High fan speed on new PC

[number45_]

My new PC arrived yesterday and I've been setting it up. I am a little concerned however that the cooler fans seem to be running really fast even when the PC is idle.

In the iCUE software the fan "Titan 280 RX: Pump" is permanently running at around 2000rpm and I'm concerned it running so fast all the time could cause issues with it. This is the first time I've had a PC with a liquid cooler but this seems to be a really high fan speed and it's also really noisy so I am sure it's not normal.

I've included a screen shot of the iCUE dashboard and PC spec is below. Is this a setting somewhere that is forcing the fans to run full speed, if so can anyone point me to where I'd adjust it. I've had a look in the bios but I'm not sure what to change and don't want to end up changing it to where the fans wont ever speed up when needed.

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[SpyderTracks]

This is the first time I've had a PC with a liquid cooler but this seems to be a really high fan speed and it's also really noisy so I am sure it's not normal.

It’s not a fan, it’s a pump. That’s entirely normal. You need to have it set on balanced and not silent for the pump or it will overheat

The cooler fans are running extremely slowly at 355rpm

You don’t change settings in the bios but in icue, same as any other custom fan profile really, just need to learn to navigate icue

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/explorer/diy-builder/how-tos/how-to-create-a-custom-fan-curve-in-icue/#:~:text=Custom%20curves%20are%20made%20by,your%20CPU%20cooler's%20coolant%20temperature.

But again, that pump speed is not a fan, it’s supposed to be far higher than a fan, there’s nothing unusual about 2000rpm on the pump, in fact that’s on the low end and would suggest your on the quiet setting

If you’re hearing loud fans it’s certainly not the cooler, you need to isolate the cause.

 

[TonyCarter]

BTW, I notice you ordered without Windows...so did you do a fresh install, or did you just put an activation code in?

To add to @SpyderTracks comments, you might want to put the 2 RX RGB Fans on balanced for now, and then see if you need to change them to a custom profile if you think your coolant temps are getting too high - and you'll want to check whether your pump/fans are responding to CPU temp or coolant temp...as if they're responding to CPU temp then they'll be ramping up and down a lot.

You case fans will be controlled by BIOS or motherboard software, and you may simply want to put them on a steady speed (or a slow speed climb) to avoid excessive ramping up/down noise.

 

[number45_]

It should have been obvious "pump" is actually the pump rather than the fans Reassuring to know that's normal though.

@TonyCarter I haven't done either with Windows yet, my multiple MS accounts is something else I need to sort out. I have been wondering if I could get away with just activating the copy that is already installed as the iCUE software etc is all set up and I'm a little scared of touching this stuff, but I guess a re-install might be needed if PCS has it set up for testing.

 

[TonyCarter]

It should have been obvious "pump" is actually the pump rather than the fans Reassuring to know that's normal though.

@TonyCarter I haven't done either with Windows yet, my multiple MS accounts is something else I need to sort out. I have been wondering if I could get away with just activating the copy that is already installed as the iCUE software etc is all set up and I'm a little scared of touching this stuff, but I guess a re-install might be needed if PCS has it set up for testing.

It's just a test system that's been installed, probably from an image that have specifically for that purpose.

We see lots of issues with just activating it, and always recommend the first step is to reinstall (not reset) Windows from the latest Windows Installation Media download.

Also, if you don't want to use Armoury Crate (as it can case issues itself), then you may need to disable the creepy auto-install function from within the BIOS (not sure if the X870 does this, but I know the older X570/X670 motherboards did). There's also a new 'feature' called 'Asus DriverHub' but I don't know if that's on by default like Armoury Crate was.

To get to this 'Tool' menu you'll have to press F7 to go into advanced settings...then see if either/both of these are listed on your motherboard (usually near the bottom).

 

[Nursemorph]

Just to add reassurance regarding the pump speed...I have a H150i (slightly older cooler) and, set on the default profile, it is running at 2,500rpm with the fans running around 800rpm

 

[number45_]

Does anyone know what fan 1 and fan 2 here would be. Are they the cooler fans?

 

[TonyCarter]

Where's your Titan AIO in that list? You can add other items to your dashboard by clicking the little '3-box and + sign' on the top right of the window.

Any fans shown in the motherboard section (i.e. #1/#2 in your photo) are fans connected to the motherboard fan header, so maybe an exhaust fan, or a motherboard fan (for cooling the SSDs/components), or the case fans (which I think are daisy-chained, so will only show as a single entry).

 

[TonyCarter]

Mine's a bit more complex due to having 'too many' fans, but you'll only see one on the motherboard header.

 

[number45_]

I've added the AIO back in although the motherboard is now gone since I installed Armoury Crate. It looks like the cable for the CPU fan is connected to an corsair controller box (I think) at the back of the PC which then connects to the cooler so that seems to be cooler related.

Installing the armoury crate software however seems to have pointed me in the direction of which fans were being the noisy ones. It looks like Water Pump+ is connected to the case fans and those were running on the full speed setting. Changing the fan speed in that app slows the case fans and the RPM shown for water pump+ drops. The fan speed for water pump+ in the bios was also set to full speed.

I've adjusted it to standard for now but will keep having a look into it now I have a bit better an understanding of the different parts.

 

[TonyCarter]

Those should have been connected to CHASSIS_FAN and motherboard RGB header, so you may want to swap them around so it doesn't send you down the wrong path in future...although looking at the motherboard manual it looks like the 4 bottom PWM/DC fan headers offer the same functionality.