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How silent is your 680, for reals.
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I turned my volume up and would say my chassis/cpu fans are noisier than yours so prolly I am used to the noise.
Just had a fiddle in the BIOS with my Chassis and CPU fan settings. So much quieter 
I have dropped my cpu to 4.4 also, so don't/shouldn't need the cpu fan on full continuous. The only thing I can hear now is my GPU and it is ok but I wouldn't mind it a lil quieter. Maybe that Arctic cooler could be an asset
I have dropped my cpu to 4.4 also, so don't/shouldn't need the cpu fan on full continuous. The only thing I can hear now is my GPU and it is ok but I wouldn't mind it a lil quieter. Maybe that Arctic cooler could be an asset
Mine are all on a fan controller running at 800rpm. While my cpu is considered old now the 955BE never passes 48c on full load at 3.8ghz.
Just had a fiddle in the BIOS with my Chassis and CPU fan settings. So much quieter
I have dropped my cpu to 4.4 also, so don't/shouldn't need the cpu fan on full continuous. The only thing I can hear now is my GPU and it is ok but I wouldn't mind it a lil quieter. Maybe that Arctic cooler could be an asset
Get a fan controller and you can crank up the fans when you game. I take it you have your cpu fan plugged into the cpu fan header for bios tweak?
It is very lengthy! The 680 is'nt even that long is it???
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Apart from the rare bout of capacitor whine (usually in certain game menus/loading screens) the noise is unnoticeable in my stock Antec HAF 932 and i5 2500K cooler.
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Bah thats nothing wrong with your GTX680!!!! Thats not loud 
This is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_SPPejheGo&list=UUI0rUKBcuF5PEre0idVL_sg&index=1&feature=plcp
This is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_SPPejheGo&list=UUI0rUKBcuF5PEre0idVL_sg&index=1&feature=plcp
I am really happy with the low noise level of my stock EVGA, now I've fitted the high flow bracket it's even quieter, I guess there is a lower backpressure after the fan now making the fans life easier.
At 50% fan speed on the GPU I can just about hear it over my 3x 200mm fans idling at 250RPM and I have the case on top of the desk right next to me. It's the quietest card I've ever had for sure.
At 50% fan speed on the GPU I can just about hear it over my 3x 200mm fans idling at 250RPM and I have the case on top of the desk right next to me. It's the quietest card I've ever had for sure.
CPU and Chasis fans are set in the bios for when the CPU hits 40c they will spin up, so effectively gaming they should kick in.
It's the same cooler(apart from the mounting bracket/heat sinks) that tamed the mighty 480:
'The excellent cooling performance and sheer noise levels bring a smile to my face, whilst knowing that we still have a lot of extra performance left to tweak with. So as far as the GeForce GTX 480's go, this one is simply top of the line and as such comes very much recommended. It's like an entirely new card to fool around with, and it just did not disappoint.'
http://www.guru3d.com/article/kfa2-geforce-gtx-480-ltd-oc-anarchy-review/19
It's almost the exact same cooler as mine:
That's the Extreme 2 pictured above, but version 3 has a different mounting brackets/heatsinks being the only difference.
They are tremendous coolers, the fans are directly controlled with the controller on the pcb(with AMD) so they spin up and down automatically, this was the main reason it got picked over the Zalman along with it being quieter.
Afaik, with Nvidia though you would either have to get yourself a small converter cable to hook them to the pcb or cut and custom fit the AC directly to the onboard fan controller with Nvidia unless it comes with a connector now.
All my previous AC coolers never could directly connect onto Nvidia boards, I would have to use a molex/Zalman controller with Nvidia but you always had to fiddle manually.
On idle and auto, there is no audible noise at all in my rig apart from a very slight hum from the Antec Kuhler 920 pump, if I leave them on auto when gaming, temps on the top card can hit about ~80c, bottom one ~60c but they are still not audible as they don't spin up that much.
With the fans set to 70% in CCC, you can just hear them and the temps drop back down.
Another update, Witcher 2, 1 hr play through temps(Only CPU fan On, NO case fans on):
They simply are tremendous gpu coolers, there may be better cooling solutions like the Shamen but it's a 4(sometimes 5) slot beast that would be of no use to CrossFire/SLI users.
One of them has been used since launch(beginning of 2010 iirc) and has never skipped a beat or created bearing noise/rattles and the other was bought used from a 5870 user on the bay.
I have had various custom coolers over the years from Zalman, AC, Thermalright and some lesser known defunct brands as reference jobs always get ripped off for being far too noisy for me even at idle never mind when gaming.
I highly recommend them(if like me you hate fan noise), this is quietest custom cooler I have ever owned!
You can read more about them here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=19164370#post19164370
I stopped updating the post as no one really bothered with it, since moving case from a P182 to P280, temps are even lower now.
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