How much noise can one fan make?

[Netherfield]

Yesterday my desktop started making a horrendous racket, turned out to be a 60mm fan on the graphics card.

Tiny drop of 3 in 1 oil and silence prevails again.

Can't comprehend how something so small can make so much noise.

 

[steveR]

Yesterday my desktop started making a horrendous racket, turned out to be a 60mm fan on the graphics card.

Tiny drop of 3 in 1 oil and silence prevails again.

Can't comprehend how something so small can make so much noise.

And doesn't it drive you mad.....

 

[Chris F]

We have one computer in the office that does the same.

 

[Netherfield]

I was going to compare it to 'sounds like the big ends gone'

 

[Storeman]

Ever heard the noise made by a server?

 

[GeorgeK]

Can't comprehend how something so small can make so much noise.

Listen to the sparrows squabbling in the hedges at this time of year. I think 90% of their calorific intake is converted into noise, incredible that such a tiny ball of feathers can create such a racket

 

[Tomr10]

I k ow of a few ps4 that sound like and old vacuum cleaner

 

[Netherfield]

Ever heard the noise made by a server?

At least with that you've a chance of sticking it in a room and shutting the door

 

[Av Gorritt]

We have one computer in the office that does the same.

Yes , I have one too . Not sure which fan it is though , I think it has three . I've had the side off , and I replaced it a bit quick - didn't look as if a 19 mm spanner or even a 10 mm would be any good !

 

[Hilly]

I’d get a new one fitted , it will just be a early warning .

 

[Netherfield]

Case fans, just unplug from the motherboard in turn, until the noise stops. Could be the CPU fan, or the Graphics card fan if you have a seperate card that is.

 

[Brisel]

A mate of mine who is into gaming runs his without the outer casing on to help keep it cool. The fans are mostly responding to heat build up. He blows it down carefully regularly to prevent dust build up that would also make the fans run faster by keeping heat in components.

 

[Cowabunga]

They do turn quite fast. I have a fan control app on mine and can see its performance as I work. It idles at 1200 rpm almost totally silently and I can set it up to 2800 if needed. Normally it is on auto and only under high workload does it increase from 1200 to about 1500.
I can imagine that it could get very noisy if there was something rubbing or it had a dry bearing or similar. Our tumble drier has sounded like what I imagine a wounded animal would sound like for the past three years. We have to close all the doors between it and us to remain half-sane.