Noise Advice

MurphyBrix · 30 Mar 2017 at 23:08

Hi all

Need some advice on whats the best way forward regarding noise my towers producing fan wise while gaming, playing a lot of witcher 3 at the minute.

Ive currently got a Corsair Hydro series CPU Cooler and the noise this things kicking out even at about 1800rpm is unreal. Ive also got a Gigabyte GTX 980ti, which has always from what i can tell been a loud card, but nothing compared to the CPU cooler, which by the way i don't even an overclockerable CPU just a normal i7.

Does anybody have any ideas or replacements i could get rid of this Cooler, its driving me insane.

Thanks Guys.

edGfaCTor · 30 Mar 2017 at 23:46

Is it the fans making the noise? and which case do you have?

MurphyBrix · 31 Mar 2017 at 00:16

My case is one of these https://quietpc.co.uk/na-ds6.

Yeah im getting a massive noise from the CPU cooler towards the back.

I know Witcher 3 is a demanding game but im sure the noise im getting is more loud than it should be.

dt97583 · 31 Mar 2017 at 00:26

Read up on a program called Speedfan. Essentially you control at which temperatures your fans kick in. There's a bit of trial and error initially but otherwise it did the job for me, and it's free.

MurphyBrix · 31 Mar 2017 at 00:35

I did download speed fan, it looks abit complicated for me. Why would the fan be kicking in so much if its not warranted? Would a new CPU Cooler do the same? say the bequiet range.

edGfaCTor · 31 Mar 2017 at 00:45

Might be worth moving it from the back and if it is just the fan just replace the fan.

I remember that case you have from a build I did few years ago the other fans I found to be loud so I dropped them to 60%.

I would also take a look at what your temps are

Heisenberg · 31 Mar 2017 at 00:53

Is there a chance that it could be the pump making excessive noise?

MurphyBrix · 31 Mar 2017 at 00:55

The fans in the case i haven't found a problem with. Even the card being a noisy one has never been a problem. The noise of the Corsair Hydro is ridiculous. I'm starting up witcher and after 2 seconds its getting up to 1800rpm and sounding like its about to take off.

pandem0nium · 31 Mar 2017 at 13:08

with any AIO, you will get pump noise and the included fans sometimes are quite loud.

The bequiet silent loop is an exception and one I'd consider. Either that or big air like the noctua D15.

dt97583 · 31 Mar 2017 at 13:20

pandem0nium said:
with any AIO, you will get pump noise and the included fans sometimes are quite loud.

The bequiet silent loop is an exception and one I'd consider. Either that or big air like the noctua D15.

Agreed - I found pump noise was annoying. It's a shame OCUK still don't sell the Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom CPU Coolers, looks great, and very quiet.

Edit:

rjk said:
Launching today with stock in hand ready to ship

'Olymp' from Alpenföhn is a game changer in high end air cooling.

A unique twin element design with considerate dimensions to accommodate performance memory modules paired with epic cooling performance, the Olymp takes over from the astounding K2 Mount Doom cooler as the flagship product from Alpenföhn.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...n-tower-high-performance-cpu-cooler.18719151/

phazari180 · 3 Apr 2017 at 17:54

If your Corsair Hydro cooler is controllable via USB (guessing it's not as you've not gone this route already), install Corsair Link and set up a custom fan profile, then write it to the coolers internal memory.

My H115i was just unnecessarily loud out of the box, even on the "quiet" profile.