Help! Some games send my fans into a 30,000 rpm frenzy!!!
Posted by Gravstenen@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 11 comments
My specs:
- A Corsair 5000T chassi
- 6 Corsair RS120 fans in the front and front/side of the case (I wish I had bought 140mm in hindsight)
- ASUS ROG Strix X870-F motherboard
- Corsair RM1000X PSU (I think. Can also be Corsair SF1000)
- 4 Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5(5600Mhz) ram
- AMD Ryzen7 9800X3D cpu
- A Noctua NH-U12A cpu cooler
- AMD Radeon 7900xtx GPU
I play mostly everything that's recently come out at a steady 200fps, but World of Warcraft which is really heavy on the cpu, and Path of Exile 2 for some reason sends all my fans into a 30,000 rpm frenzy for short bursts of 10 seconds at a time, and I fear that my computer will soon lift off like the Boing 747 it's trying to imitate.
Also, is this considered a good gaming computer?? I know my GPU has a few years on it's neck, and probably needs a replacement before soon.
luaps@reddit
check your temps. if the temps dont go into thermal throttling range (82 C on GPU and prolly around 100 C on the CPU).
if your temps dont go that high you just have unnecessarily aggressive fan curves. tune them in BIOS or get some kind of fan control software.
if your cpu temps go that high your airflow setup is bad or you dont have proper contact on the CPU cooler. the U12A should be enough for the 9800x3D so I doubt you need a new cooler. if your gpu temps go that high you could try repasting the card if its out of warranty. a framerate cap could also lower temps.
Gravstenen@reddit (OP)
When it goes hurricane mode I quickly tabbed out of the game (only got 1 monitor) and the temp was around 85-87, before dropping down to 65-75 on the CPU half a second later. and the gpu was at around the same (60-70)
moreinfos@reddit
Not a great way to do this. Get hwinfo64 and let that run in the background,you can do the sensor only mode. Play your game for a bit till your fans go crazy, then either exit game or tab to hwinfo and check what the max temps were for the proc and gpu
Gravstenen@reddit (OP)
Thank you!
luaps@reddit
okay then temps are fine, you just need to fix your fan curve and maybe limit fps
Gravstenen@reddit (OP)
Is that done in bios? Sorry if this is the dumbest question on this sub 😅😅 I know how to build and assemble computers, but my knowledge pretty much ends there 😂
luaps@reddit
yes, lots of tutorials on youtube
Cyber_Data_Trail@reddit
Regarding pc age, that is the fastest gaming cpu in the world, and one of the top 5 gpus. No upgrade until DDR6 at least lol
Gravstenen@reddit (OP)
Thank you :)
XGreenDirtX@reddit
Ive got the 7900xtx too and noticed that whenever I turn a game on, the thing starts blasting. Even when the temps are still around fucking antarctican temperatures.
Could probably tweak the fan curve to fix that. Just keep an eye on your temps.
Gravstenen@reddit (OP)
PoE2 is probably the worst example here aswell since it's still in EA, and isn't optimized for shit right now