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Gspopp

Gspopp

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Im happy with the performance of my machine currently but I hate how noisy it gets when gaming.

I currently have:

5800x3d cooler with an nzxt kraken x72
32gb 3200mhz ram
Nvidea 3090 ti

I have changed the nzxt fans for some noctua fans as they were much better and they have reduced some noise.
I do have 6 case fans within the usual places on my lian li 011 dynamic (bottom intake and side intake) but these are just cheaper rgb fans.

I have already reduced the voltage of the 3090 ti and that helped a bunch but I have to fiddle with that a lot to make it stable and it's becoming a pain as some games just do not like it.
I've also set fan curves and so on and it's perfectly fine wheb browsing and such but it's sooooo noisey when gaming to the point friends can hear it over my mic.
I was wondering if I did change a few things, would I even notice a reduction in noise?

New case? Different gpu (9070xt or something)? New cpu with a better cooler (would have to go for a 9800x3d then).

Is there anything there that really jumps out. Like 3090ti being a power hungry card and so on?

Thank you all in advance
 
Gspopp said:
Like 3090ti being a power hungry card and so on?
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Power limit the card or downclock and see what difference it makes?

You really need to isolate which fan(s) are causing the problem, for us to give better recommendations.

Gspopp said:
Different gpu (9070xt or something)?
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That would be a sidegrade at best.

Gspopp said:
New case?
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There's no reason why that case would need to be loud, but obviously it depends on the fans.

Gspopp said:
New cpu with a better cooler (would have to go for a 9800x3d then).
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As with the case, there's no reason why it has to be loud, but it depends on your CPU cooler.
 
I've downloaded the card and changed power limits. I struggled to make it stable in everything when power limiting but changed fan curves and such which did help a little.

For context, I was running a 3700x and 2080 non super before I upgraded both parts and it was mostly the same in regards to noise other than the 3090ti is most definately a little noisier.

I've not tried messing with power limits on the 5800x3d yet though tbh. Could give that a go.


It's driving me mad at this point. If I don't use a headset I simply cannot hear a game in most cases
 
Gspopp said:
It's driving me mad at this point. If I don't use a headset I simply cannot hear a game in most cases
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Gspopp said:
I was wondering if I did change a few things, would I even notice a reduction in noise?
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It is really not hard to have a silent or near silent PC when gaming, so you certainly can achieve it, but until we know exactly what parts are causing it there's nothing to be done.

If you heavily downclock/power limit the CPU and GPU that should help us isolate the problem.

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For context, I was running a 3700x and 2080 non super before I upgraded both parts and it was mostly the same in regards to noise other than the 3090ti is most definately a little noisier.
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That would suggest it is the CPU cooler or case fans, but I'd expect your kraken to be near silent.

I assume the case fans are PWM and connected to the motherboard? If so, you could change the fan curves so that they don't respond to the temperature, or respond significantly less (just for testing purposes).

Gspopp said:
Nvidea 3090 ti
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Which exact model is this?

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and it's perfectly fine wheb browsing
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Unfortunately everything (CPU, GPU, case, PSU) ramps up when gaming, so doesn't help to identify the culprit.

Edit: one way you could do it, is to run a CPU only benchmark like Cinebench. If the noise is the same, then it is likely not your graphics card causing the problem.
 
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How are the case fans controlled? It sounds like they are pwm controlled by the motherboard bios and they are set to ramp up with the cpu temp. I have mine set to the silent profile in my boards bios and they don't ramp up. You may see cpu temps get a little higher but it shouldn't be by too much for a Kracken to tame.
 
3090 ti is a zotac holo.

I'll have a look into my case fan curve again and I'll also run cinebench and have a play. I can then have a go at power limiting the cpu and again, see if that helps. I will say my gpu does get relatively warm, well into the 80s when playing something hungry even in a cool room.
 
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