When I run Fan Xpert, it sees the CPU and Rear fans, an unknown fan (Fan Header 1A) but does not see the front fans in 2B. Are the fans spinning when the computer is running? Maybe you have to disconnect the low-noise cable for Fan Expert to detect and optimise the fan speed? Does it even make a di...

All of the Asus X99 boards, including the Rampage V Extreme, have Allow Fan Stop as a BIOS option. It should be available as an option which running the BIOS Q-Fan tuning. Alternatively it can be implemented by setting the BIOS setting for the chassis fans to manual, and setting Allow Fan Stop to E...

All of the Asus X99 boards, including the Rampage V Extreme, have Allow Fan Stop as a BIOS option. It should be available as an option which running the BIOS Q-Fan tuning. Alternatively it can be implemented by setting the BIOS setting for the chassis fans to manual, and setting Allow Fan Stop to E...

Have I made a bum steer and bought the wrong fans? YES. Those industrial fans don't belong in the home. I think the low limit on those NF-A14 Industrial PPC 3000 PWM fans is 800RPM on a 140 mm fan. That's a high RPM for my 140mm Noctua NF-P14s redux. It idles in the 400 RPM range. Get normal non-in...

Are you overclocking the Intel i7-5960X? What are your temps do the CPU and GPU? idle and load. What rpms does your fans idle? Are you running AI Suite / FanXpert? Hi Abula The CPU is currently running at 4.308 GHz with a CPU temp of 32 degrees C (Idle) I run the GPU at stock speed (silent Mode) wh...

NeilBlanchard wrote:Welcome to SPCR!

How far away from the machine are you holding the sound level meter? What is the ambient sound level in the room, without the computer running?

I have the sound meter on top of my desk. The PC is located under the desk.

Finding SPCR site was as close to an epiphanic moment I'm going to get. I'm a gamer currently on build 5 and have sourced, what I believe to be, great components. The PC runs beautifully at 4.3GHz but it's just too loud! Here's my rig: Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D PSU: Corsair AX860i CPU: 5960X OC to...