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Should I adjust my fan speed? How?
I have an i7, 16 GB ram, two WD Black 1TB drives rig, which I use for music exclusively (composing with midi, so no big audio drain). It's only rap is that the fan is noisy. I bought a large case fan with the idea that it would really keep it cool. I've put up with the noise long enough. I've been looking at ways to reduce fan speed, safely. It's a Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H motherboard. The bios has the usual choices of default, silent and manual. Also, I installed EZ Tune, but have not used it.
Is it worth reducing the fan speed, and if so, what is the best way? Or should I buy a smaller, quieter fan? I know about cleaning the fan as well; if I keep it I will do that, along with a general cleanout.
Thanks, Mike