Computer Fan causing lag!

[TheMACHINE]

yo..so im playing League of Legends and my comp fan kicks in like every 2 minutes....i noticed i lag sometimes. My comp fan kicks in even before i started playing the frickin addicting ass game. Is it my fan or my mother board or my video card? What should i do?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You can have variable fans on any of the above depending on your hardware. your fan will adjust to an increased load on the processor it is designated to cool but if you are crossing performance thresholds on that game then that speaks to your machine.

[leemajors]

laptop or desktop? if it's a desktop i would open the case and see if you can tell which fan it is.

[The Reckoning]

asian plays LoL...

dies

[IronMaxipad]

A fan causing lag? wat

Sounds more like an overheating issue.

[leemajors]

A fan causing lag? wat

Sounds more like an overheating issue.

Yeah esp if it is processor or gfx fan

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Yeah. Its an overheating issue. You within the minimum or recommended specs? If you're not even meeting the minimum, no fan is big enough to keep your CPU or graphic card cooled. Wouldn't hurt yo hit it with some compressed air if you haven't in a while.

[Jt.ONE]

if its the cpu fan = cpu is throttling, performance is hurting.
if its the gpu fan = same shit.

fans dont cause lag lol

[Sense]

A fan causing lag? wat

Sounds more like an overheating issue.

This... I used to have it on my laptop, then I decided to open it up and clean it.. the vent was clogged.

[TheMACHINE]

its my desktop...im not a computer wiz, but its definately the fan i can see from outside the case, next to the power supply. It did this even before i started playin LoL.

Ill try to open it up and clean it out.

[TheMACHINE]

wow...i opened it up and used my air compressor...i couldnt even breathe with all the dust and carpet fiber flying around. It did solve my problem. Thanks guy!

[z0sa]

wow...i opened it up and used my air compressor...i couldnt even breathe with all the dust and carpet fiber flying around. It did solve my problem. Thanks guy!

definitely be liberal with the canned air. i have a couple shaggy pets and that shit gets clogged up in no time.

[leemajors]

I just take mine out to the carport and use my leaf blower. Works much better.