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IMHO it crosses the line from "loud" to something unacceptable enough to call broken. At idle with default fan curves, it was on the knife-edge of max-speed no

IMHO it crosses the line from "loud" to something unacceptable enough to call broken. At idle with default fan curves, it was on the knife-edge of max-speed not just loud but continuously revving up and down so incredibly distracting. It would continually grab my attention even with headphones on. I barely lasted a day before ordering a Dark Pro 4 and now it's silent.

philliphaydon 7y ago
Do people just leave the side of their case off or something. At 100% it's definitely not loud unless I remove the side panel off my case. It makes a noise for sure, but everyone makes it sound like it's the end of the world noise.
- duncanawoods 7y ago
  Eh, mine was in a heavy-duty steel tower and it definitely wasn't fit for purpose. Maybe you just got lucky... or perhaps double-check that you aren't accidentally under-volting :)
  - philliphaydon 7y ago
    I have a NZXT H700i. Now if I compare my friends pc in the same tower with a after market cooler. When he turns it on I had to double check I pressed power cos it was silent. In mine. I hear a tiny noise. When at full speed. I can hear it. But it isn’t loud. In fact my old AIO was louder. So I definitely know what a good quality silent cooler is like. And I’ll upgrade soon just so it runs cooler than the stock one. But I just can’t understand the loudness thing. As the other comment says tho it is subjective.
- numpad0 7y ago
  Loud is subjective. A friend of mine recently asked if my PC is okay in a very worried tone, I said that’s how I build a PC and he now makes remarks of his annoyance every time the afterburner kicks in, all while it’s just a cruise flight to me.
  - yxhuvud 7y ago
    Just say your computer is getting ready for takeoff.
  - yellowapple 7y ago
    If anyone complains about my "loud" desktop, I just fire up the Sun Fire T2000 and smugly smirk at them.
cameronh90 7y ago
I have the revving up and down issue on all MSI B450 boards (as do many others) with any cooler unless I set an unreasonably flat fan curve or just peg it at a fixed percentage. The only difference with the high end coolers is their effective speed is slower and quieter so it's barely noticeable. I have been feeling like there's an issue with the board/BIOS/AGESA's PID control algorithm.
- Macha 7y ago
  I had this issue on my x570 board with the wraith prism, and didn't have it with the dark rock pro 4, so IK wouldn't be so sure of that.
- Bayart 7y ago
  For what it's worth, my cooler settings were broken with MSI B450 BIOSes (I've got a Mortar) from the point they shrunk the code (with the new UI) to make room for Zen 2. But the last BIOS with the old UI is perfectly fine

philliphaydon 7y ago

Do people just leave the side of their case off or something. At 100% it's definitely not loud unless I remove the side panel off my case. It makes a noise for sure, but everyone makes it sound like it's the end of the world noise.

duncanawoods 7y ago
Eh, mine was in a heavy-duty steel tower and it definitely wasn't fit for purpose. Maybe you just got lucky... or perhaps double-check that you aren't accidentally under-volting :)
- philliphaydon 7y ago
  I have a NZXT H700i. Now if I compare my friends pc in the same tower with a after market cooler. When he turns it on I had to double check I pressed power cos it was silent. In mine. I hear a tiny noise. When at full speed. I can hear it. But it isn’t loud. In fact my old AIO was louder. So I definitely know what a good quality silent cooler is like. And I’ll upgrade soon just so it runs cooler than the stock one. But I just can’t understand the loudness thing. As the other comment says tho it is subjective.
numpad0 7y ago
Loud is subjective. A friend of mine recently asked if my PC is okay in a very worried tone, I said that’s how I build a PC and he now makes remarks of his annoyance every time the afterburner kicks in, all while it’s just a cruise flight to me.
- yxhuvud 7y ago
  Just say your computer is getting ready for takeoff.
- yellowapple 7y ago
  If anyone complains about my "loud" desktop, I just fire up the Sun Fire T2000 and smugly smirk at them.

cameronh90 7y ago

I have the revving up and down issue on all MSI B450 boards (as do many others) with any cooler unless I set an unreasonably flat fan curve or just peg it at a fixed percentage. The only difference with the high end coolers is their effective speed is slower and quieter so it's barely noticeable. I have been feeling like there's an issue with the board/BIOS/AGESA's PID control algorithm.

Macha 7y ago
I had this issue on my x570 board with the wraith prism, and didn't have it with the dark rock pro 4, so IK wouldn't be so sure of that.
Bayart 7y ago
For what it's worth, my cooler settings were broken with MSI B450 BIOSes (I've got a Mortar) from the point they shrunk the code (with the new UI) to make room for Zen 2. But the last BIOS with the old UI is perfectly fine