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    Alienware x51 Fan speed up

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by melrpm, Apr 13, 2013.

  1. melrpm

    melrpm Newbie

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    Well i got the x51 with the 330w PSU, it came with a 640, but that's not enough for gaming so i went and installed the 560 SC but now whenever i play a game for about 10 minutes, the fan starts to speed up ( not the videocard fan), don't know wich one yet, should i be worried or not?
     
    melrpm, Apr 13, 2013
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  2. Rotary Heart

    Rotary Heart Notebook Evangelist

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    You need to know your temps to know if you should be worried. Also are you sure the fan speeding up is the CPU one?

    Get your idle and gamming temps and post them here.
     
    Rotary Heart, Apr 14, 2013
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  3. protivakid

    protivakid Notebook Evangelist

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    If you are talking about the new X51 you will get better answers asking in the desktop forum as this is for legacy machines.

    That being said a fan speeding up is not a bad thing, monitor your temps with a tool like HWMonitor and if they are normal you are fine.
     
    protivakid, Apr 14, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras, Apr 16, 2013
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