Is the amd sapphire nitro plus supposed to be noisy?

Deli · September 21, 2020

Just now, BTGbullseye said:

I'm just giving extra ideas you may want for late on... You could also use a sound dampening filter structure. A cheap central AC air filter from a hardware store removed from its cardboard housing, and folded over once should produce a significant sound dampening with minimal airflow restriction. Can use it for both intake and exhaust.

I'll look in to it. In fact I was just googling "bitumen sound dampening material".

Rorakz · September 22, 2020

1 hour ago, Mark Kaine said:

well if my PC is idle I don't hear it at all... it's right next to my bed too lol.

it's not 100% silent, no, but it's silent enough that it's honestly pretty much unnoticeable if you're like 1-2 m away...

I do have lots of fans in it actually, but 2 of them are *off* when idle, and the others tbh run at like 1000rpm (bequiet and noctua) I could lower them but I don't need to, PC is nearly inaudible already anyway, and since exhaust fan is off it's probably better for temps also (around 35-40C idle for*all* components currently)

but regardless, what you said makes sense and everyone has a different perception of noise anyway.

tbh thw noise on my gpu isnt damaging i could probably video it and post it here because it might just be normal and im overreacting

Rorakz · September 22, 2020

1 hour ago, BTGbullseye said:

You could just add a layer of bitumen sound dampening material to the sides of the case... That's what the Antec P5 uses. It works well enough that unless your ear is against the side of the case, you can only hear sound coming through the vents.

could you send me a link of where to get those?

Mark Kaine · September 22, 2020

30 minutes ago, Rorakz said:

tbh thw noise on my gpu isnt damaging i could probably video it and post it here because it might just be normal and im overreacting

you probably are... but yes, that would work too.

A modern GPU at full or near full usage is pretty loud, it's just different perception perhaps.

if you want a silent PC / GPU you could always water cool but even that makes "some" noise I suppose. (also water wet, no good for expensive PC parts but hey, no risk no fun, right, right? ;D)