A typical home computer should be quiet and gentle. And if suddenly he starts to make strange sounds, then you need to urgently take care of his "health".
Noisy computers
There are cool game monsters. For them, noiselessness is not the main thing. Only performance matters. Gamers are overclocking already fast processors to critical speeds. They install incredible video cards with exorbitant characteristics. All this is heated. The temperature inside the computer rises and the heat must be dissipated. This requires very powerful but noisy fans.
If a gamer cares not only about speed, but also about himself, then he will install a more expensive cooling system. For example liquid. And then there will be no noise, no problems with heat dissipation.
There are high-performance servers from large companies. They roar like small planes. This is their normal state. Therefore, these computers are placed in special server rooms equipped with air conditioning and uninterruptible power systems. Constantly being in the same room with them is not just impossible, but harmful to human health.
But an ordinary home computer should work almost silently.
Fans
A good computer is literally packed with all kinds of fans.
A computer can have up to a dozen fans. There is always a fan in the power supply. The processor has its own cooler. Fans are installed on both the video card and disks. And several additional pieces can be installed on the case.
Like any mechanism, they require periodic maintenance. Dust builds up in the blades. The bearings inside the fans wear out. Then the computer makes strange sounds, all sorts of whistles and creaks. The method of struggle is regular cleaning of the computer from dust. Periodic lubrication of the fan bearings helps. There is also a radical way - replacing a noisy product.
SOS
But there are sounds even worse. You turn on the computer, and a "click-click" is heard from it.
A healthy hard drive does not indicate its presence. He is quiet and performant. And it starts to make extraneous sounds only in case of problems.
This is a harbinger of hard drive trouble. It urgently needs to be checked. It is better to save valuable information to other disks. It doesn't matter where, the main thing is to have a copy. Otherwise, you risk losing your memorable photographs or an almost finished thesis.
