Intel CPU Fan Noisy

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I took up the stock fan from my i7 ivy bridge board and cleaned it with brush. After putting back I noticed it generates alot of buzzing noises when playing game.

Just read about it and ordered a thermal paste, not sure do I need to change the stock fan to reduce the noise? My cpu temp can go as high to 100 degrees.

 

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I took up the stock fan from my i7 ivy bridge board and cleaned it with brush. After putting back I noticed it generates alot of sharp noises when playing game.

Just read about it and ordered a thermal paste, not sure do I need to change the stock fan to reduce the noise? My cpu temp can go as high to 100 degrees.

1) When the fan is being loud, does it make a loud 'drrrrrrrrrrr' noise or does it sound like a fan going at full blast?

2) If you had removed the stock fan, you are supposed to reapply the thermal paste as simply putting back the fan may have caused air bubbles to be trapped between the thermal paste layer on both the chip and the heatsink, reducing the ability of the thermal paste to conduct heat away. This is seen by the 100C temps that you are getting. Remember to wipe off the old thermal paste with isopropyl alcohol before applying the new thermal paste and the noise and heat problems should be solved, assuming the CPU cooling fan is not spoilt.

 

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1) When the fan is being loud, does it make a loud 'drrrrrrrrrrr' noise or does it sound like a fan going at full blast?

2) If you had removed the stock fan, you are supposed to reapply the thermal paste as simply putting back the fan may have caused air bubbles to be trapped between the thermal paste layer on both the chip and the heatsink, reducing the ability of the thermal paste to conduct heat away. This is seen by the 100C temps that you are getting. Remember to wipe off the old thermal paste with isopropyl alcohol before applying the new thermal paste and the noise and heat problems should be solved, assuming the CPU cooling fan is not spoilt.

1) It sounds like drrrrr. buzzing sound.

2) But before I took the stock fan out to clean, my cpu can reach 95+ degrees when playing games.

3) If I buy fan like cooler master hyper 212x, do I need to apply thermal paste also?

 

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1) It sounds like drrrrr. buzzing sound.

2) But before I took the stock fan out to clean, my cpu can reach 95+ degrees when playing games.

3) If I buy fan like cooler master hyper 212x, do I need to apply thermal paste also?

1) OK, it looks like your stock cooler fan is spoilt as 'drrrrrr' = bad ball bearing. 95C at stock is also definitely not good for the CPU.

2) Most aftermarket coolers do not come with pre applied paste, so you will have to apply the paste yourself. If not overclocking, do not need something like a CM Hyper 212X. One of those cheap ($10-$30) Deepcool/CM/Akasa CPU coolers should do the trick. Better than the Intel stock cooler, too.

 

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1) OK, it looks like your stock cooler fan is spoilt as 'drrrrrr' = bad ball bearing. 95C at stock is also definitely not good for the CPU.

2) Most aftermarket coolers do not come with pre applied paste, so you will have to apply the paste yourself. If not overclocking, do not need something like a CM Hyper 212X. One of those cheap ($10-$30) Deepcool/CM/Akasa CPU coolers should do the trick. Better than the Intel stock cooler, too.

Yea I'm not doing overclocking, I'm just looking for quiet and good fan, do you have any models recommendation? Thanks alot.

 

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Yea I'm not doing overclocking, I'm just looking for quiet and good fan, do you have any models recommendation? Thanks alot.

Get the Deepcool Archer for a mere $10. Can also check out those low profile HTPC coolers if you want a cooler that allows you to change the fan. Those HTPC coolers generally costs a bit more, though.

 

[zenniz]

Deepcool Gammax 300 @ $29. Very good and extremely quite for non-overclocking CPU.
It comes with pre-applied thermal paste.

 

[tony_ong]

remember to clean off those on the processor chip first before putting on the cooler with pre-applied thermal paste