Noisy PC When Gaming

SoAdCrAzY

SoAdCrAzY

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Hi,

I ordered a pre-built PC from OCuk in 2013 and have been upgrading it bit by bit every year.

I have just got a few newer games such as RDR2 and it runs fine but the fans become so noisy. These are my specs:

Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Upgraded to an PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card)
TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz (Put in another 2 4GB sticks of the same RAM making it 16GB)
Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2)
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD (Put in an MX500 SSD and a few more HDDs)
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal

I clean the fans and case regularly.

I can only think of maybe upgrading my CPU cooler. Do you have any recommendations for £60ish?

Thanks,
Matthew
 
The K2 is a solid cooler and even the stock fans are worth using. I actually switched mine out for 140mm fans with better static pressure, when I had it.
Chances are, i's the case causing the noise. If it has poor airflow, the case fans will ramp up causing it to be noisy. Might be worth replacing the case fans for better static pressure ones as they'll run quieter.
If you open the front of the case while gaming, does the noise subside slightly? Doesn't look like there is much in terms of ventalation on the front of it.
 
You need to isolate the actual problem first of all, if it's that loud then you should have no trouble identifying the offending component by sticking your head inside your case.

My money's on you needing a fresh application of thermal paste on your CPU, or a fan's bearing getting a bit tired.
 
That case could definitely use second intake fan, if it's in stock config.
Arctic P12 would be bang per buck king and very good for dealing with restrictions.

But definitely start by checking temperatures for any obvious signs of component getting too hot.


Zefan said:
My money's on you needing a fresh application of thermal paste on your CPU, or a fan's bearing getting a bit tired.
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Could be also bubblegum/toothpaste under heatspreader going bad.
At which point cooling chain above heatpreader doesn't anymore matter.
 
Thanks for the replies. I took off my cpu cooler recently to upgrade the RAM. The RAM is underneath which is awkward. I replaced the thermal paste then.
 
Gray2233 said:
It's your GPU.

The Red Dragon RX580 is very noisy at stock, look at undervolting it and setting a custom fan profile.
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Yes, I've changed the fan settings on MSI Afterburner. The fans were very quiet after this but I reset this because I was worried that 74 degrees+ may need the fans on 100%.
 
As I said, if you undervolt your temps will go down even with a relaxed fan curve.

You absolutely do not need the fans running at 100%.
 
Not a problem, I own the same card and it's very common for owners to have those problems.

The Red Dragon RX580 is a solid GPU once you spend some time with fan/voltage settings, but it's like an aircraft taking off at stock. :p
 
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