PC fans getting extremely loud while playing games.

[john]

Whenever I play games like Valorant or Elden Ring, my system sounds like it is about to take off like an airplane. That noise is constant, and I am genuinely dumbfounded why it is like that now. I do want to add that in Idle it is pretty quiet, and beside that it ramps up for a couple of seconds whenever I start a game or a program. I have already checked if my Temperatures are alright and they are. At example, Elden Ring runs fine (beside the occasional stutter) and the temperature for both my CPU and GPU is never higher than 70C. Same for Valorant. Runs very smooth but my PC is during it extremely loud as well.

Yesterday it was genuinely fine. I got today some new peripherals. I am saying this because I had to install iCUE and also the Logitech G Hub. I highly doubt they are causing this, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. I already checked my Fan speed RPM in my BIOS settings and also activated the smart fan mode. That sadly did not do much. So my question is if there is anything I could do? Is there some kind of program or setting which automatically adjusts my Fan speed? Perhaps there even is some kind of sweetspot for the RPM?

My PC Specs:
CPU: i7-12700k
GPU: GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
RAM: 32GB 3600MHz
Motherboard: MSI Z690 Tomahawk WIFI DDR4

Sorry for my rambling. I genuinely would appreciate any kind of advice or help. Thanks for reading!

[Decathect]

Clean dust filters, replace thermal paste, clean pc of dust, does your case get enough airflow, is it balanced or positive/negative pressure, how many fans, type of cpu cooler, size of case, etc.

Could be lots of things, could be multiple things.

Hell could even be the weather...getting hotter where you live? Maybe your PC was fine in the winter but now that its getting warmer out the ability for your PC to stay cool is revealing its weaknesses.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Adjust fan curves for CPU and GPU so the RPMs of those fans gradually set to increase at lower temps to avoid this from occurring. Enforcing a Max FPS Limit may help as well.

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The fans are doing their job as the CPU and GPU radiate heat . There re two options - quieter fans or reducing the power draw of CPU/GPU . There is a third option - a better case but i guess the one is used is quite good .

[john]

Opprinnelig skrevet av TeamGunstar:

Clean dust filters, replace thermal paste, clean pc of dust, does your case get enough airflow, is it balanced or positive/negative pressure, how many fans, type of cpu cooler, size of case, etc.

Could be lots of things, could be multiple things.

Hell could even be the weather...getting hotter where you live? Maybe your PC was fine in the winter but now that its getting warmer out the ability for your PC to stay cool is revealing its weaknesses.

My system is around 2 weeks old now. So I do not think it could be things like dust or thermal dust. Airflow is also alright and it is a ATX tower. Also I doubt it is the weather because it isn't that hot here yet. But thanks a lot for the heads up!

[john]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Bad 💀 Motha:

Adjust fan curves for CPU and GPU so the RPMs of those fans gradually set to increase at lower temps to avoid this from occurring. Enforcing a Max FPS Limit may help as well.

I will look into that again, thank you!

[john]

Opprinnelig skrevet av littlecat20160:

The fans are doing their job as the CPU and GPU radiate heat . There re two options - quieter fans or reducing the power draw of CPU/GPU . There is a third option - a better case but i guess the one is used is quite good .

I see, thanks to you as well. I am using the Corsair 4000D Airflow case.

[Pocahawtness]

I posted something a little while back that ICEU was causing this!!

I seem to remember that there is a new version of iceu but it doesn't download it if you just allow it to auto update or even if you ask it to update to the latest. You have to go to the website and download iceu 4.

Failing that then perhaps you need to go in to the nvidia control panel and limit you fps a bit.

[john]

Opprinnelig skrevet av 🤪 Pocahawtness:

I posted something a little while back that ICEU was causing this!!

I seem to remember that there is a new version of iceu but it doesn't download it if you just allow it to auto update or even if you ask it to update to the latest. You have to go to the website and download iceu 4.

Failing that then perhaps you need to go in to the nvidia control panel and limit you fps a bit.

Hey there, thanks a lot for the heads up! I really appreciate that. I do have iCUE4 actually and I also seemed to fix it somehow.

For anyone curious, I once again changed my Fan speed (RPM) in my BIOS and that seemed to do the trick. In Idle my PC now is a lot more quiet. My PC is also a lot more quiet while playing Elden Ring. I hope this helps anyone out there but I'd highly advice to check your Temperatures while playing regardless. Just to be sure, I am also doing the same at the moment and all seems to be fine for now.

[_I_]

double check the cpu cooler is installed properly

if its a clc, make sure the pump power is plugged into directly into the psu, or on a pump header thats set to 100% in bios

[john]

Opprinnelig skrevet av _I_:

double check the cpu cooler is installed properly

if its a clc, make sure the pump power is plugged into directly into the psu, or on a pump header thats set to 100% in bios

Hey, my Pump plug is actually plugged into my CPU_FAN1 Slot. When I was building my system I also was confused that it perhaps should go into the PUMP header. But in the Manual it said that it is supposed to go to the CPU Fan header. My AIO Cooler is the Corsair H100x.

So far all is good, my CPU temperature while playing Elden Ring never goes above 70C. The temps do spike around sometimes.

[_I_]

if its plugged into the cpu header, make sure its set to 100% in bios
but many boards do not have enough current to the fan headers for a pump
which is why they would have a pump header that can handle more current for it, or its just safer to use a psu molex/sata adapter

[john]

Opprinnelig skrevet av _I_:

if its plugged into the cpu header, make sure its set to 100% in bios
but many boards do not have enough current to the fan headers for a pump
which is why they would have a pump header that can handle more current for it, or its just safer to use a psu molex/sata adapter

It should be at 100% I believe since my CPU never over heats or anything like that. I usually never hit more than 70C while playing games. I also believe that the RPM for the Pump is at around 4000 or so. I really appreciate the heads up though! That is good to know regardless :)

[Decathect]

Opprinnelig skrevet av alucard:

Opprinnelig skrevet av _I_:

if its plugged into the cpu header, make sure its set to 100% in bios
but many boards do not have enough current to the fan headers for a pump
which is why they would have a pump header that can handle more current for it, or its just safer to use a psu molex/sata adapter

It should be at 100% I believe since my CPU never over heats or anything like that. I usually never hit more than 70C while playing games. I also believe that the RPM for the Pump is at around 4000 or so. I really appreciate the heads up though! That is good to know regardless :)

70c good temps for your CPU with an AIO in an ATX case? I don't know much about your CPU maybe it is good, my CPU in a MicroATX case air cooled doesn't go above 65c in Afterburner/Rivatuner while gaming.

[john]

Opprinnelig skrevet av TeamGunstar:

Opprinnelig skrevet av alucard:

It should be at 100% I believe since my CPU never over heats or anything like that. I usually never hit more than 70C while playing games. I also believe that the RPM for the Pump is at around 4000 or so. I really appreciate the heads up though! That is good to know regardless :)

70c good temps for your CPU with an AIO in an ATX case? I don't know much about your CPU maybe it is good, my CPU in a MicroATX case air cooled doesn't go above 65c in Afterburner/Rivatuner while gaming.

Yea it should be fine, I am usually between 45C to 60C while playing games. If my CPU temperature spikes up it's at most at 65C or so.

[Decathect]

Opprinnelig skrevet av alucard:

Opprinnelig skrevet av TeamGunstar:

70c good temps for your CPU with an AIO in an ATX case? I don't know much about your CPU maybe it is good, my CPU in a MicroATX case air cooled doesn't go above 65c in Afterburner/Rivatuner while gaming.

Yea it should be fine, I am usually between 45C to 60C while playing games. If my CPU temperature spikes up it's at most at 65C or so.

I was looking at your CPU specs and yeah its a beast, probably pretty damn good temps :)