Best fan curve for a RTX2070? Can't quite nail it

[BagofDogTeeth]

Basically I can't find a good custom fan curve for my Ryzen 9 cpu, and my RTX2070, just trying to find a balance between temps and fan noise to game comfortably 

[PDifolco]

Depends on your temps and CPU cooling, what you should aim at is keeping temps under around 75C with minimal noise/lowest RPM

[dj_ripcord]

The 'best' fan curve is what the manufacturer ships. They will prioritize keeping temps down over noise however.

 

Keeping noise down instead of temps is a compromise you have to make but there is also a few factors that play into it. A stock cooler is gonna be loud compared to an aftermarket one, especially if the aftermarket cooler is designed to *be quiet*. If you're not getting the results you want with stock, you might wanna look into something made by a 3rd party.

 

As for your GPU, that also has a lot to do with the manufacturer. Only way you get a quieter GPU is with an aftermarket card like EVGA or MSI. I find that MSI has cards with huge coolers on them specifically to keep them quiet.

[Skiiwee29]

This is something thats very subjective and will vary from person to person as everyone hears things differently. You can only keep playing and tweaking until you're satisfied with the noise output compared to your temps. 

[Poinkachu]

PC case design kinda matters too.

[PDifolco]

8 minutes ago, dj_ripcord said:

The 'best' fan curve is what the manufacturer ships. They will prioritize keeping temps down over noise however.

 

Keeping noise down instead of temps is a compromise you have to make but there is also a few factors that play into it. A stock cooler is gonna be loud compared to an aftermarket one, especially if the aftermarket cooler is designed to *be quiet*. If you're not getting the results you want with stock, you might wanna look into something made by a 3rd party.

 

As for your GPU, that also has a lot to do with the manufacturer. Only way you get a quieter GPU is with an aftermarket card like EVGA or MSI. I find that MSI has cards with huge coolers on them specifically to keep them quiet.

Not at all.. The manufacturers'curves are "standard one size fits all", and just don't know if you're using an OCed 12900KS in the middle of the Arizona by summer (with no A/C!), or a 12100 in an North Pole igloo, or if you're half deaf with a PC 10m away or have perfect hear with the PC at 10 inches from you 

So the best one is really situation dependent, it's a tradeoff temp/noise indeed

 

 

[venomtail]

Set a linear curve, see where it settles at. Work from that but you won't be able to deviate much. You'll get far better results improving airfrow elsewhere, like how much airflow case has and case fan ability to push fresh air through the system.

 

TLDR: Set case airflow correctly first, then individual component.