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System Name | Daily Driver |
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Processor | i5 9600K |
Motherboard | ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4S |
Cooling | NZXT T120 |
Memory | 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3000MT/s |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte RTX 2060 Gaming OC Pro White 6G |
Storage | SK Hynix Platinum P41 500GB PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 + Sabrent 500GB SATA III SSD |
Display(s) | 3 x LG HDR 4K 27" 60Hz / 1 x Dell 1908FP 1280 x 1024 75Hz |
Case | NZXT H510 |
Mouse | NZXT Lift - MS - 1WRAX-BM |
Keyboard | Logitech K780 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Hello. I recently bought the above card used on Facebook marketplace. The card itself is in mint condition, and it works just fine in terms of display output. I'm using it to run 4 monitors (3 x LG 4K 60Hz + 1 Dell 1280 x 1024 75Hz). I don't use this PC for gaming at all. The issue I'm having - and it's slowly driving me insane - is with the fans.
They basically appear incapable of maintain a stable speed in any scenario, but instead constantly cycle. At first I thought this was just the zero-RPM feature, as the card was hovering around the 55-degree activation temperature and would come on and then immediately turn off again repeatedly. But it's not just that. For instance, if I set the fans to run at 100% in Gigabyte Control Center, they will spin up to 3200 RPM, but then begin to repeatedly dip down to around 2800 at intervals ranging from a few seconds to as long as a minute. Sometimes it's a single dip, and sometimes it will occur in clusters of four or five consecutive dips. The same thing happens at any set speed. Once you get down to 32% (the lowest the fans will spin) the cycling becomes constant between 0RPM and around 1200RPM. So the fans behave this way even if temperature is removed entirely from the equation.
It's quite obvious that something is not right. What I don't know is where the fault lies. Is it the fans? The controller on the card? The sensors? Or could it be a software issue?
The full spec of the PC in question is:
ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4S
I5 9600K + NZXT T120 cooler
2 X 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 running at 2666MT/s
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 22631.4169
I was going to order a new set of fans for the card, but thought I had better turn first for some advice to someone who knows what they are talking about. Any help or insight anyone might be able to offer would be greatly and sincerely appreciated.
They basically appear incapable of maintain a stable speed in any scenario, but instead constantly cycle. At first I thought this was just the zero-RPM feature, as the card was hovering around the 55-degree activation temperature and would come on and then immediately turn off again repeatedly. But it's not just that. For instance, if I set the fans to run at 100% in Gigabyte Control Center, they will spin up to 3200 RPM, but then begin to repeatedly dip down to around 2800 at intervals ranging from a few seconds to as long as a minute. Sometimes it's a single dip, and sometimes it will occur in clusters of four or five consecutive dips. The same thing happens at any set speed. Once you get down to 32% (the lowest the fans will spin) the cycling becomes constant between 0RPM and around 1200RPM. So the fans behave this way even if temperature is removed entirely from the equation.
It's quite obvious that something is not right. What I don't know is where the fault lies. Is it the fans? The controller on the card? The sensors? Or could it be a software issue?
The full spec of the PC in question is:
ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4S
I5 9600K + NZXT T120 cooler
2 X 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 running at 2666MT/s
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 22631.4169
I was going to order a new set of fans for the card, but thought I had better turn first for some advice to someone who knows what they are talking about. Any help or insight anyone might be able to offer would be greatly and sincerely appreciated.