M17x noise issue.

After installing Diablo 3 and just having it sit on the log in screen, my 2 week old Alienware m17x R4 is ramping the fan very loudly to a point where i believe it's not normal for it to be doing. I also noticed that the right fan is louder and even while playing games that don't require much power to play i hear the noise ramping up very loudly.

 

The fans wont spin faster then they are capable of, so dont worry about that.

As for the fans spinning up, perhaps D3 is using a lot of the CPU and GPU, even in the menu. Thus increasing temps.

I would run a hardware monitoring application (eg hwinfo32) and see what your system is doing temp wise.

Monitor it in game as well, and if the temps are ridiculously high then a re-paste may be in order.

If not, then the fans are doing what they are meant to do

I have an R2, and when those puppies are at full spin it is noticably loud. I have had people comment on how loud it gets

Headphones or a loud sound system are the answer

 

Can you confirm what you consider ridiculously high? I'm getting a max of 70C on my 3820qm after a good half hour of Battlefield 3, dipping into high 60's, stays around here usually. GPU is around 60 at the absolute max on Battlefield 3.

I'm using a notebook cooler (HD3 Gaming Chill Mat) with only 1 out of the 2 USB's being utilized, and fan speed at max for the cooler.

 

Those temps are fine. Great in fact

I would say ridiculously high being in the 90-100 range

 

Gotcha. Thanks man.