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September 1st, 2024 02:21
Aurora R16 - AWCC Which cooling profile or fan curve do YOU use?
Alienware Aurora R16
Balance was set by default, but after playing a variety of games I didn't enjoy seeing a 50c idle or 80c temps in games while all fans refused to go above 15% speed. I'm sure 80c is perfectly fine, (I mean my Razer laptop has hit 105c so many times without dying) but my mind is still stuck in the mid-2000s era when people didn't want their CPU idling over 35c and 80c under any load was considered unacceptable. It just feels wrong to have an AIO liquid cooler yet idle at 50c to save on electricity or whatever by keeping fans at 15% speed
Performance - Why does AWCC warn me that this profile is "risky?" I'm not even sure what exactly it's doing. On my laptop for example the thing has limited draw power so it'll lower the CPU clock while boosting the GPU (not good for mmorpgs) but this Alienware here is a Desktop so I'm thinking maybe Performance profile puts doesn't downclock/undervolt the CPU at all but instead maybe puts a temporary overclock on the graphics card. Does it? Either way, the system fans never seem to go above 22% speed regardless of temp - but at the same time playing a game in Performance mode still runs a bit cooler than running a game in balance (or quiet) mode.
Custom - Does this profile effect the clockspeeds of our cpu and gpu at all? I'm torn between leaving Custom set 24/7 with Fan Speed Section set to "auto managed." I'm thinking this is what most here do? Again the fans don't seem to want to go above 22%, but tbf I haven't seen a game push it beyond 70c in this mode. My other option being to select an offset, like +15 which keeps the fans around 40% speed (barely audible)
Again I'm mostly asking how the different cooling profiles effect cpu/gpu speeds. I wouldn't mind using the default Balance (since it doesn't mess with power delivery) if only I could then manually set the Fans to go beyond 15% (40% is sweet spot between temp/noise) because I don't like playing a game for 8 hours and having the Desktop suffering 80c when there's 85% left of unused fan speed cooling.
What do you guys do?!
Vanadiel
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September 1st, 2024 02:40
I was never able to figure out how the AWCC fan curves work. They are so confusing and overly complicated it's mind boggling.
Just a fan curve for each fan would be so much better, so you can tweak each fan to maximize cooling while keeping a balance between noise and temperatures.
I just wish they would use Asus boards and be done with it. It would make life so much easier to have something like this for controlling everything fan related: Link
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September 1st, 2024 03:12
@Vanadiel Yes~In my 2019 desktop I built with an Asus motherboard and couldn't have been happier with it. I used Sapphire Trixx for setting the RX 590's fan curve and there's a peace of mind with having the desktop be below 70c under Game load
But with this Alienware all the case fans, video card fans and AIO cpu cooler are controlled with AWCC and I don't know whatI'm doing. I've had it since Nov 2023 and no real issues to complain about so far :) But my severe OCD requires "It's set up correctly".
What cooling profile you do you personally use? I'm now thinking of having it set to Balance by default/idle and setting each game to switch into performance when launched (You cannot have it auto-switch to Custom on game launch)
If I press "mark as accepted answer" on your post does it lock my thread? <Nope! DELL-Admin> I'd like to give you credit but still allow others to comment
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