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water is the way forward, but I rarely watercool gpus as I never really know how long I'm going to keep them. CPU is a definite though, wouldn't fancy a 4960x on air 
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GTX 780 Ti Specifications Leaked – Full Blown Gk110 Core with 2880 SP
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water is the way forward, but I rarely watercool gpus as I never really know how long I'm going to keep them. CPU is a definite though, wouldn't fancy a 4960x on air
That's the thing, I change GPU's often so it would just be even more expense.
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Me comparing my water cooled system next to an air cooled system. Not what I consider silent at all.
My temps stay within 50-60, that's a 4770k @ 4.4 and 2 780's - I have 8 fans on my radiator, all running below 400rpm so all you here is a lowish, swooshing sound when you are next to it. I could push the system harder but that would mean increasing the fans and thus, noise.
My partner sits in the same room watching TV and cannot even hear my PC
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My last build I got a case lined with foam to keep the sound down, fewer big holes etc.
It works very well in the sense that the sound is deadened a lot, but the problem is it's a lot warmer so the fans have to run faster so while it is reducing the proportion of the noise that I can hear it's making more noise in the first place so is no quieter at all.
Next build I'll try the reverse approach - as many fans as possible, as open and spacious a case as possible, hopefully allowing me to run all the fans at very minimal RPM and still keep things cool. We shall see if that works better. It'll be fun trying anyway
It works very well in the sense that the sound is deadened a lot, but the problem is it's a lot warmer so the fans have to run faster so while it is reducing the proportion of the noise that I can hear it's making more noise in the first place so is no quieter at all.
Next build I'll try the reverse approach - as many fans as possible, as open and spacious a case as possible, hopefully allowing me to run all the fans at very minimal RPM and still keep things cool. We shall see if that works better. It'll be fun trying anyway
This is where ghetto watercooling comes into play
My Antec 620 Kuhler mod, keeps my 780 at 50c @ 1300mhz, the cooler was only £30
+ with the bracket will fit any GPU..Antec 920 on the 4770K and set for 4.6Ghz. Cheap and does the job
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I'm honestly split between this and a 290X. How much faster do you guys think this would be compared to the 290X?
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I run a quad radiator with 4 quiet fans cooling cpu and SLI 780s bought from OCUK sorry don't remember the name of the fans but the run very quiet.
A single reference 780 cooler same as on the TITAN card is louder than the 4 fans on my radiator and the rad sits ontop on the pc case compared to the gfx cards inside.
When I bought my first 780 I ran it stock with the air cooler and made more noise from inside the case than the quad rad with 4 fans that is sat on top of the case.
Running the 780 stock it would throttle back a little unless I ramped up the fan and that made more noise than I could live with as my card before was a water cooled 6990 it was clear I needed to also fit a block on the 780.
When I got another 780 for SLI I fitted it again with the stock reference cooler but the noise stuck out like a sore thumb so again fitted a block on it.
Make no mistake the quad rad with 4 fans is much much quieter than one single reference 780 air cooler.
I also stream music from my pc to my hifi so cant be doing with the pc sounding like a hoover.
Only a couple of days we'll get official reviews. Then can make an educated choice.
Right now I fancy non ref 290X, 780ti will have to be mighty impressive and even then could be priced to high.
Roll on reviews..
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This is where ghetto watercooling comes into play
My Antec 620 Kuhler mod, keeps my 780 at 50c @ 1300mhz, the cooler was only £30
Antec 920 on the 4770K and set for 4.6Ghz. Cheap and does the job
How are the vrm's cooled?
Caporegime
Strap on 120mm fan normally.
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Soldato
lol ^
I'm going to have to really go cold turkey not to impulse buy the reference cards.
I'm going to have to really go cold turkey not to impulse buy the reference cards.
Soldato
I've never found water cooling silent, certainly quieter but the main annoyance is always the pump, even when it's isolated it still has an irritating hum/whine.
I found the simple solution was to buy another pump and run them in series so they could be run at half speed
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You can never make a system quieter than the loudest component, I silenced my CPU with a Zalman reserator, then I heard my GPU so bought a second reserator to silence it and ran them in parallel, then I heard my PSU so I bought a over specified platinum one that didn't even turn it's fun on below 45deg, then I heard my case fan so I got a 7.5dB noiseblocker, then I heard my pumps so I removed them both and fitted a D5 and my system was silent
Then I realized I didn't have enough flow and my CPU was hitting 70's in some games so I bought another D5 and ran them in series at setting 1 and all was silent.....
Then I found out my cat snores
Soldato
Yes, a lot of sources make it clear there will be a variety of non ref cards. Personally waiting for the Bankrupter Black Mumba Unlimited Thermal Design Cave of Wonders edition though.
Soldato
Still not clear what OCUK are going to have in on the day. I'm predicting a mundane list of reference cards.