Thread: Phenom II BE Fan

I just built a new computer using the AMD Phenom II 955. Let's just say I love the thing, with one problem. The Fan sounds like a jet engine! At first I thought it was my GPU (ATi 4870) but I knew I was just browsing the internet, not GPU intensive stuff right? So I opened her up, stuck my ear up to the CPU fan, and sure enough, it was the culprit. I'm just wondering... Should I get a new cooler? Can I turn the fan speeds down without causing heat damage or what not? Do new fans I buy separately come with the paste pre applied? I did build a computer, but I'm still very much learning. Can anyone give me advice?

Make sure automatic fan control is enabled in BIOS. Also check CPU temperature, HSF might be incorrectly mounted causing CPU to run hot and forcing fan to high speed.

If temps are OK and automatic fan control enabled it should be quiet.

Many motherboards have a CPU fan speed controller in BIOS that will adjust fan speed as CPU temps rise. As long as the motherboard reads the temp correctly (which they should by now, originally they didn't) this should be a safe way to reduce noise.

Hi, I used my third party heatsink and fan from thermaltake. My AMD 720 was running at 50 Celsius...then I swapped out to the AMD fan that came with it and it runs at 37 Celsius. I think it is a good fan that comes with it.

Thanks for all the advice everyone, and sorry for the slow reply. I am ready to spend money if it comes to that, and I was asking this question mainly because I was afraid my CPU was running too hot. Does anyone know any good software to find out the CPU temperature? What would be your suggestions as to what kind of cooler to get?

Enable CnQ, download AMD Overdrive and set your fan speed to something lower. Then go into Catalyst Control Center and Set the fan speed in the override session to 34% or less.

CPUID HWMonitor is a decent program to give you all of the reported temperatures and Voltages for your computer.