Question about temps and fan noise

leftwing42

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Recently I've been noticing that my PC has been a lot louder than usual while playing games. I checked the temps and I'm not sure if they're too high or not, far from an expert myself. I have a FX-6300 CPU, it idles at 25-35 C, but when I'm in a game, it hops up to 50-55 C, and even jumped above 60 for a few seconds.
My GPU is NVIDIA GTX 760, which idles at 35 C, but goes up to 60-65 C in game. I'm not sure if these are normal temps and such, just trying to be safe, had this PC less than a year, don't want it dying on me. thanks
 

Paperdoc

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I won't comment on the temps - don't know whether those are OK or not. But you say the sound is louder now than it used to be. Three possibilities to check:
1. Are you now using more advanced games that load the system more?
2. Have you checked your air intake filters and cleaned them?
3. Is there anything inside or OUTSIDE the case partially blocking the airflow to / from the fans? I once found that all the cables behind my system were impeding air exit from an exhaust fan.
 

Karadjgne

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When was the last time you cleaned your computer, especially the fans? Todays fans (the better ones anyways) have so much technology poured into/onto them even as far as digital weight balancing. Reason for this is if one blade weighs a fraction more than others, it upsets the balance at higher speeds, leading to much noise and generally pre-mature breakdown of the bearing system. So, how much dust has accumulated on your fan blades.. all of them, even the psu. Also check for dust in the cpu cooler fins from that fan. It reduces the efficiency of the cooler, meaning the fan has to spin faster (louder) too cool the cpu. Gpu is another major culprit for dust in fins volume.