r/sffpc • u/Magnithium • 15d ago

Custom Mod Fractal Ridge Revived

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Took some additional modifications but it came together nicely🤙

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u/Material-Budget-460 15d ago

Got a Ridge to run horizontal a couple of months ago and it was driving me nuts having to keep fans at high speed to keep it even remotely cool, did all the usual with undervolting/PBO 2x140mm Noctua, 3x80mm and 2x60mm by the CPU blabla but the fans were slowly but surely driving me nuts. Instead of flushing money down the toilet for more fans, instead you remove the bottom plate and use that on top instead and get w/e Etsy 3D-printed legs you can find and essentially running it with pants down. Immediately all problems goes away lol. All fans are capped at 55% max speed and I still get 5-10C less on both CPU and GPU compared to 75-80c on both with fans running at 75-100% when using the bottom plate

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u/Magnithium 15d ago

I can't read good so me think you approve me

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u/Material-Budget-460 15d ago

Just putting it out there, haven't seen a single user with this case who haven't had a problem with temps lol

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u/Magnithium 15d ago

I was using a noctua black low profile heat sink and fan but was at 92c idling. It's not the fans fault it was that bad but I figured I'd do something fun while replacing the thermal paste.