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Poll: BROWSE THE NVIDIA RTX 4000 SERIES AT OcUK !!

Are you buying 4000 series, if so which one?

  • YES: 4090 24GB

    Votes: 153 19.4%

  • YES: 4080 16GB

    Votes: 23 2.9%

  • YES: 4080 12GB

    Votes: 7 0.9%

  • NO: 3000 SERIES

    Votes: 55 7.0%

  • NO: SKIPPING THIS ROUND!

    Votes: 550 69.8%
  • Total voters
    788
Lashley93 said:
Everyone's going to be trying for the FE, with the prices of the AIB being so much more
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Depends on reviews of the FE - the 450W 3090ti FE was a very loud card, the cooler wasn't appropriate. I'm happy to pay more for a quieter card. I'd watercool my GPU - but having to hear the pump when GPU is idle means 0db idle fan mode for air cooled cards is best for me.

4090 FE cooler is larger than the 3090ti FE cooler, though the AIB cards being so much larger still means they have larger heatsinks, more fans, so will be quieter and cooler.
 
At least embargo's for the FE come out a day before on the 11th Oct, then I can decide if the cooler quiet enough to warrant going for it, or going for an AIB instead.

Obviously, if you're going to water cool the cheapest option is the FE, but it's nice to have the option of a decent fan cooler to use in the meantime.
 
Dave2150 said:
Depends on reviews of the FE - the 450W 3090ti FE was a very loud card, the cooler wasn't appropriate. I'm happy to pay more for a quieter card. I'd watercool my GPU - but having to hear the pump when GPU is idle means 0db idle fan mode for air cooled cards is best for me.

4090 FE cooler is larger than the 3090ti FE cooler, though the AIB cards being so much larger still means they have larger heatsinks, more fans, so will be quieter and cooler.
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If you set up your pump and fan profiles then while idle you shouldn't be hearing the pump at all tbh , if you can hear it at idle then reduce the rpm till its silent as no need for it to be pumping loads when its not under any stress :)
 
arknor said:
The cards you can't order till the 12th at 2pm.

so FE cards won't be in anyone possession until the 13th?


if your spending 1600 on a graphics card you probably have 0 patience and likely want any 4090 you can get on the day
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well if the fe's ate bing sold by who did them last time, you could technically get it same day if you can get to them.
 
Jay-G25 said:
If you set up your pump and fan profiles then while idle you shouldn't be hearing the pump at all tbh , if you can hear it at idle then reduce the rpm till its silent as no need for it to be pumping loads when its not under any stress :)
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Without being overly pedantic, there's a certain RPM you have to run your pump at to cool the card at idle/very low work rates. This has an associated DB level, which is audible compared to the 0DB of the air cooled cards. The air cooled carts have 2KG+ of metal (heatsink) directly attached means they can "soak" much heat without making any noise at all. No WC solution can compete, even if you reduce the pump to the lowest value you can.

Of course if your older, or have hearing loss, then you'll not hear the pump anyway, so noise won't be a concern.
 
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Dave2150 said:
Without being overly pedantic, there's a certain RPM you have to run your pump at to cool the card at idle/very low work rates. This has an associated DB level, which is audible compared to the 0DB of the air cooled cards. The air cooled carts have 2KG+ of metal (heatsink) directly attached means they can "soak" much heat without making any noise at all. No WC solution can compete, even if you reduce the pump to the lowest value you can.

Of course if your older, or have hearing loss, then you'll not hear the pump anyway, so noise won't be a concern.
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Yeah I've been watercooling for years and pump can be silent at idle and still provide enough flow to keep the components cool, it's so silent that can instantly notice if the psu fan comes on with a spike of high load and personally at 41 my hearing is absolutely fine thank you :cry:
 
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