Yesterday I received the custom-built PC I ordered. Putting it all in place made me pretty giddy untill the moment of the first start-up. The fans are annoyingly loud. Under no load at all it sounds like an air-conditioner.
Before going into detail, here's the setup:
CPU: i7-2600k sandy-bridge (not overclocked yet)
Heatsink: Noctua NH-D14
Mobo: ASRock Z68 Extreme
GPU: XFX HD6970 2GB
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700W
SSD: OCZ VTX3-25SAT3-120G
HDD: Samsung HD103SJ
Case: CM690ii Advanced with 3 stock fans (front & top intake - 140mm/back outflow - 120mm)
In general the PC is a beast for gaming. Though gaming isn't that enjoyable when you can't even hear the in-game sound without being disturbed by the annoying buzzing of the fans. My primary concern was that the PC would run quiet, cfr. the Noctua heatsink. But when the system makes more noise than a 2 year old €1000 HP Pavilion Desktop, which runs pretty much silent, I think something got messed up along the way.
The motherboard utility app allows adjusting the fan speed levels and target temperatures. Even with all levels set to 1, the fans are still quite loud. Here's some stats from the motherboard ap:
I checked the fans' orientation and it's all ok. I can't really discern which of the fans are making the most noise, since they're all quite close together. Is this normal for these kind of fans? I doubt it. I also can't see any way to solve my problem anymore, since opening the case voids the warranty and even if I opened it, I wouldn't know what could help.
Another fan problem is located on my GPU. Whenver I start playing a high-spec game like The Witcher 2 or Crysis 2, the fan quickly heats up to 90+°C - My CPU never goes above 45°C in any situation. The fan can sometimes even be heard (above all the other fan noise) when I'm wearing my beefy head-phones while in-game sound is playing. I searched the internet and came to the conclusion it's a fairly common problem with this card, so I guess the solution is to buy another one?
If anyone could enlighten me as what I could do to resolve this noisy problem, it would be very much appreciated.
Before going into detail, here's the setup:
CPU: i7-2600k sandy-bridge (not overclocked yet)
Heatsink: Noctua NH-D14
Mobo: ASRock Z68 Extreme
GPU: XFX HD6970 2GB
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700W
SSD: OCZ VTX3-25SAT3-120G
HDD: Samsung HD103SJ
Case: CM690ii Advanced with 3 stock fans (front & top intake - 140mm/back outflow - 120mm)
In general the PC is a beast for gaming. Though gaming isn't that enjoyable when you can't even hear the in-game sound without being disturbed by the annoying buzzing of the fans. My primary concern was that the PC would run quiet, cfr. the Noctua heatsink. But when the system makes more noise than a 2 year old €1000 HP Pavilion Desktop, which runs pretty much silent, I think something got messed up along the way.
The motherboard utility app allows adjusting the fan speed levels and target temperatures. Even with all levels set to 1, the fans are still quite loud. Here's some stats from the motherboard ap:
I checked the fans' orientation and it's all ok. I can't really discern which of the fans are making the most noise, since they're all quite close together. Is this normal for these kind of fans? I doubt it. I also can't see any way to solve my problem anymore, since opening the case voids the warranty and even if I opened it, I wouldn't know what could help.
Another fan problem is located on my GPU. Whenver I start playing a high-spec game like The Witcher 2 or Crysis 2, the fan quickly heats up to 90+°C - My CPU never goes above 45°C in any situation. The fan can sometimes even be heard (above all the other fan noise) when I'm wearing my beefy head-phones while in-game sound is playing. I searched the internet and came to the conclusion it's a fairly common problem with this card, so I guess the solution is to buy another one?
If anyone could enlighten me as what I could do to resolve this noisy problem, it would be very much appreciated.
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