Silent cooler for 1080 Ti?

[virtualgravity]

Hi guys I was wondering which one of these card is the best in term of noise

1. MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X : https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814137113

2. MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio : https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814137250

3. Asus Strix 1080 Ti : https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814126186

 

I can get those three cards at a roughly same price ( USD $ 950 ish in my country ), and would you recommend the cheaper variant such as:

1. MSI GTX 1080 Ti Duke ($912) : https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814137142

2. Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti White Triple Fan ($813) : https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16814125955

 

Tell me what you think !

[myselfolli]

I personally really like the Asus Strix 1080ti, and from what I've gathered the cooler is really solid

[Cookybiscuit]

The Strix is the best of the air cooled cards, but if you actually want a 1080Ti that's near-enough silent you'll need a water cooled one.

[virtualgravity]

8 minutes ago, myselfolli said:

I personally really like the Asus Strix 1080ti, and from what I've gathered the cooler is really solid

3 minutes ago, Cookybiscuit said:

The Strix is the best of the air cooled cards, but if you actually want a 1080Ti that's near-enough silent you'll need a water cooled one.

But I heard that Strix's fans is a bit loud at higher speeds ( I live in a pretty hot country 28c ambient )

[myselfolli]

1 minute ago, virtualgravity said:

But I heard that Strix's fans is a bit loud at higher speeds ( I live in a pretty hot country 28c ambient )

At higher speeds all cards get a bit louder, that's just in the nature of things ^^

 

I still stand with what I said, I'd go with the STRIX

[Cookybiscuit]

Just now, virtualgravity said:

But I heard that Strix's fans is a bit loud at higher speeds ( I live in a pretty hot country 28c ambient )

Not important as it's not necessary to ramp them up that high, only reason they are able to spin up so fast is if you were doing a benchmarking run or something and wanted to keep it as cool as possible so the card will clock as high as possible and get the best score. The Strix typically comes out on top with regards to noise/temperature in testing from almost every review site.

[Frankenburger]

I would also go with the Strix. Grab one of those suckers, undervolt it to about 875mv to save yourself 30% power consumption, and set a custom fan curve for maximum quietness

[virtualgravity]

On 08/11/2017 at 11:06 PM, Frankenburger said:

I would also go with the Strix. Grab one of those suckers, undervolt it to about 875mv to save yourself 30% power consumption, and set a custom fan curve for maximum quietness

Hey I just grabbed the Strix , can you guide me how to undervolt this thing? I tried from several reddit posts but still no luck

[Frankenburger]

6 hours ago, virtualgravity said:

Hey I just grabbed the Strix , can you guide me how to undervolt this thing? I tried from several reddit posts but still no luck

This is a pretty good guide here - 

 

Basically, what you want to move a low voltage point in the curve as high as possible without it becoming unstable then flatline everything after said point. For example, this is my curve.

 

A good place to start is with 875 and try pushing the point up as high as possible. You can probably get 1820MHz at 875mv, which is about a 30% reduction in power with minimal to no loss in performance.

[virtualgravity]

1 hour ago, Frankenburger said:

This is a pretty good guide here - 

 

Basically, what you want to move a low voltage point in the curve as high as possible without it becoming unstable then flatline everything after said point. For example, this is my curve.

 

A good place to start is with 875 and try pushing the point up as high as possible. You can probably get 1820MHz at 875mv, which is about a 30% reduction in power with minimal to no loss in performance.

Thanks Man! I'll try it out later, but from what I saw from the video, he was able to get a perfectly straight frequency line after 875. When I try to set mine, the 1.200 voltage one cannot be the same with the 875. Is it safe?

[Frankenburger]

3 hours ago, virtualgravity said:

Thanks Man! I'll try it out later, but from what I saw from the video, he was able to get a perfectly straight frequency line after 875. When I try to set mine, the 1.200 voltage one cannot be the same with the 875. Is it safe?

Yeah, that's fine. You can see the same behavior in my curve. Odds are you won't hit that voltage.

 

Good luck btw  

[virtualgravity]

7 hours ago, Frankenburger said:

Yeah, that's fine. You can see the same behavior in my curve. Odds are you won't hit that voltage.

 

Good luck btw  

Thanks man! Really appreciate it!