CPU gonna get fried? HELPPP!

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Hi there! I have noticed that the last week Desktop PC's CPU fan makes an awfully loud noise. Even when idle. So i checked speedfan and Gigabyte's Utility ET6 and it shows that CPU fan runs at 5500 rpm!!! When Idle! It goes to 6000 rpm under load.Cpu temps when idle are around 50 C and goes to 70 under load. My system is AMD X4 Phenom 965BE, Gigabyte mobo MA770 UD3, an 275GTX and 4gb RAM.
It IS hot here in Greece but not that hot!

Is CPU in danger?
Is s'thing wrong with some controller regulating fanspeed?
How can i fix it (and the noise:))? SHOULD i fix it?

Many thanks in advance!!
 
Maybe there's a big build up of dust, perhaps your overvolting too much?

Try resetting the BIOS back to defaults first then crack her open and have a look.
 
Thanks for answering. I cleaned up the desktop about two weeks ago and i haven't overclocked it, since i don't feel confident about it.
After a short session of Mass Effect 3 fan speed reached 6500 rpm! Temps were around 66C. Isnt that too much fanspeed for these temps?
 
Stock cooler fan does spin at very high rpm...but having dust built up on the heatsink certainly won't help, so you best give it a clean out.

Temp wise though...only 70C ish ain't gonna kill the CPU...

The only issue I see you got is a noisy CPU cooler. That can be fixed by replacing it with a 3rd party CPU cooler that's got a larger heatsink and a bigger fan (meaning it can spin at a lower rpm while keeping the CPU's temp low).
 
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Also mate I've got a little HTPC case sitting in the living room with me, I stupidly stuck one of the new i7's in it with a stock HS and under load I'm hitting 85c now. I'd say your temps are fine, obviously the noise for you is not.
 
Well ok, I guess sucking up capacitors isn't really an issue, but you can still cause damage, more due to the static charge on hoovers. That said, I still used a hoover on my laptop to clean the dust out, but most people say it isn't the best idea.
 
Thanks for the answers! As you guessed i have the stock/ rubbish CPU cooler and , after reading these, am gonna replace it. Any suggestions?
 
When you last cleaned it out did you take off the heat sink? This can cause the thermal paste to be not as effective as before if you did not reapply it.

You could squirt compressed air directly into the heat sink, if you did not do that before. Also, did you clean behind the motherboard? A few years ago I did not clean the back and when I finally did I lost 10C from the CPU temp :P
 
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Depends on your budget ?
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Well, s'thing like 40 pounds(50 euros)?
I am totally not familiar with the prices of those things. Also, what am i shooting for? Cooler, Heatsink, Fan? All of those?
Again, many thanks!
 
Smoogels said:
When you last cleaned it out did you take off the heat sink? This can cause the thermal paste to be not as effective as before if you did not reapply it.

You could squirt compressed air directly into the heat sink, if you did not do that before. Also, did you clean behind the motherboard? A few years ago I did not clean the back and when I finally did I lost 10C from the CPU temp :P
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Last time i cleaned was the time i installed CPU and heatsink. So, they are brand new, i guess. I did clean rest of the box though, but not behind the mobo...
Guys, doesn't it seem to you a bit disproportionate? 6000 rpm to obtain 50- 70 degrees Celsium?
 
zer said:
Last time i cleaned was the time i installed CPU and heatsink. So, they are brand new, i guess. I did clean rest of the box though, but not behind the mobo...
Guys, doesn't it seem to you a bit disproportionate? 6000 rpm to obtain 50- 70 degrees Celsium?
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As others have said, I would advise getting a new heatsink, not just for better temperatures, but also because 6000 rpm must be pretty loud. Even a £20 aftermarket heatsink will be substantially better than the stock cooler.
 
zer said:
Last time i cleaned was the time i installed CPU and heatsink. So, they are brand new, i guess. I did clean rest of the box though, but not behind the mobo...
Guys, doesn't it seem to you a bit disproportionate? 6000 rpm to obtain 50- 70 degrees Celsium?
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You need to look at the heatsink of the CPU cooler itself and see if there are any dust built up there. Having lots of of dust on the heatsink means it will reduce the effectiveness of getting the heat away, thus higher temp make the CPU cooler fan spin at higher rpm (which lead to noiser) to try to keep the temp down.

If there's no dust on the heatsink, have a look in the bios to see if you have the option to set the fanspeed profile.
 
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