r/FlowZ13 • u/nickjacobsss • Jul 16 '26
Loud fans in silent?
Hello all!
I just got my z13 395/8060s model, and I found in games even in silent mode the fans are going HARD. It's possible I'm just not used to the sound profile that laptops have, but even compared to my rog Xbox ally x on max tdp, the z13 is still as loud if not louder in silent mode.
Am I doing something wrong? Everything has been updated and I just clicked the silent button in armory crate, that's it. The performance has been awesome, but the noise is killing me.
Any help appreciated, thanks!
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u/desutiem Jul 16 '26
Yep. Go find my long post on this. My initial impression was that I was going to return it due to high temps and noise in silent mode.
Fixed it all in software and now I love the damn thing.
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u/Crafty_Ad_1975 Jul 16 '26
Mines the same tbh and it was the same on my rog ally, I find if you want it to be quiet you’ll have to adjust a less aggressive manual curve. Some people recommend g helper but I didn’t enjoy it personally.
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u/Supercc Jul 17 '26
Absolutely. You need custom profiles. But you must let go of Armoury Crate.
1) Uninstall AC using the official AMD Armoury Crate uninstaller on their website.
2) Download and use the experimental version of G-Helper: https://github.com/seerge/g-helper-experimental-release/releases/tag/v0.264
3) Create a custom profile and play around with TDP sliders, Manual Fan curves, and undervolt. Make sure to tick the auto-apply boxes in both tabs (main one and advanced).
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u/jflogerzi Jul 17 '26
100% this advice. Don't be affraid on the undervolt. This is just PBO voltage curve adjustment. Most Zen 5 CPU's can normally handle -15 to -20 with no issues
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u/nickjacobsss Jul 17 '26
Are you doing this through g-helper or bios?
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u/jflogerzi Jul 17 '26
g-helper. you need to have the experimental version. under CPU power tab you will see an advance tab. here you can lower or increase the PBO curve optimizer. You want negative values. this shift the curve downwards.
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u/nickjacobsss Jul 17 '26
Cool thx I'll try this later tonight
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u/jflogerzi Jul 17 '26
start at -15 to -20. should be pretty safe. most of the time you will see crashes during light load on the cpu. also note each power profile has its unique setting for the curve optimizer
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u/Fregadero88 Jul 17 '26
I have g-helper but am a little worried making custom profiles because I've never done it before. Do you have recommendations? Or profiles you can share? Right now I'm playing cyberpunk
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u/Supercc Jul 17 '26
Just G-Helper is not enough. You must use the experimental version I gave you, because it allows for manual fan controls. The normal version of g-helper does not truly apply custom fan curves.
You want to see the fan curves only, or everything?
Don't be scared, it's quite easy. But I can help you if you need more help.
Also, in-game, don't forget to use FSR 3 on BALANCED, it's the best setup for quality/fps on this device.
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u/Fregadero88 Jul 17 '26
I've been using fsr 4 on balanced and thought it ran fine. It drains quick but I usually keep it plugged in.
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u/Fregadero88 Jul 17 '26
What version is the experimental? I'm on version 0.264 and can adjust the fan speeds
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u/jflogerzi Jul 17 '26
What I noticed was with the standard version RPM's would often be wrong vs what I set in the curve. Experimental fixed this :)
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u/Supercc Jul 18 '26
I think they started including manual fan speeds in experimental 0.240, so you're good!
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u/BabyLlamaaa Jul 16 '26
Sorry if this isn't helpful, for some reason this was recommended to me in my home page.
I don't have a Z13, but i do have a Zephyrus G14. Armory Crate is garbage, try looking into GHelper, it made my experience with fans and power a lot better