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560Ti too loud

Urban Reflex

Urban Reflex

Urban Reflex

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This is the GPU I have: http://uk.msi.com/product/vga/N560GTX-Ti-Twin-Frozr-II-2GD5-OC.html
I got it because all the reviews said it was both powerful and quiet. However, whilst I found the first bit to be true, the second not so much!

The first card I had I had to RMA, but it was super quiet even under load. Minimum fan speed on this card is 40%, and that's what it idled at (about 40°C) and it was about 60-70% speed under load. Beautiful.

However, after the RMA the second card was a lot louder. Idle noise levels were fine, but when you started playing any game it would ramp up to maybe 80-90% fan speed (I haven't got actual numbers to hand) and was considerably more off putting.

I put up with it for a while, thinking it may just be because the card was new and it'd settle down. However, this didn't happen. The noise was really too loud, it was harming my gaming experience, even with headphones. So I decided to do something about it.

I tried replacing the factory default thermal paste with Arctic Cooling MX-4. Cleaned it all up nice with white spirit, made sure there was no air in the application, cleared dust out of the heatsink but whoops, I made it worse. It's now 100°C and 100% fan speed. Unbearable.

I've tried redoing it with more and with less paste, but still the same results. Anyone have any ideas what I should try next?
 
Install MSI afterburner and set up a custom fan profile. Not hard to do and you should be able to find the right balance between noise and temperature.
 
I tried doing that, but the fan / clock settings I set only took effect for a few seconds after I applied them. After that, straight back to 100% fan usage....
 
Urban Reflex said:
Under load between 95°C and 102°C.
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If you reseated it multiple times and still got the same problem, it mean the heatsink is not making contact with and pressing the GPU properly (could be due to manufacture flaw/error).

But since you have removed the heatsink, you would have already voided your warranty...so I am not sure if MSI will still do RMA for you. You could try getting away with it and hope that they might not discover that you have replaced the paste, but the chance are they would.

I think your only option now is either:
a) try your luck with MSI (and hope you don't get caught )
b) take a gamble on 3rd party cooler and hope for the best
c) flop the card onto auction site as faulty and get another card
 
I have that exact card, and it's never bothered me.

It's possible your standards for 'quiet' are a lot higher than mine, but it's not a bad card... Leading me to think that, yes, it could be a problem.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
If you reseated it multiple times and still got the same problem, it mean the heatsink is not making contact with and pressing the GPU properly (could be due to manufacture flaw/error).
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I agree with this sounds like its not been replaced properly. No way would it go up 50-60c by just replacing TIM alone you need to check you replaced the cooler properly/fans are going round okay.
 
Sounds risky, but if the card is unusable as it is and the warranty is void then there's no harm in having a go. Let us know his you get on.
 
I just recently got his card from OcUK as a B-grade, intially l found it loud, however l found the latest bios for it and flash the card, it is now super quiet (ideal as l use it in a MediaPC)

Latest GTX 560 TI BIOS 70.24.2E.00.6C (11.05.2011)

Good gen here on how to flash.

Also you need to re-apply the thermal paste, as it sounds like your last re-paste has gone a little wrong.

Regards.

C.
 
Just to let you all know, the whole removing the heat spreader thing seems to have worked. Looks like it was loose, so wasn't feeding the heat through to the heatsink!

Need to run it for a few days, but already idle temps are much better.
 
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