GPU Cooler

[Shpitzi]

Gents,

need a bit of help with the noise and cooling of my GPU.

 

Gpu is a 1060 6gb Nvidia (generic, came with a y710 Lenovo cube). It used to run hot 80-82 degrees, but quiet in the Lenovo case, even if the case had no fans.

Now i have moved it into a corsair Air 240, which has 2 intakes in front and 2 exhaust on top, plus another side intake. Now the card reached 86+ degrees, while the cpu and mboard stay under 40.

Doing a custom fan curve, takes my blower card from 1400-1600 rpm that it normally did to 4-5k rpm to keep the card under 70ish.

 

is this normal? it sounds like a jet engine (max rpm is arround 6.5k)

Would it be better for me to get a GPU cooler?  was glancing at the Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV, but not sure if that would improve by a lot the cooling and would reduce the noise?

 

[Airdragonz]

If you don't mind the noise, I see no reason to spend money on a dedicated cooler. But if it really bothers you, you might want to replace the cooler and thermal paste. 

[Shpitzi]

bit of mixed feeling really as i can get the temps to behave with increasing the RPM in MSI afterburner, but at night time, you can hear it 2 rooms away (gf complaints).

 

I am assuming the only reason my pc wasnt loud before its cause it was themal throttling when it only used to run 1600 rpm. 

Only started paying attention to the temps since i changed my case, to be sure it has sufficient airflow.

 

I wouldn't mind spending the £45 to get the cooler if it makes it run quieter, but im wondering if that would make a huge impact in noise/thermals.

[Peskanova]

I had a rx 480 with blow fan (like FE) and I would recommend take an artic, If your fan profile fails your card is going to get hot  so my experience:

Look on second market some fool that sells cheap card with an artic (i found a old graphic card for 30 bucks with an artic XDDD)

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

18 minutes ago, Shpitzi said:

bit of mixed feeling really as i can get the temps to behave with increasing the RPM in MSI afterburner, but at night time, you can hear it 2 rooms away (gf complaints).

 

I am assuming the only reason my pc wasnt loud before its cause it was themal throttling when it only used to run 1600 rpm. 

Only started paying attention to the temps since i changed my case, to be sure it has sufficient airflow.

 

I wouldn't mind spending the £45 to get the cooler if it makes it run quieter, but im wondering if that would make a huge impact in noise/thermals.

In a fairly ventilated case like yours - Yes. It would make a big impact. 

A fair guess is that you could see thermals around 60-65'C with low noise - nearly inaudible.

 

I base it on my 1080ti's cooler. (MSI Gaming X edition). The arctic cooler looks similar in terms of size & fan size.

 

Another note:

 

RX 580 is a 185W card and a GTX 770 is a 230W card.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2938/radeon-rx-580

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/1856/geforce-gtx-770 

 

That cooler brings the 770 GTX down from 82'C @ 4000 RPM to 66'C at 2000 rpm. (2000 rpm should barely be audible)

Much quieter in terms of sone.

https://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/accelero-xtreme-iv.html