New computer build.

stulid · 14 Mar 2012 at 20:43

20-30minutes will get it nice and toasty then immediately get a screen grab of Realtemp etc, dont let it cool down.

wildest_jjk · 14 Mar 2012 at 20:55

Should I change the smart target settings and the fan speeds? Or leave all the fans running at max constantly?

Thanks for the help!

stulid · 14 Mar 2012 at 20:58

Yeah, 40C is low and not that far higher than idle, so the fan will be struggling in a vain attempt to keep it at that temp when it just cant as you use the PC the CPU gets hot.

wildest_jjk · 14 Mar 2012 at 21:58

Ok so I have run prime for about half an hour. I have changed the smart target to 60 degrees and the minimum fan speed to 25%. The 2 system fans I changed to 50%. You can see this below:

Here are the temps with the above settings after running prime for half an hour. Can I change any of the settings still?

Thanks

stulid · 14 Mar 2012 at 22:04

Temps are fine, now that you have altered the fan settings is it quieter?

wildest_jjk · 14 Mar 2012 at 22:18

Thanks for the response. Yes it's a lot quieter now!

Can I lower the fan speeds anymore? Or even the smart target? Because the whole time the CPU fan just stayed at 25% because it never reached 60 degrees. Or is this fine?

Also I don't really understand what the best fan speed for the system would be?

Thanks again

stulid · 14 Mar 2012 at 22:22

Try 55/50C for the target and just try different % for the sys fans, its hard to give advice when its you that has to listen to it and have different hearing/ears than someone else.

wildest_jjk · 15 Mar 2012 at 11:09

Thanks for the response. So I might try lowering the smart target, but is 25% minimum speed about right for the CPU fan or is that too high?

One other thing is once I set the system fan speed, why do they not auto adjust?

Thanks!