Why not quiet?

[espr3ss0]

I guess this is probably a common question. I've been wondering this for a while now, but my PC "Gaming" experience has never been quiet. I have an i9 9900k with an RTX 3060 ti and Corsair LL120 Fans (3 front, 2 back) in a Lian Li Lancool II Mesh. What can I do to make it quieter?

[Hinjima]

1 minute ago, espr3ss0 said:

I guess this is probably a common question. I've been wondering this for a while now, but my PC "Gaming" experience has never been quiet. I have an i9 9900k with an RTX 3060 ti and Corsair LL120 Fans (3 front, 2 back) in a Lian Li Lancool II Mesh. What can I do to make it quieter?

Adjust your fan curves so they ain't as loud.

On all my coolers and fans I always set my fan speed to be as fast as possible without them being audible, always works well in terms of temps and my system is whisper quiet.

[espr3ss0]

Just a thought, I didn't mention I'm air cooling and not water. The Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, which seems to be the quietest part.

[manikyath]

GPU's are just loud, i find.

 

on top of that, the few glass sidepanel cases i've had the displeasure of dealing with have been literal noise echochambers, letting the noise bounce off that nice big flat surface around until it escapes into your ears.

 

just some sound deadening material on the sidepanel has done absolute miracles in most cases i've built in.. which includes some absolute gems of HP misfortune.

[MadAnt250]

46 minutes ago, espr3ss0 said:

I guess this is probably a common question. I've been wondering this for a while now, but my PC "Gaming" experience has never been quiet. I have an i9 9900k with an RTX 3060 ti and Corsair LL120 Fans (3 front, 2 back) in a Lian Li Lancool II Mesh. What can I do to make it quieter?

A few ideas:

Set custom fan curves.

Use headphones.

Turn the PC off.

[Mark Kaine]

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[Mark Kaine]

1 hour ago, manikyath said:

GPU's are just loud, i find.

Generally true, but my 5070 ain't... I can't even tell if fans are on or not (I have to physically look)

 

I just hear my noctua cpu cooler sometimes, usually during load screens or during compiling shaders, but otherwise I don't really hear anything much (it's just very quiet hum most of the time, easily drowned out by the games sounds) 

[leclod]

Tell us what kind of cpu/gpu temp you get, under load, at which front fan/cpu fan/gpu fan rpm

Edited October 24, 2025 by leclod

[espr3ss0]

Max CPU 75 and GPU 65. Lower temps between 45 to 55 CPU and 40 GPU.