I call it the "combine harvester"

Olegil

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Hello guys! :D


Ive had my gaming-pc for 4 years now, a prebuilt PC with selected parts. Such as an i7-3770 nonK @ 3.40gHz, with a Corsair H60 Cooler, 24 GBs of RAM, a GTX 1080, a CX500M-PSU, 1TB HDD + 500 GB SSD.

All mounted to a MSI B75MA-P45-Mobo, running Windows 10.

Heres my frustration: My PC has since its first day been super loud, you can hear the PC from 10 meters away...... Its like a constant "durrrrrr"....

Now, Im really into "shutting" it up, because I let the PC run overnight (I fly flightsim/usually long hauls).

Im not sure where to start, could this be due to a weak PSU? Or are the fans constantly running because of high temps in CPU?

Everything was preinstalled. Ive only replaced the GPU, added some more RAM and a SSD since I got it.

I also have a stock-Intel cooler, but thats likely useless here....

Cheers! :D
 
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Neither the PSU nor H60 cooler are particularly quiet. But it's also possible you have a vibration/rattle noise poorly mounted fan rather than fan noise itself. Just get your side panel off and see if you can figure out where the noise is coming from. If not, disconnect the fans one-at-a-time to try and find the culprit. Obviously you can't disconnect your PSU fan, but that should only be a problem at high load anyway.

It could potentially be the H60 pump as well. You could disconnect that for a test, but make sure you only boot into the BIOS and don't leave the computer on for long. I'd leave that for last.
Neither the PSU nor H60 cooler are particularly quiet. But it's also possible you have a vibration/rattle noise poorly mounted fan rather than fan noise itself. Just get your side panel off and see if you can figure out where the noise is coming from. If not, disconnect the fans one-at-a-time to try and find the culprit. Obviously you can't disconnect your PSU fan, but that should only be a problem at high load anyway.

It could potentially be the H60 pump as well. You could disconnect that for a test, but make sure you only boot into the BIOS and don't leave the computer on for long. I'd leave that for last.
 
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Olegil

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Hello! Thanks for the reply! I ran CPU-monitor, and the temps where only at 30 C max. Im going to test out ur solution, and maybe buy a Noctua-fan to mount over the CPU instead. Will the intel- stockfan be quieter?

Thanks :)
 
It's hard to tell with noise, because people's threasholds are different, but I suspect you either have a rattle/vibration noise from a poorly mounted fan, or you have some really dodgy/cheap case fans. That's why I'm suggesting you get the side panel off and try to figure out where the noise is coming from.

Yes - any Noctua heatusync will be quieter with your rig than a H60, and certainly quieter than the Intel stock cooler. But most people wouldn't find the H60 obnoxiously noisy with a stock CPU. Maybe you're particularly sensitive... but you want to make sure that's actually your problem before you start spending money.
 

Olegil

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Hi again! I uninstalled the H60 and snapped on the stock-cooler from Intel! My god, the PC is now almost silent! The most interesting part is, CPU-temperature only rised with about 5 degrees.... Maybe the H60 wasnt setup properly?

PC is running fine, almost silent, at around 40 degrees celsius!

Cheers! :D
 

That's surprising, but at least you found the problem. I think perhaps there is something wrong with your H60. It's far from the quietest cooler on the market, but with a stock CPU it shouldn't be anywhere near "combine harvester" noisy.

Oh well, glad you found the problem.