Rx 470 is really loud

[dankvegan]

My red devil rx 470 sounds like a plane engine its so loud and every other one I have heard is fairly quiet so what is wrong with mine? also my amd a10 7700k fan is pretty loud but it only gets up to 120 f at most...

 

[LucaFire]

Do you have software so that you can edit the fan curve on the fan?

 

[hbazzi98]

is the case inside mildly warm? usually fans turn up because of the temperature in your case. also, how many fans are in your case? intake and exhaust would help also

 

[dankvegan]

The temps are normally around 130 at hottest and the side of my case is off.

 

[hbazzi98]

The temps are normally around 130 at hottest and the side of my case is off.

if that is the gpu then that is way too damn high. looked at another website to confirm and it and it says that 70-80 is acceptable. if you do not have intake and exhaust fans then i would immediately buy a couple to put in the case.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3162574/470-degrees-celsius-normal.html

 

[dankvegan]

I'm just confused cause the side is off of the case even and idle it's hotter than what you said acceptable.

 

[hbazzi98]

I'm just confused cause the side is off of the case even and idle it's hotter than what you said acceptable.

well, as i reread your forum, it says 120 (F). is this correct? because 120 F is very different than 120 C

 

[dankvegan]

It's 120 Fahrenheit

 

[hbazzi98]

It's 120 Fahrenheit

ahh, this changes. i assumed it was 120 C because thats what we usually always use. but basic math 120 F equals about 49 C. Now this is weird because this is in a good range for the temperature. Do you know by any chance what RPM it runs when it is loud?

 

[dankvegan]

It runs at about 2500 rpm but every review says it's quiet and cool mine is fairly cool but definitely not quiet at all.

 

[dankvegan]

Also I can't run games near as well as most people do with this card even with a worse CPU.

 

[hbazzi98]

hmm. are all the fans on it in tact? like nothing is broken or bent in any way? usually you will know if something just does not look uniform with the whole thing

 

[dankvegan]

The fans are fine they spin great just really loudly.

 

[hbazzi98]

hm. the only thing i can think of is that you got a graphic card that is a defect. i would call powercooler and see what they can do for you.

their number is Support Phone: 1-626-330-4700

 

[dankvegan]

Okay thank you.

 

[LucaFire]

Okay thank you.

Right now, your card is running extremely cool (55 degrees Celcius at highest) - this can be attributed to the fact that your fans are running like crazy. If your card were running anywhere near 130 degrees celcius, the computer would have either throttled the card so that it would pump out less performance or it would have shut down the computer (of which, it did neither).

Like I said earlier, download MSI Afterburner and lower the fan curve (fan speed) using that software.

 

[dankvegan]

I will try that and it kinda sounds like coil whine too.

 

[LucaFire]

What I suggest is the problem is your graphic drivers. This problem has appeared a lot in AMD drivers as of late.

What you'll need to do is run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) (http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html) and uninstall all AMD graphics drivers. Once you've done that (in Safe Mode), you need to install the last AMD driver for your card that didn't cause the extreme fan curve.

Tell me if that works.