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Since im doing a silent build, I am now looking for the quietest GPU under load. (No, not the R7 250 Ultimate). I'm going to spend about $350 for the GPU. Currently I am looking at the MSI Twin Frozr V GTX 970 or the Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X Vapor-X.

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:/ Tough call. either of them will be quite good.

Don't know either, I might get the 970 because of its less power consumption and technically better driver support.

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You won't get silent under load from anything but a custom cooler. Maybe a 970 with a 212 evo and a noctua fan and some vram heat sinks

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You won't get silent under load from anything but a custom cooler. Maybe a 970 with a 212 evo and a noctua fan and some vram heat sinks

Well, that will pass my $350 mark. I'm not looking for complete silence. Maybe something under ~30 db. And i dont like the Evo. The Pure Rock by Be Quiet is much better imho.

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Well, that will pass my $350 mark. I'm not looking for complete silence. Maybe something under ~30 db. And i dont like the Evo. The Pure Rock by Be Quiet is much better imho.

I suggest going for a semi passive build instead of a silent one. It can be completely silent at idle or low load then just quiet at full load. Use pwm case and CPU hs fans and a strix 970 or something similar.

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I suggest going for a semi passive build instead of a silent one. It can be completely silent at idle or low load then just quiet at full load. Use pwm case and CPU hs fans and a strix 970 or something similar.

Well yeah, Passive cooling. I am going to use an RM series PSU. Also, any reasons why I should get the Strix? The strix is 37 db while the Twin Frozr is 30 db.

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Well, that will pass my $350 mark. I'm not looking for complete silence. Maybe something under ~30 db. And i dont like the Evo. The Pure Rock by Be Quiet is much better imho.

The R9 290 vapor x is quite quiet,

But the 970's are lower power consumption.

 

 

But is it really that important? you will probably have more noise coming from other components than to notice the GPU

 

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Well yeah, Passive cooling. I am going to use an RM series PSU. Also, any reasons why I should get the Strix? The strix is 37 db while the Twin Frozr is 30 db.

What RM psu ?

I wanted to do about the same thing, but the RM1000w is meh

It overheats if you use it passively, and it has a lot of ripple at high loads

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The R9 290 vapor x is quite quiet,

But the 970's are lower power consumption.

 

 

But is it really that important? you will probably have more noise coming from other components than to notice the GPU

I dont think so. I will not not have any hard drives and I am using all Be Quiet! fans, and a Be Quiet! Pure Rock CPU cooler.

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Well yeah, Passive cooling. I am going to use an RM series PSU. Also, any reasons why I should get the Strix? The strix is 37 db while the Twin Frozr is 30 db.

Those noise levels are at full load. The strix turns off the fans when it's at low usage. The twin frozen might and I know you can change the bios to make it but I suggest the strix because it comes like that.

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What RM psu ?

I wanted to do about the same thing, but the RM1000w is meh

It overheats if you use it passively, and it has a lot of ripple at high loads

i was thinking the RM650, or Should I get a Be Quiet! PSU like the Straight Power 10 or Power Zone?

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Those noise levels are at full load. The strix turns off the fans when it's at low usage. The twin frozen might and I know you can change the bios to make it but I suggest the strix because it comes like that.

really? I thought the Twin Frozr has the fanless mode on idle?

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BTW your sig already has a pc ?

 

 doing another one

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i was thinking the RM650, or Should I get a Be Quiet! PSU like the Straight Power 10 or Power Zone?

that should be fine, it would switch on at load.

 

 

 doing another one

 

 

Oh ok :D

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