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Other than maybe some shoddy thermal paste, I think it might just be Noctua being Noctua with their over-engineered air coolers.

while yes, the noise that the gpu fans are making are related to temperature, I probably won't see as big of a difference in temperatures as the cooler itself seems to be the problem. A problem I have also noticed is that the cooler doesn't do the best job at dissipating heat. When I first start it up, the temperatures bump up to 45c. But as the cooler warms up and tries to dissipate heat, the gpu cooler continues to heat up. Even with the fans going full blast, the cooler only drops to a mere 65c. If I add 2 case fans (which if I'm going for silence it would be around $50-60), temps will drop a bit, maybe 65 or even 60 if we're being generous, but the cooler will still be quite audible plus the 2 fans pumping air. Also, my graphics card is at the bottom tier of graphics cards because of its cooling problems.

The main problem is not with temperatures. Temperatures are pretty good in the case, even better than in the old one, but noise is a larger problem. Though I do want the GPU to last a while so extra heat dispersion could definitely help. The Core V21 is not a good case to have extra cables and modules stuffed behind the small PSU shroud, so I wouldn't really want to stuff a lot of fans on there. I could possibly buy a couple 92mm noctuas and strap it onto the heatsink. I would prefer it to be more clean looking.

For reference, my graphics card is an MSI Ventus XS OC 1660 ti. Ever since I got my new case (TT core v21), I've noticed that my GPU cooler is a lot more audible than it was in my old case. In my old case, the front intake fans were a lot louder under full load and my GPU cooler was easily drowned out by them. My GPU has a set minimum of 47% fan speed. The fans will spin at 1500RPM idle, and the fans are not the quietest compared to what I've seen on other graphics cards. When gaming, the fans are much louder and easily drown out all other fans in my PC. The GPU itself pretty much suits my needs performance wise, and I don't really want to take the tricky route of selling my graphics card while at the same time purchasing a new one, so I'd rather not upgrade my GPU just yet. Aftermarket coolers seem like the next best thing, especially since my GPU tends to benefit clock-speed wise from lower temperatures. I found the arctic accelero xtreme iii which seems to check all of the boxes. It supports my GPU, it isn't as chunky as the xtreme iv, and it's $55. It also comes with included fans that would look better than custom attached fans. The main thing I'm worried about though is how the fan speeds will act on it. The minimum fan speed that my GPU has set may be bios restricted and could be a problem. After all, GPU fan tuning appears to be quite different from CPU fan tuning. I also want to know if I really need the cooler anyways and if i should get a new graphics card.