Most silent optimized 770?

[MexicanAnimal]

The title pretty much says it all. Building a PC for a friend and he wants something REALLY silent. Also good cooling would be awesome. I can't decide which one, EVGA, which is my personal favourite, altough not sure if the most silent, since I haven't owned any other brands,

 

Maybe ASUS, or MSi, which one do you guys recommend?

 

Rest of system is (just in case for reference) Corsair H100i cooling a 4670k, Corsair RM650 and a couple of Quiet Edition SP120's in a Define R4.

 

Thanks for advance!

[Guest]

Asus

[chicksoup]

check this thread out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1781842/quietest-gtx770.html

[nixproducer]

MSI's is supposed to be the quietest and sometimes they are cheaper than the other brands but i would go for a EVGA 770

[chicksoup]

TechPowerUp

29 dBA: MSI Twin Frozr Gaming

33 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce 3x

34 dBA: Asus DirectCU II

34 dBA: MSI Lightning

35 dBA: Palit Jetstream

35 dBA: Zotac (twin fan)

36 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

Guru3D

38 dBA: Palit Jetstream

39 dBA: KFA EX OC (Galaxy GC)

39 dBA: MSI Lightning

39 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce 3x

39 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

39 dBA: MSI TF Gaming

39 dBA: Inno3D iChill HerculeZ x3 Ultra

40 dBA: EVGA SC ACX

41 dBA: Nvidia SLI (reference)

Hardware Canucks

41.9 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce x3

42.4 dBA: Galaxy GC

44.8 dBA: MSI Lightning

49.8 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

Hexus

37.5 dBA: Palit Jetstream

38.1 dBA: Zotac AMP!

38.6 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

39.0 dBA: PNY XLR8 EE (twin fan)

40.8 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce 3x

 

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[MexicanAnimal]

http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g30/c311/s2023/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-Water_Blocks_VGA_-_Card_-_nVidia-GTX_770_Water_Blocks-Page1.html

 

No, no, I don't intend to do a full loop.

[MexicanAnimal]

 

TechPowerUp

29 dBA: MSI Twin Frozr Gaming

33 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce 3x

34 dBA: Asus DirectCU II

34 dBA: MSI Lightning

35 dBA: Palit Jetstream

35 dBA: Zotac (twin fan)

36 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

Guru3D

38 dBA: Palit Jetstream

39 dBA: KFA EX OC (Galaxy GC)

39 dBA: MSI Lightning

39 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce 3x

39 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

39 dBA: MSI TF Gaming

39 dBA: Inno3D iChill HerculeZ x3 Ultra

40 dBA: EVGA SC ACX

41 dBA: Nvidia SLI (reference)

Hardware Canucks

41.9 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce x3

42.4 dBA: Galaxy GC

44.8 dBA: MSI Lightning

49.8 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

Hexus

37.5 dBA: Palit Jetstream

38.1 dBA: Zotac AMP!

38.6 dBA: Nvidia (reference)

39.0 dBA: PNY XLR8 EE (twin fan)

40.8 dBA: Gigabyte Windforce 3x

 

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Oh wow, thanks for this info! Hmm, decisions, decisions... I might go for the Windforce, becuase it's pretty low across the board. Thanks!

[helping]

From the looks of it, either an Twin Frozr or Windforce card. 

[LifesCompanion]

As far as I'm aware, in terms of sheer quietness, TwinFrozr and WindForce are the top two, but I've had the best experience with EVGA - super easy to talk to and their warranty is awesome "As long as it comes back in 'factory condition' we don't care" 

[iamthecpu]

the evga one that i have is pretty silent 

[acidydragon]

I owned a Twin Frozr card, and it was dead silent... That would be my recommendation after experience, and seeing these graphs.

[Guest GRRigger]

MSI for stock, Windforce for OC

[dmegatool]

Got a Twin Frozr 760. I just can't hear it. The fans spin at 35% under load and the temp is below 60C (that's with an OC a little bit more than the stock OC it came at. I think it was around 50C stock.), Anyway, cool and quiet MSI card is. 

[Brazsty]

The msi gaming series card is so silent!

[SeanAngelo]

i'd go for the MSI card, them cards are uber quiet. it's crazy lol