ConfusedNoob Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Low, Medium, or High? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicequips Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Low...unless overclocking past 4.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsec Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 If you're smart enough to ask, and understand what's going on, you're not a noob. :thinking: There isn't one perfect setting for every PC or every user of the PC, it depends on how your CPU is configured, how you use your PC, and how you feel about CPU temp and noise levels. The main goals for PC enthusiasts usually are, keep the CPU as cool as possible, and/or, keep the PC (CPU cooler) as quiet as possible. Since keeping a CPU very cool will almost always mean the CPU cooler will make more noise, you must decide what is most important to you. Even after you choose, you can still compromise a little of one, say cooling, for the other, noise level. How you use your PC affects these things very much. If you love to OC and test your CPU, you want maximum cooling, so you'll set it to High. If you don't OC or stress your CPU very much, you can use the Low or Medium setting. Don't forget that the three settings provide a range of speeds the fans will operate at, depending on the CPU temperature. The speed vs temp graph for the three setting is below: Depending on your CPU usage, you can choose the profile that will keep your CPU cool most of the time, hopefully the Low/Quiet or Medium/Balanced setting, and change to a higher speed one, such as High/Performance, if you need more cooling. If fans were always silent, or CPU coolers made no noise, we'd have them set a maximum cooling all the time. If you don't care about noise, you can do the same, but many of us would prefer quiet, and that is a compromise that can be safely made most of the time. Think of how warm a CPU would be with the stock cooler, easily 15C-20C warmer than a good after market cooler. The CPUs will survive for a long time with the stock cooler, they are designed that way. My point is, if you must have quiet, than an idle temp of 40C is Ok long term. The choice is yours. For your CPU, I would try Medium/Balanced, monitor your temps for several days or a week, and then decided if you want or need to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicequips Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 ...or...if you, like me, forget to increase the setting...still works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 19, 2012 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 19, 2012 Low, Medium, or High? Totally up to you. Each profile is designed to suit a particular system or a user for that matter. Depending on how they want their system configured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babdi Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I would prefer a balanced setting. A max fan speed of 2000 RPM should be good enough to cool in balanced mode. The fan is noticeably quiet compared to Performance mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberrys18 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I'm able to run the cooler on the lowest setting and still maintain good temps, I personally only put the profile to med or max when I'm benchmarking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taz4950 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I have mine setup as "balanced" and all the rest are high performance. But then again, I worked as a merchant marine engineer at for 25 years, so my tolerance for noise is fairly high. I have a belief that there is no such thing as too much cooling (except in the Arctic!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiz Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I have it on Max. Using AP-15 fans that are very quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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