Recent content by Phil3371

Are you sure it's your CPU fan? I have at least one PC where the GPU fans spin up to maximum for a few seconds at POST, then stop running altogether until I run some intensive GPU tasks. It's the GPU BIOS checking the fans are working. You need a decent heatsink on an i7-4790K as these graphs...

I agree with your assessment. I often read that those Intel coolers are not good enough and I have also read how the 4th gens are known for generating a lot of heat... It still baffles me however how that Intel fan has the ability to spin faster than 2000rpms yet that speed is unattainable...

Although I have no trouble imagining this cpu fan could be old, I'm pretty sure the noise it makes at boot is not because of wear. As I said, my older PC has the same TYPE of fan, it looks the same and YES, my older PC's fan is all worn out with heavy grinding. It's a completely different sound...

Yep, the throttle limit is 100 and has not yet reached it but it's a little close for me... I do have a cool fan control in my bios for a computer this old, much better than the zero control I had with my even older ASUS P6T. I can select inside a graphic, 4 thresholds to increase temperatures...

Thanks. I'll keep it in mind for next time. I've had my old computer for 15 years and am pretty poor. I actually didn't have any need to upgrade, I was just a little scared that my old one could die so old it is. I just wanted to treat myself with a little upgrade that cost me almost nothing to...

I just bought myself a used i7-4790K recently, it was a nice upgrade from my extremely old i7-930. Went from 2.8Ghz to 4.0 Ghz base core speed but I'm starting to regret it. Just working on a video editing software that brings all 4 cores usage to max when transcoding, it very quickly brings my...