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Bit of back story: When running games my computer seems to get very loud, sometimes louder than game volume, making me some-what deafen myself in order to hear the in-game volume, so I am curious if there are any other case fans that I could switch out on my Cooler Master N200 in order to keep the same airflow but remove some of the noise.

My computer currently runs at 60-65 degrees when playing BF4 and I'm not sure if switching out the case fans would raise the temperature and make it a bit more edgy.. I'm not too sure of which temperatures are safe to run at so I've currently been dealing with these fans, I know I could switch out for a better aftermarket cooler but I don't really want to resort to that as of yet. I guess if it's a must then I shall, any suggestions?

Thanks to anyone who actually takes the time to read through the full paragraph, didn't want to make it seem as if I wasn't interested at all.

Build:

CP: AMD-8320
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
GPU: R9 270X HAWK
PSU: XFX 550W
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance
CASE: Cooler Master N200
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Your build is near enough the same as mine, its the CPU fan you get with the 8320, it works itself really hard. The only solution i think is to get a custom CPU fan.
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Coolermaster stock fans are notorious for being crap. You can pick up a cheapish processor cooler, or drop a few quid each on some Arctic Cooling F12 fans which perform well for the money.
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is that the CPU running at 60-65 degrees? and please say its F not C

If you want a good cooler, the 212 Evo is great
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Since you're using the stock cooler, undervolt the CPU and it will run cooler. Find the lowest Vcore you can get your stock clock to be stable with in a stress test and add a few mV for stability.

Also, since you're running the game at such a low resolution, make sure you have Vsync and triple-buffering (the option for this is in Catalyst Control Center) enabled. Your card won't have to work as much.
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r00t wrote Since you're using the stock cooler, undervolt the CPU and it will run cooler. Find the lowest Vcore you can get your stock clock to be stable with in a stress test and add a few mV for stability.

Also, since you're running the game at such a low resolution, make sure you have Vsync and triple-buffering (the option for this is in Catalyst Control Center) enabled. Your card won't have to work as much.


It seems the fans are no longer going haywire after turning on Vsync and triple-buffering, I'm not entirely sure on how to undervolt as I haven't researched about it yet, guess that'll be on my list, have you got any good links on where I may get some knowledge about it?

I guess investing in an aftermarket cooler and new case fans will be the next step as I feel it'll benefit me more in the long run.

Thank you to everyone that has replied, I very much appreciate it.
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You can put an after market cooler on it if you want, it will always improve temperatures, but they're far from necessary. Do what r00t said and undervolt the CPU, AMD FX chips are known for having high stock voltages. Undervolting is that same process as overclocking. Just that you do down rather than up. But you can get a cheap cooler if you want, it will improve temps even more. 65C is hot for any AM3+ CPU, that's past the recommended temperature so I'd want to do something about that. I recommend the NZXT T20, it give out great performance and is relatively small and very easy to mount, unlike the stooooopid Hyper 212.
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Craigyy wrote You can put an after market cooler on it if you want, it will always improve temperatures, but they're far from necessary. Do what r00t said and undervolt the CPU, AMD FX chips are known for having high stock voltages. Undervolting is that same process as overclocking. Just that you do down rather than up. But you can get a cheap cooler if you want, it will improve temps even more. 65C is hot for any AM3+ CPU, that's past the recommended temperature so I'd want to do something about that. I recommend the NZXT T20, it give out great performance and is relatively small and very easy to mount, unlike the stooooopid Hyper 212.


The main issue for me is that I have no idea on how to undervolt, can't seem to find anything that guides me specifically so that I won't break anything in the process, got any links or guides that I can follow?
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If you follow an overclocking guide, it will give you a rough idea of how to do it. But it is rarly done and shown even less in tutorials. But if you don't know how to and don't want to risk it. Just get a nice cooler to stick on the top.
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Craigyy wrote If you follow an overclocking guide, it will give you a rough idea of how to do it. But it is rarly done and shown even less in tutorials. But if you don't know how to and don't want to risk it. Just get a nice cooler to stick on the top.


If it's going to help I might as well give it a try, should be no harm in it. If I so don't seem to get the hang of it I'll simply get a new cooler. Thanks for the reply though.
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