Hi. This is my first post here and I'm completely new to building computers. I will first explain where I'm starting from for those who care to listen. Sorry in advance for the length.
A while back I bought a gaming pc, not because I'm a gamer (I actually don't game at all) but I was tired of seeing all the videos I watch constantly buffering and not being able to watch in at least full hd if not higher. I had a lot of general problems with my previous computers with cheap parts so I wanted something a little more sophisticated, less troublesome and more future proof.
Anyway, I picked up this custom comp very cheap from a guy who was kicked out of his place and was forced to sell his whole gaming setup in a hurry. It came with a GTX 1070, Asus M5A97, FX-8350, Corsair Ram, Seagate hdd, and Samung ssd. I used it as is for a while but one of the fans wasn't hooked it up, the front case fans were missing, and the case was very ugly to my eyes. I decided I would buy a new case, modular psu and quality fans and keep the rest.
So specs of the build are:
NZXT S340 Elite Matte Black
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Motherboard
AMD FX-8350 CPU w/ stock copper pipe air cooler
Corsair Vengeance 8GB
EVGA GTX 1070 Founders
EVGA Supernova 550 G2
Seagate 250GB HDD
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD
Corsair ML140 Pro Fan x 2 up front
I took my time building it and it seems to have turned out very nicely. It turns on and loads to the desktop without a hitch.
PROBLEM: The problem now is that the two front fans are spinning at a very high rpm around 2800 or so and because of this they are very loud. I triple checked my connections. I have the two front fans connected to a rosewill 2 into 1 splitter plugged into the chassis 3 spot on the motherboard, while the rear and top fans (stock nzxt 120mm) are connected to a splitter plugged into the chassis 2 spot. I went into bios but was unable to change fan speed. I don't know if that's even possible though. I did some research and others have had this same problem on this motherboard. The fixes they gave didn't quite make sense to me though or I need clarification.
What are my options short of getting a new motherboard?
ps..I'm not currently using the computer as I know the fans spinning at that speed are well above their intended 1600rpm max. I only had it on for short periods to attempt to figure out the issue in bios but quickly realized I wasn't getting anywhere.
A while back I bought a gaming pc, not because I'm a gamer (I actually don't game at all) but I was tired of seeing all the videos I watch constantly buffering and not being able to watch in at least full hd if not higher. I had a lot of general problems with my previous computers with cheap parts so I wanted something a little more sophisticated, less troublesome and more future proof.
Anyway, I picked up this custom comp very cheap from a guy who was kicked out of his place and was forced to sell his whole gaming setup in a hurry. It came with a GTX 1070, Asus M5A97, FX-8350, Corsair Ram, Seagate hdd, and Samung ssd. I used it as is for a while but one of the fans wasn't hooked it up, the front case fans were missing, and the case was very ugly to my eyes. I decided I would buy a new case, modular psu and quality fans and keep the rest.
So specs of the build are:
NZXT S340 Elite Matte Black
Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Motherboard
AMD FX-8350 CPU w/ stock copper pipe air cooler
Corsair Vengeance 8GB
EVGA GTX 1070 Founders
EVGA Supernova 550 G2
Seagate 250GB HDD
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD
Corsair ML140 Pro Fan x 2 up front
I took my time building it and it seems to have turned out very nicely. It turns on and loads to the desktop without a hitch.
PROBLEM: The problem now is that the two front fans are spinning at a very high rpm around 2800 or so and because of this they are very loud. I triple checked my connections. I have the two front fans connected to a rosewill 2 into 1 splitter plugged into the chassis 3 spot on the motherboard, while the rear and top fans (stock nzxt 120mm) are connected to a splitter plugged into the chassis 2 spot. I went into bios but was unable to change fan speed. I don't know if that's even possible though. I did some research and others have had this same problem on this motherboard. The fixes they gave didn't quite make sense to me though or I need clarification.
What are my options short of getting a new motherboard?
ps..I'm not currently using the computer as I know the fans spinning at that speed are well above their intended 1600rpm max. I only had it on for short periods to attempt to figure out the issue in bios but quickly realized I wasn't getting anywhere.