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Gregrs
By Gregrs
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So me and my friend were at microcenter putting together his computer, and he was going to get a GTX 950.

The person that was helping us said that if we went with the one fan version, it was going to be loud, and that's why we should go with the 2 fan version (because my friend hates noise) for like $15 more.

 

Is this even true?

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Yes...

Obviously 1 fan doing the work of 2 fans is going to have to work harder, spin faster, and be louder.

Also, I don't even think there are aftermarket coolers with 1 fan, so you guys were looking at a reference cooler?

Stay away from reference coolers, they're all garbage.

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It may sound counter intuitive that 1 fan would be louder than 2, but that 1 fan has to work much harder, and that higher speed will more than compensate for the fact you have fewer noise sources

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two fans at low RPM are quieter than one fan at high RPM

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