[fallenspec]

> The stupid RGB LEDs can be disabled in the BIOS/firmware menu by setting “AURA” to “Stealth Mode”, and I unplugged the two 1” fans on the I/O board to keep everything silent. I also had to set the “CPU Fan Speed” in the “Monitor” section to “Ignore”, or else it would indicate a fan error at every boot since I had none plugged in.

I can't tell looking at the motherboard he linked whether it has a fan there and which 1 inch fan he is talking about.

However I have a ATX board that is very similar and the little fan is there to cool the northbridge and it *should* be running. Northbridge's on these chipsets get very hot from what I understand.

[formerly_proven]

An X570 board is indeed not a good choice for a build like this, because the I/O options offered by the chipset are not actually used. This particular one seems to have one fan for the VRMs, which is likely not needed in his use, while the NB will actually need that fan (with the stock cooler, if you replace the usually not very good OEM designs you can cool X570 passively).

A B450 or B550 board would have been a better idea and much cheaper to boot. It would also significantly reduce power usage, as just the X570 chipset alone needs something like 8-9 W (at idle) more than the B450 chipset.

[sliken]

Indeed, I bought a b550 board specifically because it doesn't require a chipset fan that's tiny, inefficient, and much better at making noise/vibration than it is at moving air. Then tend to be rather unreliable as well.

There is a newer x570s motherboards out now, if you need the highest end boards and don't want the extra fan.

[flyinghamster]

Thanks for pointing that out - I've been nosing around as I consider what I want to build next, and I hadn't realized the X570s tend to need chipset fans. That's a deal-killer for me. Either it's going to be noisy as all get-out, or it's going to be some cheap part that fails prematurely, assuming it isn't both. I definitely prefer big and slow for fans.

[floatboth]

The new crop of X570 boards, labeled X570S or something, do not have a chipset fan. (Also on the original ones, the fans might've had full silent modes where they only spin up when pushing big PCIe bandwidth over the chipset?)

[kitsunesoba]

There’s a few like the X570 Dark Hero which also don’t have a chipset fan but don’t use the X570S label.

[elric]

I suspect he either put a big passive heatsink on it, or attached it to the case's heatsink.

[fallenspec]

Did some research on the case. Fairly in-depth review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoRp3SI2UKM

I suspect he won't run into the thermal issues experienced here unless he is doing something graphically intensive.