My answer to cooling the RT-AC87R

[Stag1]

I was reading the forums here and got several ideas about cooling my RT-AC87R, this is what I came up with. It cooled it down 44°

 

[L&LD]

44C? That is an effective cooling solution, but curious how loud it is?

 

[Richard1864]

That's impressive! I always thought it was odd that neither Asus nor Linksys have vents in the TOP of their routers, but Netgear and most others do; the ones with vents for air flow in the tops of their routers seem to run considerably cooler than the others. I bet that's part of the reason it is so cool on yours with it upside down.

 

[L&LD]

I'd be surprised if it's left running upside down.

The fans are what keep it cool, not the orientation.

 

[Stag1]

44C? That is an effective cooling solution, but curious how loud it is?

They are running only at about 400 rpm so they're not that loud at all. If I maxed them out then they'd be loud enough to hear.

 

[Stag1]

I'd be surprised if it's left running upside down.

The fans are what keep it cool, not the orientation.

I do actually run my router upside down, not for cooling but for the signal. I have my network set up in the middle of the upstairs so I invert the router and it works out awesome because the whole house (two story) including the front and back yard gets perfect wifi signal everywhere.

 

[gatorback]

Can you provide a link to the fans and comment on speed control (if any)? I am also interested in how the fans are attached to the device and any photos that clarify attachment. Thanks

 

[lostindark]

You can try one fan to intake other to exhaust.. I've recieve best cooling performance in this configuration. Around 4-5 Celsius decrease for CPU.

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