--- title: Your motherboard ships with the wrong fan curve, and... description: Motherboards ship with fan curves tuned for silence rather than performance, which can throttle CPU boost clocks under load. Adjusting the fan curve in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-motherboard-ships-with-the-wrong-fan-curve-and-fixing-it-takes-30-seconds-5xild4rdw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your motherboard ships with the wrong fan curve, and fixing it takes 30 seconds | daily.dev og:description: Motherboards ship with fan curves tuned for silence rather than performance, which can throttle CPU boost clocks under load. Adjusting the fan curve in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-motherboard-ships-with-the-wrong-fan-curve-and-fixing-it-takes-30-seconds-5xild4rdw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5xiLD4RDw.png og:image:alt: Your motherboard ships with the wrong fan curve, and fixing it takes 30 seconds og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your motherboard ships with the wrong fan curve, and fixing it takes 30 seconds **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Motherboards ship with fan curves tuned for silence rather than performance, which can throttle CPU boost clocks under load. Adjusting the fan curve in BIOS/UEFI (or with a third-party tool like Fan Control) takes only seconds and can improve thermals and framerates in gaming, at the cost of slightly more fan noise. Tips include tuning system fans separately from CPU fans, mapping curves to multiple sensors, and adjusting hysteresis to avoid noise fluctuations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why does my gaming PC run hot even though the fans aren't very loud? Motherboard manufacturers default to fan curves optimized for silence rather than performance, which keeps noise low but allows CPU thermals to climb, potentially preventing the chip from sustaining high boost frequencies. Adjusting the curve to be more aggressive in the BIOS Smart Fan settings trades some extra fan noise for better sustained clocks and framerates. _daily.dev surfaces practical hardware tuning tips like this for gamers optimizing their rigs._ ### Should I tune fan curves in the BIOS or use a separate utility like Fan Control? Both work, but each has trade-offs: BIOS tuning applies from boot but usually only lets you map fans to basic sensors, while a utility such as Fan Control only activates after Windows fully boots yet lets you map case fans to the maximum of CPU and GPU temperatures, adjust hysteresis, and coordinate CPU, GPU, and system fans together for more dynamic response. _Comparing hardware tools like BIOS tuning versus Fan Control gets easier with curated guides on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I ditched my motherboard's fan presets and built my own curve, and the difference is massive](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-my-motherboard-s-fan-presets-and-built-my-own-curve-and-the-difference-is-massive-cucn8yjsv) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [You're using your gaming PC wrong if you're still ignoring these 5 tweaks](https://daily.dev/posts/you-re-using-your-gaming-pc-wrong-if-you-re-still-ignoring-these-5-tweaks-qhsdzn0gy) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [4 PC settings you've never touched that are silently costing you performance](https://daily.dev/posts/4-pc-settings-you-ve-never-touched-that-are-silently-costing-you-performance-jke9c9k8e) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Gaming PC running hot? 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