If your keeping it on the floor I would consider blowing it out. Might be the fans mostly or and powersupply and vents on the tower plugged up.
Should be done anyway or at least once a year.
i didn't buy it,its my grandparent's pc.. shared, nuff said.(got rid of acer)
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Cpu fan? Need more info then just around the ram sticks. What kind of noise is it? Can you record it and post it on a file sharing site and give us the link?