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First of all my gpu is the EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 !

 

So I would just like to know if increasing the gpu fan speed reduces the temperature of the heatsink? For example if I put my gpu fan speed from 30% to 50% while gaming, will that prevent the heatsink from heating up a lot fast? Keep in mind Im not talking about the GPU itself, but specifically the heatsink?

 

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First of all my gpu is the EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 !

 

So I would just like to know if increasing the gpu fan speed reduces the temperature of the heatsink? For example if I put my gpu fan speed from 30% to 50% while gaming, will that prevent the heatsink from heating up a lot fast? Keep in mind Im not talking about the GPU itself, but specifically the heatsink?

 

Thank you very much! Keep being awesome :))))

 

In theory yes, but probably not to where you could tell the difference by touch.

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well the heatsink is stuck to the GPU...thats what cools it...

 

so yeah, cooling one thing cools the other

thats how it keeps the GPU from overheating

 

fans cool down the heatsink, not the GPU

the heatsink cools the GPU

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Heatsink is designed to disperse heat. Therefore, yes it should lower the temperature.

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS SP 116 (124P-102E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC8 1.525V (real voltage 1.425V + - Temps 85-90 P-Cores, 70-73 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

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In theory yes, but probably not to where you could tell the difference by touch.

 

 

well the heatsink is stuck to the GPU...thats what cools it...

 

so yeah, cooling one thing cools the other

thats how it keeps the GPU from overheating

 

fans cool down the heatsink, not the GPU

the heatsink cools the GPU

 

 

Heatsink is designed to disperse heat. Therefore, yes it should lower the temperature.

 

 

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Im asking because my gpu fans are making this strange noise after 30 to 60 minutes of gaming! And there are a small pack of cables that connect the gpu itself with the gpu fans ... and they are just behind the gpu fans so i think that they make contact with the fans and that makes the noise! The noise doesnt come right away tho... 30 to 60 minutes after the fans are spinning and the game is running it starts... so i think that after those 30 - 60 minutes the heatsink gets really warm and expends a little and the cables make the contact with the fans then and the noise comes! IN gaming while everything is left on auto .. my gpu temp is around 70C with fans being around 30% .. so im gonna try to put them to 50% and see if the noise occurs after some time gaming! Basicly im trying to prevent the heatsink from expending at all :D

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Im asking because my gpu fans are making this strange noise after 30 to 60 minutes of gaming! And there are a small pack of cables that connect the gpu itself with the gpu fans ... and they are just behind the gpu fans so i think that they make contact with the fans and that makes the noise! The noise doesnt come right away tho... 30 to 60 minutes after the fans are spinning and the game is running it starts... so i think that after those 30 - 60 minutes the heatsink gets really warm and expends a little and the cables make the contact with the fans then and the noise comes! IN gaming while everything is left on auto .. my gpu temp is around 70C with fans being around 30% .. so im gonna try to put them to 50% and see if the noise occurs after some time gaming! Basicly im trying to prevent the heatsink from expending at all :D

Since the fans are small, you could be experiencing coil whine. My old motherboard had two fans built in for water cooling and I had to turn them off because after playing for 1-3 hours, you could hear this weird annoying noise.

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS SP 116 (124P-102E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC8 1.525V (real voltage 1.425V + - Temps 85-90 P-Cores, 70-73 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

Sound: Logitech Z680 5.1 THX Certified 505W Speakers

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock

Piano: Yamaha P155

Phone: Oppo Find X5 Pro

Camera: Logitech Brio Pro 4K

VR: Oculus Rift S

External SSD: 256GB Overclocking OS

Laptop: MSI Titan GT77HX V13, RTX 4090 175W, i9 13980HX OC: P-Cores 5.8Ghz 3 cores and 5.2Ghz 5 cores and E-Cores 4.3Ghz, 192GB of RAM @5600Mhz @3600 (chipset limit),

12TB (3x4TB) of NVMe, 17'3 inch 4K 144Hz MiniLED screen, 4x 17'3 ASUS portable USB-C Monitors 240Hz, Creative Sound Blaster G6 Sound Card, Portable 16TB NVMe in TB4 enclosures (8x2TB), Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock gaming mouse, Keychron K3 gaming keyboard with blue switches low profile, Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.

Hand held: ROG Ally with XG Mobile RTX 3080 with Keychron K3 low profile keyboard (Blue Switches) and Razer Hyperspeed V3 mouse and 4TB NVMe upgrade (WDBlack SN850X), with 100W 20000Mah power bank and portable monitor ROG XG17AHP 17'3 inch 240Hz with built in battery, and 518Wh Power station for Camping.

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Since the fans are small, you could be experiencing coil whine. My old motherboard had two fans built in for water cooling and I had to turn them off because after playing for 1-3 hours, you could hear this weird annoying noise.

I dont think its coil whine .. its different sound!

 

Here is the noise that it makes! 

 

Tell me what you think it is and how to fix it pls? Thank you for your help :)

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I dont think its coil whine .. its different sound!

 

Here is the noise that it makes! 

 

Tell me what you think it is and how to fix it pls? Thank you for your help :)

It sounds like fan is hitting the cable, but I could be wrong. I'd take the GPU out and search for anything that looks like it would hit the fan while it spins. If there's nothing there, it must be related to the fan itself and I wouldn't worry about it, unless it annoys you. 

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS SP 116 (124P-102E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC8 1.525V (real voltage 1.425V + - Temps 85-90 P-Cores, 70-73 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

Sound: Logitech Z680 5.1 THX Certified 505W Speakers

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock

Piano: Yamaha P155

Phone: Oppo Find X5 Pro

Camera: Logitech Brio Pro 4K

VR: Oculus Rift S

External SSD: 256GB Overclocking OS

Laptop: MSI Titan GT77HX V13, RTX 4090 175W, i9 13980HX OC: P-Cores 5.8Ghz 3 cores and 5.2Ghz 5 cores and E-Cores 4.3Ghz, 192GB of RAM @5600Mhz @3600 (chipset limit),

12TB (3x4TB) of NVMe, 17'3 inch 4K 144Hz MiniLED screen, 4x 17'3 ASUS portable USB-C Monitors 240Hz, Creative Sound Blaster G6 Sound Card, Portable 16TB NVMe in TB4 enclosures (8x2TB), Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock gaming mouse, Keychron K3 gaming keyboard with blue switches low profile, Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.

Hand held: ROG Ally with XG Mobile RTX 3080 with Keychron K3 low profile keyboard (Blue Switches) and Razer Hyperspeed V3 mouse and 4TB NVMe upgrade (WDBlack SN850X), with 100W 20000Mah power bank and portable monitor ROG XG17AHP 17'3 inch 240Hz with built in battery, and 518Wh Power station for Camping.

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Im asking because my gpu fans are making this strange noise after 30 to 60 minutes of gaming! And there are a small pack of cables that connect the gpu itself with the gpu fans ... and they are just behind the gpu fans so i think that they make contact with the fans and that makes the noise! The noise doesnt come right away tho... 30 to 60 minutes after the fans are spinning and the game is running it starts... so i think that after those 30 - 60 minutes the heatsink gets really warm and expends a little and the cables make the contact with the fans then and the noise comes! IN gaming while everything is left on auto .. my gpu temp is around 70C with fans being around 30% .. so im gonna try to put them to 50% and see if the noise occurs after some time gaming! Basicly im trying to prevent the heatsink from expending at all :D

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