Question What is the recommendation for running fans

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Should i run the cpu fans and video card fans at full speed or automatically?

Intel Core i7 14700k/Gigabyte z790 Aorus Elite AX Ice Motherboard/(3) Corsair QX120 Fans
Corsair RM Shift x 1200 White Power Supply/Corsair Dominator DDR 5 32GB 5600 mhz
Samsung 970 Plus 1TB M2 Drive (2)/12tb Seagate Barracuda SATA hard drives (2)/Corsair QX140 Fan
NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4080 Super/Corsair Titan RX 360 Cooler
ASUS XCG 27" 4K White Monitor (1) 10tb Seagate SATA Hard Drive
 
Should i run the cpu fans and video card fans at full speed or automatically?

Intel Core i7 14700k/Gigabyte z790 Aorus Elite AX Ice Motherboard/(3) Corsair QX120 Fans
Corsair RM Shift x 1200 White Power Supply/Corsair Dominator DDR 5 32GB 5600 mhz
Samsung 970 Plus 1TB M2 Drive (2)/12tb Seagate Barracuda SATA hard drives (2)/Corsair QX140 Fan
NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4080 Super/Corsair Titan RX 360 Cooler
ASUS XCG 27" 4K White Monitor (1) 10tb Seagate SATA Hard Drive
CPU and graphics card fans should only blow has hard as they need to to keep the parts cool. While just browsing you should barely be able to hear the PC fans. I am a fan of finding the minimum RPM my fans will run at and then set each individual fan maybe 2-3% faster than that as a baseline speed until the CPU / GPU gets to about 60 celcius with a gradual increase in fanspeeds from the baseline to about 70% speed at 85 celcius.