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, didnt know you could put a pci-e v3 card in pci v2. good to know you sure it wont affect the performance? surly it would have some sort of negative effect?

Cool thanks ill give that a try

not sure hey this is what it ways in the manual - 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIE1: x16 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE3: x4 mode) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots - 2 x PCI slots

its actually quite incredible. silent as a mouse. fans also turn off when card is under 60c

I think we have a winner!! The MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X 6GB is the quietest GPU at only 28dBA!!! https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Gaming_X/23.html

Still deciding about. ideally id just like to sell this card and get another one. i dont mind saving a bit extra but 1080 is way out of the ball park for me. Hopefully in the same pricerange as my R9290

Does anyone have any good suggestions on cool and quiet graphics cards for my "silent" rig? i currently have an MSI Radeon R9290 so i want something on a similar level but with better cooling, noise and temps, currently getting 80-95c under load and 60c idle temps for gpu Im willing to save up a bit extra if i need to get some extra cash after selling this card. pretty broke at the moment though Alternatively does anyone know a good place to find temp and noise stats for graphics cards?

Yeah it seems like the new cards are much cooler. think i got unlucky with this particular model. just a hot card i guess. we dont have zotac in our country do you think any other aftermarket 1070 or 970 would do the trick? what kind of temps did you get? idle vs load...

Does any know any websites where i can compare noise and heat levels in gcards? or maybe some recommended gcards you think would fit this build? thanks for all the help Edit: dont really want to sacrifice of graphics power too much please

Yeah this mobo only has one pci express 3.0 slot the others are just regular pci express slots.

Just ran a test and there doesnt seem to be any noticeable difference whether i have the side panel on or off. I have been told these R9290 cards just run really hot. maybe i should just flog it for something older? seems like the most pain free solution.

ok im running a quick test

You think it could be due to a faulty gpu cooler? what can i do about this? i cant sell it if its faulty and doubt they will accept another rma for this card. my previous psu killed about 4 of my old cards so i dont think they would be interested in an rma

I think one of the main problems is the actual layout of my mobo. it has the gcard sitting right up against the heatsink of my aircooler.. again, would AIO cooling help with this mobo layout issue?

I bought this pc on a budget with the goal of having a near silent pc that can run all the latest games while still remaining quiet enough for music production purposes. originally everything was fine with my first gcard (msi R9270) temps were high while gaming but not too high and it wasn't too loud. eventually my graphics card died due to a power supply issue and i was given a R9290 as a replacement model however this new card is way too hot, it runs at about 95c when gaming and starts to throttle after about 3 mins of gameplay and the fan speed and level is crazy it runs at 80-100% while gaming at a max of 2000rpm this is also creating very hot ambient temps inside my case and as a result heats up my cpu and ramps up the fan speed making it very loud. Is this normal for this card? Airflow in my case is decent with some seriously good fans but it doesnt seem like enough. The aircooler i am using is very good when it doesn't have the extra heat from the gpu and i dont really have anywhere to put an AIO watercooler in this case currently. I have two options right now a) Sell the graphics card for either an older cooler model or an nvidia equivalent with hopefully better cooling. b) Upgrade my case to the silencio 652 which has space for more fans, fan controller and water cooling compatibility if needed. putting in more fans just seems counter productive. It may seem like a silly question but would more fans cause my pc to get louder or would it cool it down to a level where the fans wont need to run as hard to cool the rig? Also how much would an AIO cooling block help this situation both in terms of heat and noise? I seem to get these problems even when the side panel is off, making me think a new case wouldn't help much? Any suggestions would help if what direction to go with this rig. My main goal is to have a quiet gaming pc, Temperatures Without graphics card CPU idle at 28-30c CPU Load - 50c With graphics card CPU idle 43c CPU load - 55-60c GPU Idle -61c GPU load 90-95c My Rig MSI Trin Frozr IV R9290 X2 4GBs Vengeance DDR3-1400 RAM Arctic i30 Cooler with Corsair sp120 quiet edition attached Asrock z87 pro4 Motherboard X3 Seagate SATA Drives CoolerMaster 550 Silencio Case 1x Jetflo 120 fan 2x 120mm intake fans - silencio 120fp - 800-1400rpm - coolmaster standard fan 800rpm Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHZ GPU EVGA 750 G2 PSU Case has 2x120mm intake fans and 1x120mm exhaust with no room for additional fans on case