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HIS 6850 Owners...

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Specifically this version:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-041-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

Recently purchased one of these for a fantastic price from OcUK, happy with the performance and overall, the noise. BUT, I have noticed a very slight vibration from the fan at low RPM; anybody else experience this?

It's starting to annoy me a little as it occasionally picks up this slight 'rattle' which can be cured by turning up the fan speed. Currently I'm using MSI Afterburner to keep it above that level but it doesn't seem to apply the setting at boot like it should (i need to go into the software and reapply the setting).

It's pretty quiet at low to medium speeds but a little loud on full (which stops me setting to say 100% in CCC)... an ideas for a solution?

Also there is nothing wrong mechanically as far I can tell, the fan is mounted properly and is not fouled by the shroud or any cables etc, it free spins nicely and operates perfectly well at anything other than low RPM (what CCC refers to as 8%, which it likes to settle on at idle).
 
Been using 2 His 6850's in xfire for best part of a year now and never heard a rattling sound from mine at all and I do notice these things. Replaced a case fan not so long ago that was rattling.
 
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