm intake because it made the cooling worse. My guess is that because the front cover of 8940 is only perforated in the lower half, the 120mm intake didn't actually bring enough fresh cool air in, instead it created a wall and trapped some hot air from reaching the exhaust efficiently. The lower part of side cover got quite a bit hotter than without the 120mm, seems the hot air produced by the GPU was trapped and couldn't move up as much as with just the 90mm exhaust.
i dont know where u live in canada but acklands grainger can get the grub screws for doing the noctua cooler but its a 100 pack for about 15$ but for like 3$ u can get the m3 screws i am working on doing some of these upgrades now as i only have the pancake cooler in mine and it hits temps of 90c thanks for the great videos i look forward to watching them again as the parts come in
@@JSyntax they just said it would take about 2 weeks to get in but i ordered the fans and black chrome noctula cooler and just some m3 screws so i dont have a bunch of grubs i may never use again
Hi I upgraded one of the rear case fans from 80mm to 92mm but I am getting a BIOS error everytime I turn my pc on. It tests the Fans and then it says I must contact Dell support then I press OK and it load up OK. Diod you also have this problem and if so how did you resolve it?
Thank you for your series on all these Dell G5 cooler upgrades! I'm still waiting on my G5 to ship. It has an i9 CPU in it. So I'm not sure what CPU cooler it'll have when it eventually arrives. But if it doesn't have the deluxe one, I will probably try to get a Noctua cooler and just do that upgrade. If adding the front fans are more trouble than they're worth, I might not attempt that as I'm not very experienced with installing computer hardware. Again, thank you very much! Your videos have been very helpful!
@@JSyntax Yeah, I imagine they would have to put the deluxe cooler on an i9. More cores means more heat, right? If it doesn't, I'll definitely have to do that Noctua cooler upgrade right away.
Hey hopefully you can answer my question. Could you explain where to connect the front 2 fans . I’m kinda confused on where they would go. Especially the bottom 80mm
@@JSyntax I've seen people do it in an OptiPlex, but I was just wondering. I did consider putting in a Noctua U9S in there, but I'm just making double sure that water-cooling can be done in a G5 5000.
I have the same PC, I see that the daughter board that controls the RGB has an empty 3 pin slot, I've seen people connet a 4 pin fan into a 3 pin slot before, I have both a 4 and 3 pin fan so I an wondering If I can take advantage of this slot on the daughter board to plug in (perferably the 4 pin fan) to create an intake as I do not have a pwm splitter.
I'm about to add the 120mm noctua (intake) I was able to get the 3D model bracket. I already did the NF-A9 and cpu cooler swap. I'll bring the original Dell OEM at the GPU level and add the 120mm at the top as intake. With now 4 fans including the cpu cooler. Which one should be together with Y splitter? Intake together and cpu/radiator together? Which one should be on the 3 pin vs 4 pin on the splitter? Knowing that I now have 3 noctua and 1 Dell OEM? Finally ;) how to properly maximize their potential through AWCC? Thanks for your help and time!!!
Hey, could you tell me how much help the NF-A9 rear exhaust fan is at reducing temps, and how it affects noise after already doing a cpu cooler swap? I'm trying to get a good estimate because I switched the crappy pancake cpu cooler for the Vetroo V5, which has done wonders for temps, but "it" (I don't know which fan, could be the 80mm rear fan) gets way too loud while gaming. In exchange for any help you give me, I'd like to let you know that you can run some commands in the powershell that enable you to go into power options and set a limit on maximum processor frequency, to help reduce temperature or noise if need be www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_add_or_remove_maximum_processor_frequency.html#:~:text=Maximum%20processor%20frequency%20specifies%20the,or%20consuming%20too%20much%20power.
@@radnedge1983 I did the swap of the cpu and exhaust at the same time. I moved the old Dell OEM fan as an intake. In terms for temp I have max 80 on cpu and GPU when I play games... My next move is to add a bigger intake and move a small fan at the bottom of the intake near the GPU and all of them being noctua to reduce the noise
I have 10700 and 3060ti. When playing flight simulator the cpu does immediately throttle. I added the noctua cpu cooler and the case gets warm but not too bad. Most of the time when I'm working i don't want a million fans going.
WILL I Upgraded my own G5 and it sucks the fans work and the device heats less but on bloody start up I keep getting a boot up error for the fans and it is so annoying I don't know how to get rid of it.
Hey I have a question. Do you have any advice about setting fan curves on ACC? I mounted the 92mm noctua on the back and the stock fan on the front but since then I havent been able to make the function properly. I draw the curves but it looks like they only work on two levels: either they both run slow or they both run to the higher RPM. It seems like they dont really follow the curves.
Could you make a video about case swapping the dell g5? I want this pc because its good but Im not the biggest fan of the case. I was thinking of changing it to the white NZXT case.
I am tempted to but I think that would be an expensive upgrade because I'll want to update the psu and mobo. I like the Dell small form factor case! It's growing on me :)
My exhaust fan is plugs into a fan sys port. I am only adding the too front intake fan. Is it ok to plug the splitter into the fan sys port and have my exhaust and intake run off the fan sys port? Sorry couldn’t really tell where you plugged yours into
also: if you upgrade fans; you must use advanced settings (offsets or smooth line); the reason is that if you choose one of the stock (performance, quiet, etc) settings, Ive observed that the system can't manage the fan speed at times and the fans stop and start, its very odd. use custom profile in AWCC
Hi, I just want to upgrade one fan. Can I just remove the Dell's oem fan and replace it with Noctua A12 fan? Can I just plug the Noctua A12 directly to the mainboard without the Y splitter? or the fan I need to use has to be a 80mm fan? Thanks!
@@JSyntax Thanks. I have just ordered a noctua 80mm fan. However, the thing is some people have the bios issue when they replace the oem dell fan with the noctua fan. That’s why they have to keep both the oem and noctua fan, and connect them by the Y splitter like the way you did. I wonder if the noctua fan could work alone by itself.
I also have a G5 and replaced my exhaust fan with noctua chromax 92mm and added Corsair 120 mm blue led fan as intake and repurposed Dell 80mm fan also as intake but haven’t replaced cpu fan because with all these fans my G5 stays at 36 degrees Celsius and only reaches a high 80 degrees Celsius when at maximum performance
Great quality tutorial. Saved me 15degrees steadily on my cpu regardless of what I run. Thanks a ton.
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Another great video! I especially like the "was it worth it" section. Please keep the XPS content coming!
Thanks! Will do!
I have to say that these mods were totally worth it! I finally got the last two fans for the front and just that 80mm at the bottom makes a huge difference in my GPU temps. Overall between GPU and CPU, I am getting about 35-40 degrees on idle and on full gaming, I haven't seen temps go higher than 70 degrees. Thanks for these awesome tips!
Right on!
Did you 3d print that plastic part to hold the fan or did you installed them differently?
@@jrcp87 I got the bracket 3D printed. In my opinion, the printed bracket is way more efficient and square than trying to mess with getting a couple screws to mount right onto the case
Did you already have the K-series CPU cooler or just the tiny pancake one?
How did you fit the one at the bottom and do you think using the Dell OEM (radiator) for the bottom is good enough?!
Thanks for the video. I managed to cram my old exhaust fan next to my 3.5" HD by removing the clips by using 2 rubber connectors and 2 zip ties. Very important to connect the 4 pin connector to the old exhaust fan to avoid the BIOS error. I ran it initially w/o the old exhaust fan, but added only to correct the BIOS error. So far so good.
Thanks a bunch for the video and advice! I held off on buying the noctua cpu cooler as I have the tower cooler from Dell. Decided to buy two 92mm noctuas (one for the back and one for lower front as I have the XPS instead of the G5) managed to attach the 92mm lower front fan with some thin steel wire, it's a little hacky but is works great! Temps in the case dropped significantly for GPU, CPU and M.2. Your video really helped in deciding what to do :)
So glad to hear!
Hey man your videos are a lifesaver! I have a xps 8940 with the 3060ti and used your vids as a guide. Noctua cooler and 92mm exhaust brought the temp of the cpu to 60 or under full load. Using the old exhaust as the intake is very loud and cooled off the cpu even more but but only 2 degrees of difference to the GPU. I assume a noctua intake would be far quieter however I'm not sure if it's totally worth it.
This is an amazing video! Except being the worrywart I am, I would be concerned about the warranty on my machine. I'll probably just purchase a 92mm fan for the back. Thanks though!
I keep hearing you don't void your warranty if you replace components but then again, a lot of those comments came from elitist troll arshholes from reddit.
I also wonder if I could get by with sticking fans on the back and front. Does it cool it better than the stock fans ?
I bought this computer back in march of 2021, I know very little about them but this one made me want to learn. I got it more ram as my first upgrade as it seemed the easiest. I knew since I had the cheaper model with the pancake fan cooling was an issue. Your giving me the confidence to start learning more & upgrading my computer! Going to change out my little case fan first as it seems less daunting then changing out the main cooler, but thank you for helping me get started!
Let me know how it goes for you cpu cooler upgrade
Just wanted to say great video, I did the fan and cooler swap before. Using a dell k series cooler on the non-K CPU and repurposing the 80 mm fan to the front using an 80mm 3d printed bracket you can install sidewise into the case and it will work fine using standard fan screws. Also did a 120 mm fan on top of that one using the 3D-printed bracket. What were your temps under load max and mins and averages? I can get anywhere from 88-93 highs on the CPU still it doesn't thermal throttle just power throttles after about 230 seconds. GPU is about 73c under load. I know the 3060 TI and 3070s vent hot air into the case.
Also, note I used the Scythe Flex 2 PWM high STatic pressure 93mm / CFM as a rear exhaust and 120 mm scythe flex II high cfm static pressure front intake, they do not cause post errors as well. Sadly unlike the G5 8940 you cannot adjust the fan curves as the Alienware fan software doesn't read the 8940 fans. You can use Speedfan which kinda works, however, the fans will never reach full speed as it seems that DELL locked the there fan curves to about 1500-1600 on the sys and 2850 on CPU.
Great video. As a fellow Canadian I feel your pain on parts availability.
I am a noob. I can’t figure out what you did with the mechanic disk hard drive after removing it for the 120mm fan. I can’t seem to put the enclosure back in place now. It looks like you didn’t put it back in? Please let me know what I’m missing here
Another good option for the 120mm and 92mm fans are is the arctic p12 as they are alot cheaper than the noctua and are just as quiet
one of my gripes is that even if you do install a 120mm fan as an intake, almost 30% is blocked by the lack of venting on the front of the case.
That's true! But it's still better than nothing!
good series of videos dude. Especially the was it worth in conclusion
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Thank you for this video! Bought a G5 to hold me over until prices get better to build again. i5-10400f rx 580 8gb . Originally it was running 72 degrees on the cpu and 72 on the gpu while playing pubg - added the 92mm Noctua fan as the exhaust fan and I am using the original fan as in intake ( removed the HDD tray) Temps were between 56-60 on the cpu and around 62-63 on the gpu. $20 for 1 fan was to do this was well worth it. I might upgrade the cpu cooler eventually but I am rather pleased that this computer can be solid for just a bit more $ into it. Dell should really spend this extra amount to make it useable in the first place.
I have a Dell G5 too, and I plan on upgrading the GPU to a RTX 2060, do you think buying this fan will improve its overall performance? If so Is the fan on Amazon because that's the only one I can find - thanks
One way to test whether it works better is doing a long time benchmark that loads up all CPU cores (and maybe GPU at the same time) heavily, and check if you get higher scores with improved cooling.
solid video. a quick tech question if someone is passing by : is there a very limited choice of case fan I can use to upgrade to avoid boot problems, or can I use any if all the required technical aspects are there and what are they? 92mm, 12 volt, 4 pin, and I'm good? thx for any answer.
Very useful steps. I managed to install the 120mm intake fan without the 3D printed part. My cpu temp improved by 20%. Yet to install Noctua cpu fan.
Hi! If u don’t mind, I wnna upgrade mine aswell and I don’t wnna buy the 3d printed part so can u tell me how u connected it?
Hello... thanks for the great video... I recently purchased a used Dell G5 5000 desktop (i7-10700F, rtx 3060, 16gb ddr, 500w psu) for occasional gaming in the living room. I am thinking to add the "Arctic p12 PM PST - 120mm" on the front along with that 3d printed bracket and "ARCTIC F9 PWM PST - 92 mm" on the back to replace the OEM 80mm stock fan. I am planning to leave the CPU cooler as is.... You think those fans will work on this pc? and also will that add any improvement in cooling? On the specs of both P12 and F9, it says that it has cable splitter.... do I still need y-splitter?
Thanks! I'll do this in 2 years when the warranty is finished!
Do it now! It won't affect your warranty I believe
Great video! Happy to see someone getting use out of the fan bracket!
You made it?!
@@JSyntax I did indeed!
Sorry to hassle ya, but would you have a screw recommendation for the 3d printed bracket?
@@Schmoogisfor retaining it in the case I reuse the case screw, which is probably an M3? Honestly you probably don’t need it since the side panel will hold it in anyway.
For holding the fan to the bracket I use the sharp thread ‘plastic cutting’ type flat head screws to hold the fan to the bracket.
@@purpledrillmonkey thank you for the reply, i appreciate you so much lol.
do you think its worthwhile to put heat spreaders onto those ram sticks?
I got a Dell G5 with intel core i5 1040, 6GB VRAM, 8GB RAM, 256 SSD. I'm upgrading the RAM to 32GB and adding a 1TB SSD as upgrades.
This already beats my MacBook Pro 2014 intel Quad core i7 16GB which I mostly use for photo editing and some video clipping.
This PC seems much better so far for $780. 27" 2560x1440 res for $195 USD.
It's a decent set up for light gaming and light editing.
Agreed.
Thanks for these thorough videos! Much appreciated!
@2:23 -- You should have waited for the Noctua fans.
Awesome vid! Also what graphics card do you have? Looking to upgrade mine
its the 3060 ti non-LHR. TY for asking! :)
i bought this pc when i didnt know anything and built another i want to take it out and mod it up now based on this
Yo, same. Would you have any advice for yourself 2 years ago?
Are the fan splitters included in the noctua fan kits? I tried re-watching the video to see if this was explained. Are you able to link the splitter?
My only problem with this is needing a 3d printed part to install the fan mount, I can't "just go to someone in my community" because no on does it, not commercially at least.
Edit: managed to find a workaround, got all the fans connected thanks to you, great video all in all, for the completely inept (like myself) it'd be convenient for you to show the direction each fan will be facing
Where do you live? Lots of hobbyists jn the city!
@@JSyntax out in the sticks, closest city is quite a journey
I have 2 Noctua A9's on the CPU cooler and another at the exhaust. I used the low noise adapters on the 4500 rpm pancake coolers and I have 2 80mm at the front constantly running at their "lower" speed of 2400 RPM.
Nice! It's gonna stay cool
How did you change the fan speed for the 120mm so it could supply enough air and what fan curves worked best for you? Thanks.
You'll need to tweak on Dell alienware command center
Very good explanation, short and effective :) Thanks!
Just got an XPS 8960 and stock fans are 120mm with ~125 cfm intake and outtake
Thanks for the info! You're a real Saint. If I can ask a question, you can use one of them 5 way splitter hubs for all the fans right? Instead of just using y splitters? Also when doing the whole exhausting of air for one fan and fresh air intake for other two, that's up to the direction the fan is spinning? Which I assume can be set in fan control? Sorry I'm pretty new at this.
U can but splitters are easier!
Should’ve listened to your advice. I got all fans setup however I found the front fan 120mm isn’t produce much difference and that’s about $22 wasted. I say the cpu fan, the rear 92mm and front 80mm could be sufficiently get to 29-30 on my 8940
Thanks I don’t think I’ll get into all the other fan replacements but the back one is a definite -just ordered it now- thanks for the tips👍
@Mike Bakers --- I purchased and 8940. The NF-A9 and NF-A8 is definitely a good combination. I use an Alseye DR90 cpu cooler (PC store installed it). I then purchase a NF-A9 to replace the Dell stock 80 mm exhaust fan. I then was able to wedge the NF-A8 in the front under the HDD drive and wire bundle. It snuggly fit between the two in the front of the case to bring in more front air flow. Went from in the 90 - 80F range down to the 60 - 70 F range. GPU (PNY Nvidia GT 1030 installed) also went down from 5 F from 95 to 90F.
great video. side note, i can't get the LED light on the G5 to change color. Alienware Command Center doesn't do it for me. Any help would be appreciated.
me too - my G5 5090 (late 2019 build) seems to only have blue. How do you change the colors?
This was great to improve the cooling on my pc! The only problem I have is that I have no access to 3D printing services, so I can’t get the 120mm mount printed. Is there any alternative?
I just bought this im doing the same upgrades.
The back fan goes into the 4 pin at the back (next to vram heat sink)
The cpu fan goes into the cpu pin
Where do i plug in the front 2 fans ?
Even if i use the extension and spliter on the very back 4 pin connector next to vram heat sink that only allows for 3 fans.
Im drying hook up 4
I think im missing the location for the 3rd 4 pin connector onto motherboard where is it?
I have an XPS Dell 8940 - I don't play games - I just run it for a DAW - Muscial Production..Can I live the 80mm originals or change the easiest one?
Great video! I was wodnering if i can replace the Noctua NF-A9 92 mm fan with the Artic F9 92mm fan (the fan speed is 150 - 1800 rpm). I don't know if using the artic f9 fan will cause the same errors you mentioned in 1:31. Thank you
Should be ok! Worst case scenario, exchange for noctua!
Make more videos like these it really helps much love from Pakistan
Tried using Noctua’s 80mm fan on the stock pancake cooler, and got a processor fan failed to respond correctly BIOS error. Any ideas? Thanks for the work, and great tutorial!
This was really useful and I ordered the fan off the back of it. i do unfortunately get the BIOS error on startup with the XPS 8950. However, I live with it because the silent fan payoff is worth it! These Noctua fans are awesome.
@advenchura Do your fans properly work? I installed the noctua u9s with a push/pull config to the 4pin connectors at the bottom of the 8950 motherboard, and my bios gives the error but the fans sound like they're spinning loud enough to sound like 80% at all times. Did you ever do anything to fix the bios issue?
@@JimboJack3 Hi unfortunately there is no fix for the BIOS issue, but since then I have rebuilt my own PC, I wish I did that in the first place. One thing you could try is a splitter to run multiple fans off one of the heads that doesn't give the BIOS error. But its trial and error, or buy a separate fan controller. Good luck!
I have a K-series cpu cooler with the single 80mm rear fan. So apparently adding front case fans won’t improve anything?
Yes it would improve!
Big question is, how in the world do you control the fan speeds? I am almost to the point of just using a sata power to fan to control the front case fans. They don't seem to be brining in much for air.
Pls tell me whether I can install an asus gpu to this?
Plz reply quickly
I just recently got the XPS 8940, and started looking into fan upgrades, love the 3d printed bracket for the fan, very cool. Not sure what can and can't be done to maintain the DELL warranty. But the case fan upgrade should be ok for sure.
how can I get one of those 3d fan mounts?
@@Buckeyebob You need to have it 3D printed by someone with a printer. there are sometimes printers even at Library that you an use to print. Do a google search.
It will be good for longevity of the unit.
Your analysis of the 80 mm Dell versus Arctic fans is incorrect. The Dell fan is designed for airflow because it is intended for installation in the back of the case. Front case fans on the other hand are designed for high static pressure as they push air into the case.
Hey j, solid video and thanks for this.
I had a question as I'm contemplating doing something similar. With the better cooling arrangement, do you run into any issues with the Dell mobo limiting you cpu with the better cpu cooler? I guess what I'm asking is what the clock speed of the cpu running st when your are doing extended gaming period
No issues honestly. A game can't push a CPU like a synthetic Benchmark can. So don't worry about pl2 turbo limits that aren't infinite
@@JSyntax Thanks man!
Yeah I live in calgary and found someone selling it for $350 (without the GPU). Planning to buy that.
Upgrade the CPU cooler like you did. then just put my old 2070 in.
Is the front intake fan necessary?
@@JSyntax Also I forgot to ask.
Did you notice a considerable difference for the front intake for the GPU? or just leave it as is and only upgrade the CPU Cooler.
I got the Vetroo V5
on the front panel fan install i was able to use rubber pull screws (like the rear fan uses) and they fit snug and perfectly. only cost 6.99 for 36 rubber screws.
It was hard wothout the $5 3d printed part
FYI - the AWCC will still use the exhaust fan as if its still the original. The orig exhaust fan could run at 4200rpm and the A9 can only do 2000rpm. So if your thermal profile is set to Performance; that fan setting assumes the orig fan is in place. The tables it uses for the preset thermal profiles will all assume the orig is there, even if it isn't. The workaround, I think, is to create a custom thermal profile and set some offsets. do NOT create a thermal profile and set it to automanage. why? because AWCC can't automanage the A9 fan. If you do this, the fan will just stop but AWCC will say its running at 100% when its not running at all. I'm surprised no one's noticed this
How do you change it?
@@Alex-R164 as far as I know, you can't. The only viable solution is to buy a fan that can do 4000 rpm.
I bypassed AWCC by connecting the fan directly to the PSU with a fan to SATA adapter cable. AWCC says fan is running at 0% but it is running. You can’t control the speed though, it’s a constant 100%
So I ordered a G5 before seeing any of your videos and made some mistakes. I have an i7 but not K series. This will likely need the Noctua fan upgrade right?
Also, I got 1x16 GB of RAM, not knowing the difference between that and 2x8. I emailed them asking to change my order and they said they could not, but they applied a 90$ credit. I plan to use that towards another stick of RAM. Do you have any suggestions for that second stick? I am a total computer newbie.
I got the 3.5" drive, but that doesn't matter if I don't plan to change the other fans right?
Lastly, the order details say it's a 500W chassis. Do you think that is enough power with a 2060 graphics card?
In Canada btw. Thanks for any and all help, I really appreciate your videos!
Hey, congrats on the purchase! Yes, I'd highly recommend upgrading the Noctua fan to prevent high noise and performance throttling.
I'm selling my ram if you are interested on kijiji toronto, I have 4x8gb 2666mhz. But yes, I'd get another 16gb ram stick.
500w is plenty to support even up to 3070!
3.5 hdd bay is not ideal for me, id rather put the 120mm fan. I have an extra 3d printed part for sale too !
Is there an alternative to using the artic fan? As I'd like to know if there is a secure way you can still have the gpu bracket. Would installing the dell fan or a Noctua fan work there securely?
PS I know you said the artic would work if you used one screw but I'm not sure how secure that fan would be...
Any 80mm fan will do! I use 2 screws in the end. No issues with gpu card
I did this install recently along with the cpu cooler and for whatever reason if I don't have the original dell fan that I put at the front of the tower lower side like you did my power unit and computer go bonkers . I have to use the 3 pin off the sys fan splitter for the rear 92 exhaust fan . I also use the 3 pin off the cpu splitter for the 120. Did you have this happen to you as well where your computer just went bonkers with certain cable setups ? Let me know . I also noticed that my rear fan doesn't spin as quick as it did before but this is probably having to do with the fact I'm on a 3 pin but if I change it to the 4 from the splitter and run the 3 to the dell .. like i said up there ,^ the computer doesn't like it
Hey, would you mind letting me know what screws you used to attach the 120 mm to the 3d printed bracket? They looked like euro screws, but im not sure of that or size.
It's your standard screws used for fans that were already provided in the case I believe I didn't have to buy any extra screws
@@JSyntax awesome, thank you for the response!
I just ordered the Dell XPS 8950 pretty much maxed out on all components. How difficult would it be to just take the expensive components from it (cpu, gpu, ram, ssd) and just throw it onto a new motherboard and put it in a new case with a 360 mm AIO? I am really worried the bad cooling is going to affect the performance since I have a 3080 and a i9 in it.
Great video, but I have one question. If I were only to replace my rear exhaust fan, would that be adequate cooling? Also, I noticed that your front bezel is a different color. I tried looking around the DELL community pages and couldn't find any solutions to changing the LED color. I was only pointed to the Alienware Control Center, which should have an FX tab. However, mine is greyed out. Is it possible to change the color from the bios or something?
does ur model come with a rgb strip?
so, sorry if this is redundant but, i can get a 4 pin y splitter and plug that into the cpu fan plug then power the cpu cooler and the front panel fan? i plan on using some old leftover coolermaster .60A fans... they are 80mm i swapped the rear fan with one of these coolermaster fans as i was under the impression that the bigger amp meant stronger fan?
i was just wondering if u ever did a video on dual fans on the cpu cooler video i am just waiting on a the heatsink and fan but if running doudle fans is better ill order that before i do my install thanks
Great video, I hope I have found this earlier. I have a 8940 with the pancake fun, I exchanged the cpu fan to the K version tower, added VRM heat sink. I probably should have stopped there. But under load my 3060 ti temp hovers around 67-75C, and cpu in the 72-78C range occasionally into 80s. So I replaced the 80mm rear fan to a noctua A9, plugged into sys_fan connector, without adjusting fan curve (I don’t know how, and I thought pwm will optimize the performance and noise level). And the only difference I can tell is lowered noise, no change to temperature at all. Now I’m not sure if I should go further and add a 120mm intake. But you mentioned that it is not worth it… another thing, 8940 front panel does not have perforated vents in the upper part, will that 120mm even work as expected if it is installed in the HDD bracket location? Thank you for the nice video and apologize for my English.
I'd say it's worth it if someone can 3d print that part!
@@JSyntax I went ahead and added the 120mm intake, it only cost me about 8 USD to print 2 copy of that frame. But I end up removing that 120mm intake because it made the cooling worse. My guess is that because the front cover of 8940 is only perforated in the lower half, the 120mm intake didn't actually bring enough fresh cool air in, instead it created a wall and trapped some hot air from reaching the exhaust efficiently. The lower part of side cover got quite a bit hotter than without the 120mm, seems the hot air produced by the GPU was trapped and couldn't move up as much as with just the 90mm exhaust.
i dont know where u live in canada but acklands grainger can get the grub screws for doing the noctua cooler but its a 100 pack for about 15$ but for like 3$ u can get the m3 screws i am working on doing some of these upgrades now as i only have the pancake cooler in mine and it hits temps of 90c thanks for the great videos i look forward to watching them again as the parts come in
Thank you for the suggestion I should look into that
@@JSyntax they just said it would take about 2 weeks to get in but i ordered the fans and black chrome noctula cooler and just some m3 screws so i dont have a bunch of grubs i may never use again
Hi I upgraded one of the rear case fans from 80mm to 92mm but I am getting a BIOS error everytime I turn my pc on. It tests the Fans and then it says I must contact Dell support then I press OK and it load up OK. Diod you also have this problem and if so how did you resolve it?
Thank you for your series on all these Dell G5 cooler upgrades! I'm still waiting on my G5 to ship. It has an i9 CPU in it. So I'm not sure what CPU cooler it'll have when it eventually arrives. But if it doesn't have the deluxe one, I will probably try to get a Noctua cooler and just do that upgrade. If adding the front fans are more trouble than they're worth, I might not attempt that as I'm not very experienced with installing computer hardware. Again, thank you very much! Your videos have been very helpful!
Remember: if your i9 has a K in it's name (overKlocking enabled), you will get the "deluxe" cooler.
I can't imagine an i9 with a pancake cooler! Does it even exist?
@@JSyntax Yeah, I imagine they would have to put the deluxe cooler on an i9. More cores means more heat, right? If it doesn't, I'll definitely have to do that Noctua cooler upgrade right away.
@@JSyntax Yep!
Hey hopefully you can answer my question. Could you explain where to connect the front 2 fans . I’m kinda confused on where they would go. Especially the bottom 80mm
Just use a fan splitter
@@JSyntax okay. and whats the power supply in your verison? 500w?
What screws did you use for the front 80mm?
Have you ever thought of trying to put an Asetek 645LT in this system?
Not yet
@@JSyntax I've seen people do it in an OptiPlex, but I was just wondering. I did consider putting in a Noctua U9S in there, but I'm just making double sure that water-cooling can be done in a G5 5000.
I have the same PC, I see that the daughter board that controls the RGB has an empty 3 pin slot, I've seen people connet a 4 pin fan into a 3 pin slot before, I have both a 4 and 3 pin fan so I an wondering If I can take advantage of this slot on the daughter board to plug in (perferably the 4 pin fan) to create an intake as I do not have a pwm splitter.
To great new figured out hot to water cool dell g5 5000 desktop. You can do this with the Asetek 645LT water cooler
I would like to change de tower case ? the motherboard is ATX ?
8:45 just wondering what software are you using to control the thermal fans?
Dell software!
I'm about to add the 120mm noctua (intake) I was able to get the 3D model bracket.
I already did the NF-A9 and cpu cooler swap. I'll bring the original Dell OEM at the GPU level and add the 120mm at the top as intake.
With now 4 fans including the cpu cooler. Which one should be together with Y splitter? Intake together and cpu/radiator together? Which one should be on the 3 pin vs 4 pin on the splitter? Knowing that I now have 3 noctua and 1 Dell OEM?
Finally ;) how to properly maximize their potential through AWCC?
Thanks for your help and time!!!
Hey, could you tell me how much help the NF-A9 rear exhaust fan is at reducing temps, and how it affects noise after already doing a cpu cooler swap? I'm trying to get a good estimate because I switched the crappy pancake cpu cooler for the Vetroo V5, which has done wonders for temps, but "it" (I don't know which fan, could be the 80mm rear fan) gets way too loud while gaming.
In exchange for any help you give me, I'd like to let you know that you can run some commands in the powershell that enable you to go into power options and set a limit on maximum processor frequency, to help reduce temperature or noise if need be www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_add_or_remove_maximum_processor_frequency.html#:~:text=Maximum%20processor%20frequency%20specifies%20the,or%20consuming%20too%20much%20power.
@@radnedge1983 I did the swap of the cpu and exhaust at the same time. I moved the old Dell OEM fan as an intake. In terms for temp I have max 80 on cpu and GPU when I play games...
My next move is to add a bigger intake and move a small fan at the bottom of the intake near the GPU and all of them being noctua to reduce the noise
I have 10700 and 3060ti. When playing flight simulator the cpu does immediately throttle. I added the noctua cpu cooler and the case gets warm but not too bad. Most of the time when I'm working i don't want a million fans going.
I don't even have a dell G5/XPS lol
still a very entertaining video
Lol!
I got the exact error you talked about around the 2 minute mark, and I have noctua fans. And there’s no way to manually control it in the BIOS menu.
would this work with the gtx 1650 ti g5 desktop as well? nice tutorial!
yeees
Can I change the case of my G5 i9 desktop computer to a different one?"
Where do you plug into the front fans into?
Great video! So you put one y fan spillters in each fan header to get all the fans working right?
Yes!
do u have any suggestions on where to mound the harddrive from the from or sell it and get one that fits in the 2.5 inch slots
Someone on TH-cam uploaded a video of how they were able to do that sorry I don't know what specifically
the Noctua NH-D12L fits too as well
It'll be better!
So the noctua 92mm fan fits the holes in the back of my g5 5000? Does this help a lot? Does it strain the power supply any? Thanks for info!
It works Np!
You lose me on the hook up the 2 front fans. How exactly are they hooked up to the motherboard?
Use a y splitter!
@@JSyntax I see! So there is basically only 2 port on the motherboard. Use y splitter on each of them to hook up two fans. Thanks a lot!
WILL I Upgraded my own G5 and it sucks the fans work and the device heats less but on bloody start up I keep getting a boot up error for the fans and it is so annoying I don't know how to get rid of it.
Is there anywhere else that I cant put the HDD or can I not use it at all when installing an intake fan?
Where did you get the case side with the window in it???
I have the same G5 5000. I am curious on what settings you have the fan curves on for normal and gaming operations?
Did you find out a good solution to this?!
Hey I have a question. Do you have any advice about setting fan curves on ACC? I mounted the 92mm noctua on the back and the stock fan on the front but since then I havent been able to make the function properly. I draw the curves but it looks like they only work on two levels: either they both run slow or they both run to the higher RPM. It seems like they dont really follow the curves.
I'd just max the fans to around 900 rpm until 70c, then go max rpm if you get higher temps. Fan noise is indistinguishable from 0 to about 950rpm.
@@JSyntax thank you!
Could you make a video about case swapping the dell g5? I want this pc because its good but Im not the biggest fan of the case. I was thinking of changing it to the white NZXT case.
I am tempted to but I think that would be an expensive upgrade because I'll want to update the psu and mobo. I like the Dell small form factor case! It's growing on me :)
@@JSyntax THANK YOU SM FOR RESPONDING
i have an alienware g5, and its not very old, but during gaming its LOUD....hate it
Does the noctua 92mm fan plug right into the same socket on the board? Thanks!
Yes
My exhaust fan is plugs into a fan sys port. I am only adding the too front intake fan. Is it ok to plug the splitter into the fan sys port and have my exhaust and intake run off the fan sys port? Sorry couldn’t really tell where you plugged yours into
Yes of course
also: if you upgrade fans; you must use advanced settings (offsets or smooth line); the reason is that if you choose one of the stock (performance, quiet, etc) settings, Ive observed that the system can't manage the fan speed at times and the fans stop and start, its very odd. use custom profile in AWCC
What do you use? (for offsets or smooth line)
@@duskfusion3839 I think I have my offsets set to 75, not sure
I am getting the motherboard fan error on startup. :( Any Idea on how to fix this? -update: I switch to coolermaster fan and all errors went away.
My g5 is great don’t get me wrong and I’ve upgraded to what you did but I always have to check the temp of my gpu any suggestions
Is it too hawt still?
does installing these noctua fans void the warranty?
Redditors say no
Hi,
I just want to upgrade one fan. Can I just remove the Dell's oem fan and replace it with Noctua A12 fan? Can I just plug the Noctua A12 directly to the mainboard without the Y splitter? or the fan I need to use has to be a 80mm fan? Thanks!
You'll be fine wit that!
@@JSyntax Thanks. I have just ordered a noctua 80mm fan. However, the thing is some people have the bios issue when they replace the oem dell fan with the noctua fan. That’s why they have to keep both the oem and noctua fan, and connect them by the Y splitter like the way you did. I wonder if the noctua fan could work alone by itself.
I’m wondering is that possible to put in a new PC case? I have dell g5 5090. Thanks
No unfortunately
I also have a G5 and replaced my exhaust fan with noctua chromax 92mm and added Corsair 120 mm blue led fan as intake and repurposed Dell 80mm fan also as intake but haven’t replaced cpu fan because with all these fans my G5 stays at 36 degrees Celsius and only reaches a high 80 degrees Celsius when at maximum performance
Nice!
High 80c is way too hot.