Recently purchased a brand new desktop PC.
The noise level around CPU fan is about 35 to 40 decibels, which is acceptable.
However, the noise has this little high frequency "toot, toot, toot" sound effect, especially when the room is quiet. The noise is quite annoying and distracting. I thought fan noise is supposed to be more smooth.
Is this normal, or should I contact manufacturers to address my concern?
Thanks guys.
Could be a loud hard drive or the fan hitting something, although I've never heard a computer make a "toot" noise.
PC maybe water cooled and resulting steam making "toot, toot, toot" sound.
Most likely not.
Thomas, the Terabyte Steam Engine.
Is it only when your listening to R Kelly Ignition?
Wow what an informative post!
Can you post specific details about your PC so ppl can attempt to help you.
Based on ur previous post below, you have an intel processor but post the specs or better yet, add the link to the PC you purchased.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/593296
If you're using the stock cooler that came with the CPU then you could swap it for a better heatsink and fan, that may run quieter/cooler. If it's your GPU then you should find out why your GPU is under load while your PC is idle.
better heatsink and fan, that may run quieter/cooler.
Saw a recommended YouTube video on a “quiet CPU cooler” model (it was brown and tan color fan, “Noctua” I think) .
So I think there are “quiet” models and “better” CPU cooler models.
So maybe better to recommend a “quiet” CPU cooler. Better ones may cool better but they may also be noisier.
Actually the better ones should generally be quieter, the usual suspects have an absolutely massive heatsink compared to stock coolers. Like stock coolers maybe a few cm thick of metal fins, but the usual CPU coolers people recommend it's like a brick of metal fins that sticks so far out you need to mount your fan sideways. The fan doesn't need to run very fast at all with all that surface area.
Christen the PC Boaty McBoatPC with a bottle of wine then release the misidentified PC into your local body of water. Bonus points if you can arrange your local MP and mayor to attend the ceremony.
Or if you must be boring, check the fans for interference like cable rub. If you can't find anything, see if the sound stops when you use your finger to stop the fan for a single second (stop it by touching the hub, not the fan blade). If a fan fails to start up again, give it a quick push. Repeat until you find the faulty hardware. If none of the fans are making the toot toot noise, look for a source of vibration or air flow. DO NOT UNPLUG CABLES UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
Or just christen the PC Boaty McBoatPC. You do you.
If none of the fans are making the toot toot noise
It's a toot, toot, toot sound, not a toot toot noise!
Please provide Audio recording.
or the obligatory mspaint (with a speech bubble containing the words 'toot 'toot')
Ball bearings sound?
Forgot to unplug your subwoofer?
Check that it's definitely the cpu, not coil whine from gpu. Check that is not also a "vibration" so hold the case steady. Then try steadying each component, gpu then cpu. might be an uneven screw you need to tighten. Could also be a slight contact with an internal fan wire, so you can try spinning the cpu fan without power and cleaning.
Quite often the worst culprit is the case. We recently transferred the contents of an almost silent PC build into a new case and it is so ridiculously loud in the new case it is almost unbearable. Yet was fine (ie. almost silent) in it's old case. The old case was a big heavy thick one.. new one is light/thinner. New one is even supposd to be a silent case.
So my vote is the case.
Have you turned it off and then on again? IT Crowd reference for those who thought I was being serious. But seriously have you? :-p
Fan is rubbing on another component… see if you can look with torch
You have literally given us no useful information yet can quote a dB level……
The following would be good…..
- Brand and model of PC
- Components of PC
- Is the noise always there? or when doing a particular task/game etc…
- Which component is making the noise? GPU? CPU? PSU? Case fan? etc…
- Do you have the skills to go into the BIOS and adjust settings?
- Does the noise stop when you stop the CPU fan?