How many percents is good for CPU Fan speed when overclocking?

Shabbegbglass · Mar 29, 2016

So, I spend alot of time on my PC and wanted to overclock and wanted to ante up the the fan speed. If I have it at max, it decreases the life span of the fan but I wondered. How many percents should I have for a gamer that plays alot and has his PC on nearly all the time. I want a little bit more decent performance without shortening my fans life span. Well of course it will decrease anyways if I ante up the percentage but I don't want it to decrease alot. I want it to be normal.

Thanks for every comment posted

getochkn · Mar 29, 2016

The max fan speed is whatever keeps it cool. Doesn't matter if your $11 fan last longer because it's not run at full if your CPU burns out and you loose $300 because you're worried about a cheap fan.

Shabbegbglass · Mar 29, 2016

getochkn :

can you just tell me how much I should put it on? Simple questions requires only simple answers

Sergeant_Sneaky · Mar 29, 2016

I don't know what fan you mean but just try and balance noise and heat, for me, 45% is a good place to have my GPU fans, but it will be different with every GPU.

Rogue Leader · Mar 29, 2016

Shabbegbglass :

The guy is trying to help you and while you think its a simple question its not.

There is no answer to your question, YOU need to figure it out based on monitoring the temperature of your GPU while gaming and then increasing the max fan speed percentage until you get to a temperature you are comfortable with.

Shabbegbglass · Mar 29, 2016

Sergeant_Sneaky :

Well, I have a gtx 970

Sergeant_Sneaky · Mar 29, 2016

Shabbegbglass :

Which exact model?

USAFRet · Mar 29, 2016

Shabbegbglass :

The 'simple answer' is "However fast it needs to go to keep things cool".
There is no defined 'number'.

Shabbegbglass · Mar 29, 2016

Sergeant_Sneaky :

I don't know what you mean by model, but I'll say MSI?

Edit: GM204-A
Maybe it's that you're talking about

getochkn · Mar 29, 2016

Does a 400 square foot house in Alaska need the same cooling as a 20,000 square foot house in the middle of Mexico? No. You need what you need.

turkey3_scratch · Mar 29, 2016

I don't see why you are bothering with configuration anyway, the fan speeds on automatic are usually very good at adjusting the RPM to suit the current temperatures.

Someone Somewhere · Mar 29, 2016

If you want the 'simple' answer, the automatic mode will be better than any fixed percentage we can tell you.

If you want to spend lots of time, then set up the curves manually.

Sergeant_Sneaky · Mar 29, 2016

Shabbegbglass :

Sergeant_Sneaky :

I don't know what you mean by model, but I'll say MSI?

Edit: GM204-A
Maybe it's that you're talking about

Try a number like 60% and adjust it based on your temps at 60%

ss202sl · Mar 29, 2016

There's no right answer here. The fans should run at a speed that keeps the CPU cool.... whatever speed that is.

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