H100i V2 cpu cooler fans question.

reaperchu

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Apr 4, 2016
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So i have a H100i v2 cooler currently running stock SP 120 fans. But i am having a issue where after a bit of gaming like 10-20 mins, they start to go way faster than they are suppose to be. I use the balanced settings so at most they should be at like maybe 2200 rpm while gaming, but lately they have been as high as 2800-2900 rpm and the bearings start to make a lot of grinding noise. I have already ordered new SP 120 high performance fans based on a recommendation that the stock SP 120s the cooler comes with are just really bad fans.

But my question here is tho, could there aside from the fans just being bad to begin with, be a software issue as well? Cause I didn't think these fans were rated to even be able to go at that RPM, and they sure aren't set in corsair link settings to be able to. So might there be a possibility of another reason as well? Or is it just bad fans.

Specs:
i7-4790k
MSI Gaming 6 Z97A
16 GB 2133Mhz G.Skill Ripjaws
AMD R9 285
 

Lutfij

Titan
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The only way you can rule out the fans being build shoddily and direct blame towards the software was if you had a pair/set of perfectly working fans meant for watercooling and supporting the same RPM band/range to perform your own investigation whereby the fans (in spite of a custom fan curve/profile) are seen to ramp up.

The other side of the story is that the software is simply following instructions from the CPU header as that is the main source of communication for the cooler and thus acts accordingly. You could try and reinstall your Corsair utility and see if the issue is persistent. FYI, Corsair's product quality in the fans department aren't good and have been known to give up the ghost half or 3/4 of the way into their service life(worse if they give up in the beginning). Corsair's fans are known to rattle and creak alongside the ticking of the motor while there are known cases of the fan blades breaking upon constant brushing against the fan housing.
 

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