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Hey, I have a GTX 970 OC from MSI aka the "Tiger Edition". At present my DBA@1M is about 36 which is alright but I'd really like to get it a bit lower because I know that sound is almost exclusively from the GPU itself. I've already modified the BIOS to turn the fan off when not under load but even with the modification it only slowed the fan down from 32 to 25% so it seems it isn't entirely possible to do.

 

I'd therefore either like to modify, or replace my GPU fan. But if replacing it I would very much like to avoid spending excessive amounts doing so. Or at least have the option to use the same silent cooling solution also on the next generation of GPU.

 

Anyone got some good tips? I've seen the "swamp" between fan and cooler solution as well as the CPU water cooler on GPU solution that Linus displayed in a video. Both seem interesting to me and I'm considering them, so any additional information or experiences with these methods would be appriciated.

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Hey, I have a GTX 970 OC from MSI aka the "Tiger Edition". At present my DBA@1M is about 36 which is alright but I'd really like to get it a bit lower because I know that sound is almost exclusively from the GPU itself. I've already modified the BIOS to turn the fan off when not under load but even with the modification it only slowed the fan down from 32 to 25% so it seems it isn't entirely possible to do.

 

I'd therefore either like to modify, or replace my GPU fan. But if replacing it I would very much like to avoid spending excessive amounts doing so. Or at least have the option to use the same silent cooling solution also on the next generation of GPU.

 

Anyone got some good tips? I've seen the "swamp" between fan and cooler solution as well as the CPU water cooler on GPU solution that Linus displayed in a video. Both seem interesting to me and I'm considering them, so any additional information or experiences with these methods would be appriciated.

You can have the fan never come on if you like in MSI Afterburner.

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Hey, I have a GTX 970 OC from MSI aka the "Tiger Edition". At present my DBA@1M is about 36 which is alright but I'd really like to get it a bit lower because I know that sound is almost exclusively from the GPU itself. I've already modified the BIOS to turn the fan off when not under load but even with the modification it only slowed the fan down from 32 to 25% so it seems it isn't entirely possible to do.

 

I'd therefore either like to modify, or replace my GPU fan. But if replacing it I would very much like to avoid spending excessive amounts doing so. Or at least have the option to use the same silent cooling solution also on the next generation of GPU.

 

Anyone got some good tips? I've seen the "swamp" between fan and cooler solution as well as the CPU water cooler on GPU solution that Linus displayed in a video. Both seem interesting to me and I'm considering them, so any additional information or experiences with these methods would be appriciated.

its very hard to make a gpu quiet since even linus's silent video featured a 980 from asus also there is not much to do else than a fan profile that the fans turn off/very low so i can't think of anything not expensive and the things i think about might not even work, but thats me so maybe someone else has a solution. 

 

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you could bolt a t4 on there with some little vram heat sinks aswell

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Hey, I have a GTX 970 OC from MSI aka the "Tiger Edition". At present my DBA@1M is about 36 which is alright but I'd really like to get it a bit lower because I know that sound is almost exclusively from the GPU itself. I've already modified the BIOS to turn the fan off when not under load but even with the modification it only slowed the fan down from 32 to 25% so it seems it isn't entirely possible to do.

 

I'd therefore either like to modify, or replace my GPU fan. But if replacing it I would very much like to avoid spending excessive amounts doing so. Or at least have the option to use the same silent cooling solution also on the next generation of GPU.

 

Anyone got some good tips? I've seen the "swamp" between fan and cooler solution as well as the CPU water cooler on GPU solution that Linus displayed in a video. Both seem interesting to me and I'm considering them, so any additional information or experiences with these methods would be appriciated.

one tip, kick the voltage in the balls. drop it as low as you can with it still being stable. even underclock marginally if you have to. Got my 7970 to drop 20*C, and 25*C on a reference, simply by cutting back the voltage. this lets you kick the fan curve way down

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http://www.overclock.net/t/1479716/guide-closed-loop-aio-coolers-on-your-gpu-warning-picture-heavy

http://www.overclock.net/t/1501480/the-artisan-store-fury-x-back-plates-now-available

 

I think I'm gonna try one of these custom mounting kits. ^^

 

Found a bunch of videos here but it seems some of them are a different maker.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1479716/guide-closed-loop-aio-coolers-on-your-gpu-warning-picture-heavy/100#post_22401193

 

Seems safer then linus DIY method though,

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For the 0db fan mode, you need to set a custom fan curve in afterburner, it won't work with the bios mod alone.

 

 

You can do it with a BIOS mod alone, you just change all the values in the fan tables to the temperature you want 0% fan speed to kick in.

 

How do you think all these manufacturers do 0% fan mode for all the dumb people that don't use afterburner / precision X?

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Just figured I'd make a post here. I went with the Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV cooler on my GPU and temps dropped from 70-80c when gaming down to 45-50c while gaming in same room and that's with fans operating at a fixed 60% speed rather then full speed and graphics even having been tuned up a notch plus a little bit of an overclock on GPU.

 

Results are just extremely silent! :) I got a river 100 meters away from my house and I can hear that more then I can hear my computer at this point.

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