Wololo_n00b
Bronze Level Poster
Hiya guys,
Appreciate any advice on this! Spec posted below.
Sound is fine during normal PC use, but running some higher end games on high settings like Starfield and there's a noticably more loud, grating sound from fans. Just going by ear listening to the top of the case, it seems to be either the GPU fans or the CPU cooler fan - I suspected it might be the front three case fans as I've seen people mention they were noisy on here before, but I'm not sure that's what's happening.
Is there a way to tell which fans are the culprits? Maybe you could tell from the spec if the GPU/CPU is the bottleneck and that's how you'd tell, I'm not sure. I got some speeds + temps from the Nvidia overlay if that helps at all, I guess they would be showing the GPU fans:
- Normal/Idle use: 0 - 1850 RPM cycles; c. 45 degrees; noise fine
- Higher end game: 2000 - 2500 RPM cycles; c. 78 degrees; seems to go at 2000 for longer periods in game and that's not too bad noise-wise, but when it goes over 2500 in short bursts it gets quite noisy
Note I haven't set fan curves since getting the PC (and I'm not 100% sure how
)
Not sure if dust could somehow be causing the problem but there's little visible dust inside the case and I do dust with air fairly regularly.
Thanks v much for any help
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE (with x3 stock CF120 ARGB front fans)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW) // Installed 1TB Firecuda 530 myself; moved Intel drive to different slot
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE // Installed x2 1TB Samsung 870 EVO as well
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Appreciate any advice on this! Spec posted below.
Sound is fine during normal PC use, but running some higher end games on high settings like Starfield and there's a noticably more loud, grating sound from fans. Just going by ear listening to the top of the case, it seems to be either the GPU fans or the CPU cooler fan - I suspected it might be the front three case fans as I've seen people mention they were noisy on here before, but I'm not sure that's what's happening.
Is there a way to tell which fans are the culprits? Maybe you could tell from the spec if the GPU/CPU is the bottleneck and that's how you'd tell, I'm not sure. I got some speeds + temps from the Nvidia overlay if that helps at all, I guess they would be showing the GPU fans:
- Normal/Idle use: 0 - 1850 RPM cycles; c. 45 degrees; noise fine
- Higher end game: 2000 - 2500 RPM cycles; c. 78 degrees; seems to go at 2000 for longer periods in game and that's not too bad noise-wise, but when it goes over 2500 in short bursts it gets quite noisy
Note I haven't set fan curves since getting the PC (and I'm not 100% sure how
)Not sure if dust could somehow be causing the problem but there's little visible dust inside the case and I do dust with air fairly regularly.
Thanks v much for any help
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE (with x3 stock CF120 ARGB front fans)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW) // Installed 1TB Firecuda 530 myself; moved Intel drive to different slot
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE // Installed x2 1TB Samsung 870 EVO as well
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
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