Windows 10: Tame Corsair H100i Fan Noise

I don't want the ASUS AI Suite installed. The less I have the better as this PC is used for my Recording Studio. I have the startup limited to "must have" items only. The Corsair program is not in startup and I only run the Corsair program as needed. AS it is now, the Resplendence Latency Mon program shows this system to have almost no latency. Because of the low system latency I am also able to use a low buffer in my recording interface unit and have outstanding audio latency (2.2ms recording latency).

Although I have a "ROG" ASUS motherboard it was selected for the number of USB ports on the rear I/O panel and it is not used for Gaming or overclocking.

The fans are controlled by the fan controller in the Corsair CPU Pump. They are not connected to fan connections on the motherboard. Thus the ASUS Fan Xpert would never "see them" and do nothing for them.

I'm not doing anything else until I receive the ordered Noctua fans and replace the stock Corsair fans. After posting this, I've found many other complaints about the stock Corsair fans and just about all of them reference replacing the stock fans with aftermarket quiet fans.

fireberd said:

The fans are controlled by the fan controller in the Corsair CPU Pump. They are not connected to fan connections on the motherboard. Thus the ASUS Fan Xpert would never "see them" and do nothing for them.

Don't know about the Asus fan Xpert. But I have completely removed the softeware for Corsair Link. Then I ran some stress tests, watching the pump and fan setting ....it always increases. There is also a setting IN the Asus MB (Bios) for the cpu fan too. sample pic below......fan only comes on when needed. But it does come on, and gets high rpm's. (Higher than what screen shows)

I said I wasn't going to do anything else until the new Noctua fans come in. But I installed the ASUS AI suite on my Win 10 Preview version just to see. It does not detect or show the Corsair cooler fans. It does show the CPU Pump is there but there is no way to control the fans with the ASUS application. Possibly where the Corsair Pump is connected to the motherboard will determine how its shown.

With the fans set to custom configuration (1400 RPM max) the pump is running mostly around 2000 RPM, even at low CPU usage.

I suspect that ultimately the Corsair cooler will have to go (I'm not really happy with it and should have went with a Thermatake as I used a Thermatake liquid cooler in my old build and worked OK and was quiet). But, I'll give the new Noctua fans a go first. The fans are not due in until late next week. If I were using this system for applications other than Recording Studio the stock Corsair fans and their noise would be acceptable, but its not for a Recording studio system (why I went with a "Quiet" case).

I have considered the lack of the case fan. I'll see what happens with the Noctua fans. If it doesn't satisfy me the Corsair cooler will get replaced (probably with a Thermatake that has a smaller 120MM radiator and fans that can mount in the rear case fan mounting location (what I had with my old PC). I'll then use one or both of the Noctua fans on the case upper mounting (where I have the Corsair now) and add extra case cooling (there is one existing case fan on the front side of the case).

I don't plan on any GPU as the Intel CPU video is more than adequate for my recording studio applications.

Here is the current with basically no load. The pump speed does seem high, though.

Actually the 1400 is Max fan speed.
Yes I have the latest version (installed it yesterday).

I tried the quiet setting, before I set the max fan speed. It was quiet until I started a program or did almost anything and then the fans would speed up (noisy).