Recent content by Wartem

Great advice, thanks. I replaced the default rear exhaust 3-pin fan with a 4-pin Noctua NF-A14, connected to a SYS_FAN connector. I also made custom fan curves and the PC is more silent now. If the room is otherwise silent, I can hear the fans when the CPU is at 100% utilization. So it's not...

Thanks for explaining. I was afraid something was broken. I should just ignore the increased fan speed then at and around 20% CPU utilization. I have to run Boinc in the background all the time (when doing something which gives at least some load). And thereby making sure the CPU is less loud by...

Ok, I don't feel like 100% CPU load ever has been an issue. Like I said, I've been using it at 100% all day. The issue was the 20% load. Maybe I misunderstood you. But I ran Cinebench R23 "CPU (Multi Core)", 24263 pts anyway: (Did a reset of the monitor's max/min values before running): Max...

I've had my CPU on 100% all cores all day with silent fans. I just read that the issue or part of it is that the CPU is allowed to boost higher on fewer cores and it needs the higher voltages to maintain stability. That means heat. CPU: 20% utilization on all cores (it changes to these values...

My question is why my stock CPU gets hot, only under low load. The temperature quickly changes. The GPU is idling. There's good ventilation. I no software installed, changing something like Dragon Center. Windows 10. Loads/Utilization (temperatures from CPU Package): Idle: 38 degrees C. 1-5%...