I see several videos on youtube from users replacing their fans to silent type fans, is there a particular setup that works the best to quiet these S5's? I saw that one video where the guy was using a white silent fan from AAB Cooling, which I couldn't hear from it at all. What is everyone buying to keep their rigs more quiet? I assume they are adding another fan on the other end and switching both fans to other brands. There are hundreds out there, ranging from 1600-2000 rpm's mostly....what's the best setup for this S5 to make it quiet?
No, an S5 is much louder. The C1's fan is an 'S3' fan which maxes out about 1600RPM lower and has a different sound profile to it on top.
I'd be very scepital about users 'silencing' an S5 without running it in a cold ambient or extremely hot. There are a lot of board components other than just the ASICs which require cooling and reducing airflow disproportionately affects these component. The closest you're going to get to 'silent' is 2x Corsair SP120s (high performance editions). They're not silent, but they're not horrendous either.
This is the same conclusion i came to this weekend. My S5 ran @ 4080RPM @ 56C running @ 325mhz.
if i can't get it under control then I am going to go deaf.
Ambient temp was 38C. in the house it was 40 with the windows open. No aircons in the house(cost to much to run).
My idea was not to run the S5 of batteries but rather through the following.
Batteries --> Modified wave inverter --> ATX PSU --> S5.
I would like to try the following when the parts one day arrive.
Room air --> Peltier --> S5 intake fan --> S5 Exhaust fan.
even if its 40W more. makes little diffs if you are pulling in the region of 650W anyway.