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How to shut up a noisy 3070Ti?

TinyClanger

TinyClanger

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Hi all,

I built myself a new gaming rig recently that fits in to the bracket of 'decent' for the budget: AM4, Ryzen 5800X, 16GB, 3070Ti. My overclocking days are long behind me and I'm broadly happy with large, slowish fans for air cooling at stock speeds. The case and cooling I have fit around this ethos.

The main issue I have is the 3070. It's a Gigabyte GV-N307TGAMING OC-8D, bought second-hand from a friend (who can afford a 4080.) Once the fans get past about 60% they get loud and at full tilt they actually drown out my speakers. temps top out at 80-85C under load, so I don't want to just turn them down.

I'm a watercooling virgin, but confident enough to install something if I can find the right bits. but most of what I've seen however appears to be just parts for a larger system. Is there such a thing as a smaller, closed-loop kit for just GPUs, or should I stick with air cooling and just find something quieter than can handle a ~300W TDP?
 
TinyClanger said:
Hi all,

I built myself a new gaming rig recently that fits in to the bracket of 'decent' for the budget: AM4, Ryzen 5800X, 16GB, 3070Ti. My overclocking days are long behind me and I'm broadly happy with large, slowish fans for air cooling at stock speeds. The case and cooling I have fit around this ethos.

The main issue I have is the 3070. It's a Gigabyte GV-N307TGAMING OC-8D, bought second-hand from a friend (who can afford a 4080.) Once the fans get past about 60% they get loud and at full tilt they actually drown out my speakers. temps top out at 80-85C under load, so I don't want to just turn them down.

I'm a watercooling virgin, but confident enough to install something if I can find the right bits. but most of what I've seen however appears to be just parts for a larger system. Is there such a thing as a smaller, closed-loop kit for just GPUs, or should I stick with air cooling and just find something quieter than can handle a ~300W TDP?
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Have a look into undervolting. It definitely helps your GPU run cooler & means less fan noise. I did it with my 3070 and it meant that I could just fix the fan at 36% and basically not even hear it above my case fans.
 
El Jimben said:
Have a look into undervolting. It definitely helps your GPU run cooler & means less fan noise. I did it with my 3070 and it meant that I could just fix the fan at 36% and basically not even hear it above my case fans.
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Thanks I'll give that a go! It was something I was aware of but figured the results would be marginal at best until I watched that video. I had no idea you could drop it by so much.
 
A couple of things jump out to me given the temps the card is hitting under load (at I presume at least 60% fan speed?):

- How is your case cooling? Is the GPU receiving lots of cool air from outside of the case? Anyway the case airflow could be improved to ensure the GPU is receiving cool air?
- Have you tried opening the card up to see the state of the stock thermal paste? If the thermal paste has dried out, replacing it with say Artic MX4(5) should bring the temps down a bit thus also bring the fan speed down.
- What happens if you set the GPU fans to say a fixed 50% or run a custom fan curve so they don't go above 50-55% (whatever speed you feel is the threshold for the fans to become annoying).
 
i had a 3070ti you must undervolt with an offset. they run hot.

What case do you have. and what fan set up, a photo is always nice
 
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Strange..I have that exact model of 3070ti and even under the standard fan curve, no undervolting or such, and under full load the noise isn't terrible and tops out around 66-67 celsius.
 
TinyClanger said:
Hi all,

I built myself a new gaming rig recently that fits in to the bracket of 'decent' for the budget: AM4, Ryzen 5800X, 16GB, 3070Ti. My overclocking days are long behind me and I'm broadly happy with large, slowish fans for air cooling at stock speeds. The case and cooling I have fit around this ethos.

The main issue I have is the 3070. It's a Gigabyte GV-N307TGAMING OC-8D, bought second-hand from a friend (who can afford a 4080.) Once the fans get past about 60% they get loud and at full tilt they actually drown out my speakers. temps top out at 80-85C under load, so I don't want to just turn them down.

I'm a watercooling virgin, but confident enough to install something if I can find the right bits. but most of what I've seen however appears to be just parts for a larger system. Is there such a thing as a smaller, closed-loop kit for just GPUs, or should I stick with air cooling and just find something quieter than can handle a ~300W TDP?
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Sounds like this may need the GPU repasting with thermal paste. Perhaps the factory did a Friday job and rushed this one out of the factory. Or the GPU has been used a lot and the thermal pads and paste may need attention.

Also check fans for damage/wear.
 
Well this has been pretty incredible. About an hour's fiddling around - and half of that was just to figure out MSI's horrendous interface - and I'm running solidly at 1845MHz (just over the boost clock) at 825mV! Card's at <70C under load and fans at around 60%. I'd never have believed it. (Tried it at 775mv but then there were pretty colours and everything fell down)

I think others here are right about the thermal paste, too. My case does have to sit in a corner under my desk and it's just a stock BeQuiet Pure Base 500 - it'd be the world's most boring picture. The air flow could certainly be better, but it's ok where it is. I might a couple of noctua case fans when I get the thermal paste in. I'll follow up after round two.

Thanks all. This has been a huge help and a revelation! :)
 
Wing-Man said:
i had a 3070ti you must undervolt with an offset. they run hot.
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Only *** ones do!

EVGA FTW 3 3070 TI, Overclocked 100/1000, never goes over 66C at 65% fan speed.

Here's an example my 2070 Super however in the other system which is a Gigabyte, 70-89C with a 100% fan speed
 
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TinyClanger said:
Hi all,

I built myself a new gaming rig recently that fits in to the bracket of 'decent' for the budget: AM4, Ryzen 5800X, 16GB, 3070Ti. My overclocking days are long behind me and I'm broadly happy with large, slowish fans for air cooling at stock speeds. The case and cooling I have fit around this ethos.

The main issue I have is the 3070. It's a Gigabyte GV-N307TGAMING OC-8D, bought second-hand from a friend (who can afford a 4080.) Once the fans get past about 60% they get loud and at full tilt they actually drown out my speakers. temps top out at 80-85C under load, so I don't want to just turn them down.

I'm a watercooling virgin, but confident enough to install something if I can find the right bits. but most of what I've seen however appears to be just parts for a larger system. Is there such a thing as a smaller, closed-loop kit for just GPUs, or should I stick with air cooling and just find something quieter than can handle a ~300W TDP?
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I didn't read the rest of the thread, but are you controlling FPS here (In NVIDIA Control Panel)? I mean, I have a 3070ti and I never see it get much above 60 degrees.
 
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