[DVL73]

Originally Posted by bobkoure

The point of the more powerful fans isn't to leave them there but to see if your temps drop (your radiator will exchange more heat with more air moving through it). If they do not, look somewhere else for a problem.

I tried to use the much powerful (Delta) fan in previous setup (BIP.1)
and temperature delta was not more than 2C ... so really not worth
the extra noise.

Originally Posted by bobkoure

From your comments, it looks as though you've changed from BIX.1 to BIP.2? Were you using the same fan type in both situations?

No no ... maybe you misunderstood me anyway I changed from
BIP.1 to BIP.2 (never had BIX)

Yes, I'm using the same fans (SilenX 120) in both setups.

Originally Posted by bobkoure

Even with low restriction cores like the BIPs, when using very-underpowered fans (like Panaflos at 5V) I've had better luck pulling air through than pushing it.

Hmmm .... I may try to position the fans in the pull, instead of push
configuration. Also, it may happen that with the current (push) setup
all actual heat from the back of the PSU (and case) is sucked directly
to the cure. Pull configuration would be maybe more benefical.

Originally Posted by bobkoure

Motherboard readings are laughably bad and non-linear - one of the reasons folks buy mcubed gear is to get a better idea of their real temps (the rest of us guess - but we know we only have some connection to reality )

I also attached the mcubed thin foil probe (under CPU) and it's showing
approx 7.5C less then motherboard sensor (so ABIT temperature reading
is really, definitely messed up).

Of course, problem is that I didn't have the mcubed in the previous setup
so can't compare the temps via mcubed (had to use MB sensor).