Aurora R8, Windows 11, high fan RPM

Question

Greetings.

Aurora R8 -mostly stock

GPU - Nvidia 2070 Blower

Corsair liquid cooling -aftermarket

Case fans -aftermarket

New HDD -970 Evo, 1TB, installed straight from package to PC. Never feels hot.

I am not overclocked. I am using a single monitor. Issue happens (and only tested) during full screen gameplay.

I've had my computer for a few years now, with Windows 10 on it. When I upgraded the HDD, I decided to give Windows 11 a go (my computer meets requirements), and did a complete fresh install via usb-media, created from the website. The computer is lightning fast, and I'm meticulous about keeping it that way. For the longest time, I juggled everything on a 120GB HDD, so I got pretty good at it.

When I installed Windows 11 on the new drive, everything went accordingly. When I run a video game, such as Guild Wars, I have no issues. This game is centered around the chip, rather than the GPU. When I run a video game, such as Rust, after about 5 minutes of gameplay, my fans hit max RPM, and my computer turns into a vacuum cleaner. Immediately shutting down the program reverts the fans to normal through a slow down period. I do not know which fan is having issue, since the R8 innards are all shoved together, in typical Dell fashion.

Games were installed on a 2nd SSD, not main C:\. However, when I got my new computer recently, I wiped my R8 and installed some games on the C:\. The issue still occurs. Gameplay is unaffected, to my knowledge.

My once beautiful gaming computer is now crippled, and the only thing I did was install Windows 11.

What can I do to fix this issue? I know enough to keep my computer in working order, but I'm not a 'tech' like you guys.

Thanks for your time.

Carter

TLDR: Fresh Windows 11 install, Fan RPMs go brrrrr when GPU under load

ProfessorW00d · Answer

Play your games with the side panel off so you can identify which fan(s) is doing the screaming. Open the swing out PSU contraption if necessary.

Krexen · Answer

I'll try this when I have a moment and update accordingly. I wanted to let you know I didn't abandon this post.

Krexen · Answer

Apologies for the delay. I was nervous about running the R8 with the case open, due to the way it's packaged together, and a few stress tests kept failing to produce the noise, so we assumed it was an air flow issue.

I opened the computer case, and the sudden ramp up is located in my video card, an Nvidia 2070 blower. Considering the age, it could be as simple as putting new thermal paste on the GPU chip. I've heard people talk about fan curves? but I've never messed with them, and have no idea where to even start on that.

Thoughts?

Krexen · Answer

I realize this is late, but to cap the thread off:

I took apart my 2070 blower (nerve racking, didn't want to break anything), put new paste on the card, re-assembled it and placed it back in my computer. Computer has been under load a lot since this happened in April, and is still running like a champ.

I've never had to replace thermals on a video card before, and this was a new experience for me. Thanks for the assistance with my questions.

ProfessorW00d · Answer

Very nice work! Learning something new is the best experience.

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