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GOTSpectrum
By GOTSpectrum
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Just wanted to show a picture of my slightly modified EVGA GTX 970 ACX 2.0. took of the noisy fans and stuck on(with zip ties) two 92mm fans from Arctic cooling. I just have them running at 100% and it's so much quieter. As I use it for mining dropping the power level to 90% loses me £0.02 per day but drops the temps 10°C. To 60-65. Going to try to drop it another 5% or so and try it.

 

Before anyone gets butt hurt, this card was given to me with a broken cooler fan. Meaning it ran one fan at 100%. Anyone who's has an ACX 2.0 cooler will know how noisy it is.  

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So I'm not the only one who thinks acx 2.0 fans are loud?!?

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13 minutes ago, ImadKnight said:

Shouldnt this more be in general discussion/status updates?

I did struggle to decide whether this section or general, in the end I popped it here. I'm sure a mod will move it if needs be.

11 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

So I'm not the only one who thinks acx 2.0 fans are loud?!?

Not at all, with a custom fan curve you can get it to acceptable levels. Unfortunately on this cooler the fan with the tachometer didn't work, so the remaining fan with run at 100% constantly. 

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