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Re:Intel says one of its 13th Gen CPUs will hit 6GHz out of ... by twblalock on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:45PM (#32815808)
I have found it much more difficult to tune fan curves for quiet operation on Ryzen than on Intel chips. There are frequent short surges in fan speed, presumably caused by frequent short surges in core temperature. This happens at normal load just above idle, e.g just web browsing and YouTube.

This has happened with a few different brands of motherboards, in multiple chassis with different brands of fans, so I think it's a characteristic of the Ryzen platform rather than a specific motherboard brand or BIOS.

It's really odd and annoying, and I've resorted to fan curves that keep the fan on low RPM until just before the CPU hits 90C -- basically flat with a big hockey stick inflection at the end.

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Re:Intel says one of its 13th Gen CPUs will hit 6GHz out of ... by SV_BubbleTime on Monday September 12, 2022 @05:32PM (#32817297)
> It's really odd and annoying, and I've resorted to fan curves that keep the fan on low RPM until just before the CPU hits 90C -- basically flat with a big hockey stick inflection at the end.

Same. I haven’t found much better. I always wonder how it doesn’t drive other people nuts.

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Re:Intel says one of its 13th Gen CPUs will hit 6GHz out of ... by edpenz on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:50PM (#32819402)
The counterintuitive trick I've used for my 5900X is to increase the minimum fan speed up to around 60% or so. It makes the base volume very slightly higher, but avoids it constantly ramping up and down through the 50% zone which is what I found the most annoying/noticeable.
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