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Best way to stop the fan noise?

dan958

dan958

dan958

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Hi,

I have the Bitfenix shinobi case and recent purchased the HD 7870.


It is very noisy. I recently posted a thread about the GPU getting very hot, I notived the fan was caught by something so I cable managed (took hours) and now it's great. I also had the exhaust fan the wrong way round.

I want to get a few more fans on the front and top.

The only fan that is driving my crazy is the GPU fan, to the point where I like to have headphones on to drown it out. I am using after burner, on 30% it is perfectly fine. Once it gets to just over 40% it starts getting very loud and obviously even louder when I play some games.

Is there anything I can do? Are there any replacement fans that do a good job but with minimized sound (just for GPU)?
Are the Bitfenix Noise dampening kits worth it?
 
Great, will definitely get that! Thanks.

So what about the foam silencing kits? Worth it or not? (at £20+ for a few bits of foam, i'm thinking no. But I could also buy some from a hobby store and cut it myself if it does do some good.
 
foster grant said:
Can you not just use Afterburner to adjust and play with the GPU fan speed ?
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I can, but then it will get very hot, burning hot.

I needed something that can cool well, but be a tad quieter. From the looks of it, the fans the great people above recommended it a great idea.


s1xtyn1n3 said:
I wouldn't recommend silencing kits if you're worried about heat inside your case - they will only make it worse. If your pc is sat on a hard floor, then you could get a silencing mat or an old bit of carpet to put it on - that'd make a huge difference.
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Hmm, on the product on here it says its good for cooling as well - couldnt see how though. It's on a carpet. I may raise a few inches off the floor and put a few fans on the bottom and front. Probably better having a more fans on a low % speed. I have no fans pulling air in at the moment, probably my problem.

How many fans do you think I need pulling in and pushing air out? ( as well as that GPU fan they recommended)
 
That's on my to buy list! (when/if it comes back in stock, otherwise I may need to buy from elsewhere)

I have my fan on 33% at the moment (idling) and it's sitting at 37C, gaming goes up to 85C on 80-100% fan speed.
 
Thanks for taking the time to make a video.

Lets just say I could still here the noise of my fan over yours at 100% (mine was only on 46%) while wearing headphones.
 
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andy_mk3 said:
Fair enough, it's not the end of the world :)

Idle temps are good too :D

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What controller do you have there?
 
Ok, just bought the Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II VGA Cooler from another website. Should be here in a few days. Hopefully now I can play some games without needing my headphones on.

Probably going to wait a month and then see what else I need. Hood keyboard (mines just an old dell one) few more fans to really cool it off. Maybe a fan controller.
Hopefully I can hurry up and get a Loyal Member so postage is free :p

Thanks for all the help.
 
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