Fans going full.

dan-fish · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:44

Hi
Everytime I try to do something which requires a little more power rather than just browsing the web (eg games) all the fans go 100% and they seem to be louder than the sound. What can I do to control them while I play games or do anything else. Also, it is very quiet when idle.
Thanks

dan-fish · 18 Feb 2011 at 20:03

My specs:
X4 955 BE (stock cooler)
2GB XMS3
Zalman ZM-600HP PSU
500GB Seagate HDD
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
2 NZXT fans
2 crappy fans
XFX 4850

Well I just installed the PSU today but it happened before that. However, before I always blamed the rubbish PSU for everything.

And also when I try to control it via speedfan, the temps seem to hit around 60

dan-fish · 18 Feb 2011 at 21:00

I thought it might have been those too. But i turned them off to see what happens and it seems to be either the GPU or the CPU fan making all the noise.

dan-fish · 19 Feb 2011 at 14:36

ok i've noticed something now. I decided to turn my cpu fan down to around 80% and decided to convert a file. The temps hit 65c which is definitely not normal for me, even when it's under load. The highest I ever got before was around 50c. So looks like i'm gonna need a new cpu cooler.