Michael Grant wrote: > I also recently had something like this happen. I tried to redo the > thermal paste between the CPU and cooler but it did not help. I have > a liquid cooler on my CPU. Apparently these things get clogged up > over time. They need to be replaced (or taken apart carefully and > cleaned) from time to time. > > I replaced my cooler with a Thermaltake and I have to say my desktop > went from sounding like a jet engine to near total silence. I was > actually so surprised at first I thought it wasn't working! > > I don't know if this brand is particularrly quiet or if they're all > quiet now days. However, replacing the cooler definitely helped > considerably.
Thanks for the advice Another difference is that on the C700 I use firefox from mozilla.org while on the ESPRIMO Q520 I seem to have installed firefox-esr. Also on the ESPRIMO Q520 skype uses 50% CPU and on the C700 5% :/ very odd - I wonder if it is really the Coller Fan or something else there
