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How To Adjust Your Gaming PC's Fans For Silent Mode and Gaming Mode



Fans cause noise. Fans move air. Components need air. If you spent money on good paste and good fans, you can still get poor performance by not adjusting your fan curves properly. Additionally, no one wants to sit next to a PC that sounds like a jet engine. During normal usage your PC should be nearly silent. But during game time, you can trade off silence for the best performance possible.

In this video, I’ll show you how I dial-in my fan curves to ensure a silent operation during normal usage but quickly ramp for rendering, video editing, or playing games.

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