PC building simulator excessive fan noise on my machine.(Real PC Problem)

[Sid1701d]

PC building simulator, I figured I would ask in here as more may know the answer, Why would my fan get really loud whenever I load pc building simulator. I don't know which fan it is if its my CPU fan or my GPU fan. The GPU fan is supposed to be the silient type. I know my CPU fan has a lot of dust on it, but it isn't clogging the CPU any. My other computer had more dust on the CPU than this computer. It shouldn't make the fans loud. Its hard to get red of the dust off the fans because you got to take everything out half the time just to get to each fan and dust them out. Because my computer processor isn't being made anymore, its doubtful I want to do anything that could cause a break in the processor down the road. It just seems to be this game too.

[Brittimus]

What processor and graphics card are you using? The simple answer is the fan is getting really loud because something is getting really hot. PCBS is a surprisingly demanding game for whatever reason so if you’re trying to run it on hardware near the minimum requirement then it’s reasonable to expect it to struggle.

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Try and make sure Vsync is set in-game in the in-game settings and see if it fixes this for you.

[Okerlund]

This is definitely a very demanding game for some reason. My CPU heats up the same as any other game, but my graphics card is a different story. This game runs 10C hotter than games like Assassins Creed Odyssey at 1440p max settings. My guess is your video card is just trying to cool itself off. Maybe get a program that checks your temps and see what is heating up. And just because the fans speed up don't always mean its getting too hot and that you should worry (Windows won't really let things run too hot, it should BSOD before then). But checking temps would be good.

[Sid1701d]

My Cpu is a i5 3570 3.4Ghz with a 4.0Ghz boost, my graphics card is a Evga 1060 GTX SC with 6GB Vram, i got 32GB ram on my system. That is the limit the motherboard can support so its fully loaded.

[Jacknm2]

Buy some cans of Compressed Air, usually cheap and give the GPU / CPU heatsink and fans a good dusting outside. if you havent touched the insides since it was built or for over a year then you probably want to replace the Thermal paste on the CPU, its a fairly straight forward process than you can google / youtube.

As the others have said it is a demanding game, mainly due to the physics of each part and cable being calculated and rendered (something I remember from WizzyWig back in the EA days). That and perhaps the lack of some finer optimisation.

[Sid1701d]

i would have no problem taking my Cpu fan off now if there was another Cpu I could get for that model. As it stands the board and Cpu is obsolete and if anything goes wrong, i will have no computer to play my games. So yeah its not the best of solutions at all. Yeah, the stock fan has some caked on dust on the heatsink, but the other processor i had before had tons more and still ran like clock work. i just don't see the reason to spend to munch time on something that is going to be not worth munch later on.

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Originally posted by Sid1701d:

i would have no problem taking my Cpu fan off now if there was another Cpu I could get for that model. As it stands the board and Cpu is obsolete and if anything goes wrong, i will have no computer to play my games. So yeah its not the best of solutions at all. Yeah, the stock fan has some caked on dust on the heatsink, but the other processor i had before had tons more and still ran like clock work. i just don't see the reason to spend to munch time on something that is going to be not worth munch later on.

You can buy used 3570K chips for $25 - $30 on ebay these days. They're not impossible to replace and they're actually quite cheap these days. Besides, you don't have to take the heatsink off to de-dust it.. just spray the heatsink with air duster while it's installed. Trivial really. Did you even try my suggestion of turning on Vsync in settings in PCBS first?

[Jacknm2]

Originally posted by Sid1701d:

i would have no problem taking my Cpu fan off now if there was another Cpu I could get for that model. As it stands the board and Cpu is obsolete and if anything goes wrong, i will have no computer to play my games. So yeah its not the best of solutions at all. Yeah, the stock fan has some caked on dust on the heatsink, but the other processor i had before had tons more and still ran like clock work. i just don't see the reason to spend to munch time on something that is going to be not worth munch later on.

Thermal paste is super cheap, like £3 in the UK and compressed air cans cost around £1 per can.

So for less than £10 GBP you can clean your system and replace the thermal compound that was on there originally which is likely cured beyond helpful now and hey presto you have better thermals.

removing the heatsink, cleaning it with some form of alcohol cleaning agent (I've even used aftershave when I was in a pinch) is not going to damage your CPU in any way shape or form. you wont even be taking the CPU out of the socket!For someone interested in PC's and playing PCBS you seem to think your system is awfully fragile.

My CPU is the next generation of yours, the i7 4790k which is beyond belief expensive to replace but is still replacable and I replace my thermal compound every 9 - 12 months.

If you want better thermals then you must do the above, if you don't then end of thread I guess.

Edit: New i5 3570k is £250 - Used £79
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-SKT1155-Cache/dp/B007RMH1R4
and thats just clicking on the first thing I saw.

You gotta realise a lot of the people interested in the game and in the forums for PCBS are *veteran* (for lack of a better word) PC Builders or enthusiasts and we do have a fair amount of knowledge on PC components, prices etc....

[Sid1701d]

Vsync is already on, i usually prefer to run with it on because you get less graphics tears.

[Brittimus]

Your only real option here is to try to clean the dust out of your machine. Ironically, not cleaning the dust out because you're afraid you're going to somehow damage either your motherboard or CPU will inevitably result in a shorter lifespan for both components because of heat. Forcing the fans to run at max speed and running at high temps isn't exactly good for your components. Unless you're overly violent or exceedingly clumsy you'd have a hard time actually damaging anything with air and thermal paste.

It's your machine and totally up to you, but if you want the fans to not work as hard then your only option is to help them out.