Hello,
I'm looking for some help in determining if I need a new cooling system.
It's a reasonably new system. amd phenom II x4 965
My fan has been running really high for a long time and I've always had smartfan enabled in the bios.
I've started getting really sick of the noise. It was running at 4,500 at idle, then 6,500 while in use. (Idle 32-37C. and never saw the cpu get hotter than 55C under such conditions). Even just in BIOS the fan ran at 4,500rpms.
So, I just changed the settings with my motherboards "easytune" software.
I got the fan down to 2200 rpms and 37-40C while idle and its very quiet.
When I push the cpu, I start hitting 60C at 4,000 rpm. (this is still fairly quiet. It's like 4,500 is the key number, when it sounds like a car engine)
Does this sound reasonable? Was my fan just acting stupid? Are these new temperatures reasonable?
I'm not sure I can identify my cooling system. It just says "AV" on the fan.
It does have lots of exposed copper piping. (I understand this is a sign of a good modern cooling system?)
It's like running at that stupid high speed in idle wasn't really cooling it much at all? Sounds like the "smartfan" mode was being very very stupid. It seems like I've gotten rid of all the noise without raising the cpu temperature more than a few degrees. Or are these temperatures too hot for idle?
Thanks
I'm looking for some help in determining if I need a new cooling system.
It's a reasonably new system. amd phenom II x4 965
My fan has been running really high for a long time and I've always had smartfan enabled in the bios.
I've started getting really sick of the noise. It was running at 4,500 at idle, then 6,500 while in use. (Idle 32-37C. and never saw the cpu get hotter than 55C under such conditions). Even just in BIOS the fan ran at 4,500rpms.
So, I just changed the settings with my motherboards "easytune" software.
I got the fan down to 2200 rpms and 37-40C while idle and its very quiet.
When I push the cpu, I start hitting 60C at 4,000 rpm. (this is still fairly quiet. It's like 4,500 is the key number, when it sounds like a car engine)
Does this sound reasonable? Was my fan just acting stupid? Are these new temperatures reasonable?
I'm not sure I can identify my cooling system. It just says "AV" on the fan.
It does have lots of exposed copper piping. (I understand this is a sign of a good modern cooling system?)
It's like running at that stupid high speed in idle wasn't really cooling it much at all? Sounds like the "smartfan" mode was being very very stupid. It seems like I've gotten rid of all the noise without raising the cpu temperature more than a few degrees. Or are these temperatures too hot for idle?
Thanks
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