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Aurora R12, make it quieter?
So I had my aurora R12 for a couple weeks and it runs great. The only issue is probably the fan noise. I currently have my frame rate capped at 60 frames at 4K and it’s some what still noisy and I am currently wondering if there’s a way to change for that without replacing the fans. What settings should I change In the Alienware command center to have it somewhat quiet?
specs:
10 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Driver version 471.41
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900KF
3.50GHZ
127.68 GB RAM
3840 x 2160, 119HZ
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rnlevi
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August 11th, 2021 12:00
The fans used are extremely loud for the radiator on top and the front fan. You can swap out the fans for quieter fans (e.g., Noctua NF-A1225 PWM (NOTE: max 2000 RPM), NF-F12 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (3000 RPM)) and see significant lowering of the noise. Some people have run into an annoying hardware check notice whenever you restart your machine, so maybe consider using a 3000 RPM fan that's quieter than stock.
Your other option is to take off the top part of the case (it takes a good bit of force to pull it off) and install another fan on top of the radiator. The push-pull will help some with airflow and heat, and hopefully allowing you to lower your fan curve. You will have to mess around with getting the fan wire down into the chassis, so just know it will take extra time.
I'm looking to swap into a case with better airflow and liquid cool the CPU and GPU. Good luck!
Vanadiel
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August 11th, 2021 08:00
If you use Alienware Control Center (AWCC), under the fusion tab, you can adjust the fan profiles for the thermal profile you use.
You will need to balance that between performance and temperature and noise,
VirexHellStrom
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August 11th, 2021 08:00
Any suggestions? I don’t have much experience with command center and with heating and such.
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August 11th, 2021 08:00
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r72019
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August 11th, 2021 09:00
Keep in mind that if you make it too quiet and it gets too hot as a result, there is emergency programming which will kick in and you will encounter an issue where it rotates back and forth from quiet to really really loud (i.e., switches between the manual curve and the emergency override curve). When the emergency override curve kicks in performance will be incrementally throttled as temps rise to prevent potential overheat damage.
VirexHellStrom
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August 12th, 2021 06:00
Yeah… I just capped my frame rate to 60 and it’s quietish now. I don’t intend to tinker around with a 5k rig and mess something up. Thanks for your inputs and suggestions.
mako64
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August 12th, 2021 07:00
Place your machine as far away possible from your seating area, that’s the only way with these Alienware Machines I’m going on 2 years now with A R9 and now R11 with the stock fans. If your gaming with your R12 wear headphones !
Race Cars aren’t quite machines either. As I learned in here the stocks fans move more air through the case. I use msi afterburners custom fan curve for my 3090 and does an excellent job. In AWCC I use High Performance Mode with my game profile and also set a thermal profile manual offset for my case fans Top fan 48% front fan 46% than save that profile for my game so when I start my DCS game the fans kick in. I also have a cool down thermal profile so after playing I will select that profile to let all the heat out of the case and run that cool down profile for about 5 minutes. Then I select Thermal Balance when my rig is at idle. Overclocking the cpu = loud ! Hope this helps. I put one of those usb computer fans and set it up on top of the machine to help blow the heat up and away it will work for now and it does a good job.
https://www.acinfinity.com/component-cooling/component-usb-fans/multifan-s3-quiet-usb-cooling-fan-120mm/