- Nov 19, 2014
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So I finally got a 3770k today (thanks to a lot of you guys helping me on here) and it's actually improved performance WAY more than I thought it would, especially in games so I'm happy with performance.
The problem is the fan that came with it, it's actually way louder than my previous fan. I actually bought this PC pre-built and it came with an i5 3340 and a fan that just says "akasa" on it and "ak-cc7108ep01" on the side. I just assumed that since it was a pre-build (it was REALLY cheap for what came with it, cheaper than if I built it) that the fan would be terrible.
So my question is, could I use the akasa with the i7? Would you recommend it? Or is the i7's fan louder due to the higher performance CPU or something? (Meaning that akasa would be just as loud?) I'm not too sure how temps interact with coolers and CPUs. I won't be overclocking for now, I just assumed that a cooler sitting on an i5 wouldn't work too well with an i7. Am I wrong about that?
Previously the only sound I got was from my GPU when it kicked in and the PSU so it was pretty quiet but now it's making noises similar to my laptop when it gets angry. I've been monitoring temps by the way and all the cores are around 40 as I type this with a few games downloading in Steam and a few sluggish Java programs chugging away so it isn't getting hot and isn't working too hard which leads me to believe that it's just a low quality cooler?
I'm actually willing to upgrade to a better fan cooler (I'm too scared to go near water yet) eventually if there's a quieter option.
The problem is the fan that came with it, it's actually way louder than my previous fan. I actually bought this PC pre-built and it came with an i5 3340 and a fan that just says "akasa" on it and "ak-cc7108ep01" on the side. I just assumed that since it was a pre-build (it was REALLY cheap for what came with it, cheaper than if I built it) that the fan would be terrible.
So my question is, could I use the akasa with the i7? Would you recommend it? Or is the i7's fan louder due to the higher performance CPU or something? (Meaning that akasa would be just as loud?) I'm not too sure how temps interact with coolers and CPUs. I won't be overclocking for now, I just assumed that a cooler sitting on an i5 wouldn't work too well with an i7. Am I wrong about that?
Previously the only sound I got was from my GPU when it kicked in and the PSU so it was pretty quiet but now it's making noises similar to my laptop when it gets angry. I've been monitoring temps by the way and all the cores are around 40 as I type this with a few games downloading in Steam and a few sluggish Java programs chugging away so it isn't getting hot and isn't working too hard which leads me to believe that it's just a low quality cooler?
I'm actually willing to upgrade to a better fan cooler (I'm too scared to go near water yet) eventually if there's a quieter option.
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