New acer gaming pc fans possibly effed up?

[Ted Snark]

I got a new Acer gaming pc (Acer Predator Orion 5000) and from the beginning the fans have been really weird and uneven, and revving up when doing really light tasks. The only way to keep it quiet is to force a flat cpu fan curve on the computer. Otherwise the fans are all over the place. Is this normal for a new, powerful pc or am I screwed big time? I normally use the standard cpu fan setting in the bios but that setting makes the fans really uneven and sometimes way too loud. The silent setting is better, you can still hear the fans rev up a bit but it's not nearly as bad as the standard setting. But the problem with silent setting is that it might make the cpu too hot in the long run when gaming. Also, mu cpu temps when idling are in the 50 celsius range, that sounds a little bit too high...Any ideas what could be going on here?

[Supafly]

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

I put my cpu fan at 50 % and it's pretty darn loud...tried 50 % with others, really gentle and quiet, so the culprit is definitely my cpu fan. I put my cpu fan at 24 % and it's pretty much the same noise wise as the others at 50 % speed.

Then buy a better cpu cooler or if the cooler has changeable fan/s buy better fans and change them.

[Ted Snark]

Supafly eredeti hozzászólása:

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

I put my cpu fan at 50 % and it's pretty darn loud...tried 50 % with others, really gentle and quiet, so the culprit is definitely my cpu fan. I put my cpu fan at 24 % and it's pretty much the same noise wise as the others at 50 % speed.

Then buy a better cpu cooler or if the cooler has changeable fan/s buy better fans and change them.

I called Acer, will see what they think and if they think it's normal, then I'll have to consider getting better cooling. I'm keeping my cpu fan at 24 % flat speed and increase it if the cpu starts throttling.

[Supafly]

Find out what CPU cooler they installed and research it. Entirely possible the fan on it is faulty and it's not just a cheap/poor cooler

[Ted Snark]

Supafly eredeti hozzászólása:

Find out what CPU cooler they installed and research it. Entirely possible the fan on it is faulty and it's not just a cheap/poor cooler

Yeah, thanks for the advice, have to do that too. This is my first pre built desktop, not a good start at all...xD

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Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

Supafly eredeti hozzászólása:

Then buy a better cpu cooler or if the cooler has changeable fan/s buy better fans and change them.

I called Acer, will see what they think and if they think it's normal, then I'll have to consider getting better cooling. I'm keeping my cpu fan at 24 % flat speed and increase it if the cpu starts throttling.

What program arw you using to control fans?

[Supafly]

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

Supafly eredeti hozzászólása:

Find out what CPU cooler they installed and research it. Entirely possible the fan on it is faulty and it's not just a cheap/poor cooler

Yeah, thanks for the advice, have to do that too. This is my first pre built desktop, not a good start at all...xD

Problem with prebuilds. Why most here recommend doing it yourself or at the very least buy from a company that builds it for you as they will allow you to pick every component.

Prebuilds often have things like cheap barely able to power all components. When you want to upgrade things like the CPU or GPU it won't be enough and you'd need a more powerful PSU. Never hurts to have a more powerful PSU. Not saying get a 1500 watt PSU if you only need 500 watts but having 600/700 or even 800 watts isn't unreasonable. May cost an extra 30/40/50/60 or something but if it's a decent PSU you'll get 10+ year warranty so it should be lasting atleast 1 upgrade making the extra cost worth while

[Ted Snark]

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

I called Acer, will see what they think and if they think it's normal, then I'll have to consider getting better cooling. I'm keeping my cpu fan at 24 % flat speed and increase it if the cpu starts throttling.

What program arw you using to control fans?

It's called Fan Control, for some reason Acer's own software wasn't even installed on this computer and when I installed it, it didn't seem to work.

Supafly eredeti hozzászólása:

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah, thanks for the advice, have to do that too. This is my first pre built desktop, not a good start at all...xD

Problem with prebuilds. Why most here recommend doing it yourself or at the very least buy from a company that builds it for you as they will allow you to pick every component.

Prebuilds often have things like cheap barely able to power all components. When you want to upgrade things like the CPU or GPU it won't be enough and you'd need a more powerful PSU. Never hurts to have a more powerful PSU. Not saying get a 1500 watt PSU if you only need 500 watts but having 600/700 or even 800 watts isn't unreasonable. May cost an extra 30/40/50/60 or something but if it's a decent PSU you'll get 10+ year warranty so it should be lasting atleast 1 upgrade making the extra cost worth while

Yeah, teaches me to build my next one from components rather than be lazy and get a pre built one. Fortunately this pc costs me only 61 euros per months as we have a few places where I can buy a product and get 36 months to pay it back and there's not even any interest rate so I pay exactly the amount I would pay if I paid it all at once. Usually there's a pretty big interest rate with these things. I'm going to see what Acer thinks about this situation first and if they say it's normal then I'll see about getting a new cooling for my cpu.

[Supafly]

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah, teaches me to build my next one from components rather than be lazy and get a pre built one. Fortunately this pc costs me only 61 euros per months as we have a few places where I can buy a product and get 36 months to pay it back and there's not even any interest rate so I pay exactly the amount I would pay if I paid it all at once. Usually there's a pretty big interest rate with these things. I'm going to see what Acer thinks about this situation first and if they say it's normal then I'll see about getting a new cooling for my cpu.

Don't have to build it yourself. Just don't go for prebuilds.I didn't exactly build this one from scratch but I have changed virtually everything over the years, so pretty close I suppose. I Spec'd out the entire system and had it built to order.

Health condition where attacks can screw with everything. I've dropped a new CPU on a new motherboard destroying it before so some things I won't do myself anymore. When I upgraded the system mention above due to failing hardware the same company I got it from was kind enough to put the new CPU in the motherboard before shipping. Didn't need to put cooler on or anything else just secure the CPU in the socket so I not drop it and destroy another motherboard.

Even if/when it gets worse I would not by a prebuild.

Point is if you want a system built for you buy a system built to order so you know everything going into it. Only reason a pre-build is likely to be cheaper is because besides the main components, CPU, GPU the others can be the bare essentials to run it.

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Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

What program arw you using to control fans?

It's called Fan Control, for some reason Acer's own software wasn't even installed on this computer and when I installed it, it didn't seem to work.

Supafly eredeti hozzászólása:

Problem with prebuilds. Why most here recommend doing it yourself or at the very least buy from a company that builds it for you as they will allow you to pick every component.

Prebuilds often have things like cheap barely able to power all components. When you want to upgrade things like the CPU or GPU it won't be enough and you'd need a more powerful PSU. Never hurts to have a more powerful PSU. Not saying get a 1500 watt PSU if you only need 500 watts but having 600/700 or even 800 watts isn't unreasonable. May cost an extra 30/40/50/60 or something but if it's a decent PSU you'll get 10+ year warranty so it should be lasting atleast 1 upgrade making the extra cost worth while

Yeah, teaches me to build my next one from components rather than be lazy and get a pre built one. Fortunately this pc costs me only 61 euros per months as we have a few places where I can buy a product and get 36 months to pay it back and there's not even any interest rate so I pay exactly the amount I would pay if I paid it all at once. Usually there's a pretty big interest rate with these things. I'm going to see what Acer thinks about this situation first and if they say it's normal then I'll see about getting a new cooling for my cpu.

Try Argus Monitor. I don't think it's free but has a free trial. But that's what allowed me to check what was up with my fans and which ones were making the noise.

[Ted Snark]

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

It's called Fan Control, for some reason Acer's own software wasn't even installed on this computer and when I installed it, it didn't seem to work.



Yeah, teaches me to build my next one from components rather than be lazy and get a pre built one. Fortunately this pc costs me only 61 euros per months as we have a few places where I can buy a product and get 36 months to pay it back and there's not even any interest rate so I pay exactly the amount I would pay if I paid it all at once. Usually there's a pretty big interest rate with these things. I'm going to see what Acer thinks about this situation first and if they say it's normal then I'll see about getting a new cooling for my cpu.

Try Argus Monitor. I don't think it's free but has a free trial. But that's what allowed me to check what was up with my fans and which ones were making the noise.

Fan control does the same and it's the cpu fan that's really noisy. Checked with HWMonitor and that showed me that the RPMs are indeed from the cpu fan. The most annoying part is the constant revving of the cpu fan even during light pc usage. It rises and lowers really often so I'm keeping the fan at a flat 24 % speed for now.

[emoticorpse]

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

Try Argus Monitor. I don't think it's free but has a free trial. But that's what allowed me to check what was up with my fans and which ones were making the noise.

Fan control does the same and it's the cpu fan that's really noisy. Checked with HWMonitor and that showed me that the RPMs are indeed from the cpu fan. The most annoying part is the constant revving of the cpu fan even during light pc usage. It rises and lowers really often so I'm keeping the fan at a flat 24 % speed for now.

oh ok. can you post a picture of the cooler?

[Supafly]

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

Fan control does the same and it's the cpu fan that's really noisy. Checked with HWMonitor and that showed me that the RPMs are indeed from the cpu fan. The most annoying part is the constant revving of the cpu fan even during light pc usage. It rises and lowers really often so I'm keeping the fan at a flat 24 % speed for now.

oh ok. can you post a picture of the cooler?

Do like that ASUS site doesn't list the cooler anywhere on the product page specs. That alone tells me it's likely the cheapest they could use

[Ted Snark]

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

Fan control does the same and it's the cpu fan that's really noisy. Checked with HWMonitor and that showed me that the RPMs are indeed from the cpu fan. The most annoying part is the constant revving of the cpu fan even during light pc usage. It rises and lowers really often so I'm keeping the fan at a flat 24 % speed for now.

oh ok. can you post a picture of the cooler?

https://i.imgur.com/hcs7Xxc.jpg There's a picture of it. Looks pretty rudimentary to me...

[emoticorpse]

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

oh ok. can you post a picture of the cooler?

https://i.imgur.com/hcs7Xxc.jpg There's a picture of it. Looks pretty rudimentary to me...

Well, I don't mess with water cooler much (at all really)but that does look like a budget AIO from what I would expect to see?. And aren't those coolers usually loud also?. I have a feeling air cooling is almost expected to be quieter.

[Supafly]

emoticorpse eredeti hozzászólása:

Billy The ♥♥♥ eredeti hozzászólása:

https://i.imgur.com/hcs7Xxc.jpg There's a picture of it. Looks pretty rudimentary to me...

Well, I don't mess with water cooler much (at all really)but that does look like a budget AIO from what I would expect to see?. And aren't those coolers usually loud also?. I have a feeling air cooling is almost expected to be quieter.

Even if it's loud that'd be down to the fan. Unless OP hears the pump but that should really be set to max so it's not alternating speed.

Can't see any cooler master 120 or 140 mm AIO with the same shaped fixing on the CPU. Possible that Asus logo is just clipped over the standard. Only looked it up to see specs of the fan

Either a 120mm or 140mm, if the sound is normal for the lowest version OP just needs to buy a better fan and switch them. I've used several AIO over the years and I've switched out the fans for better airflow with less noise. Kep the original fans as spares and if it breaks so I can return the unit with the original fans