At idle does the card add noticeable additional noise to the system?
1695920
I put mine in a dell 7010 desktop....have not noticed any additional noise in system.... great hackintosh system..
1695921
I have one at work in an open-case tower and I've never noticed it make any significant amount of noise whether the card is fully utilized or idle. It's pretty quiet overall.
1695922
None, only at 100% fans speed (force set by after market software). You won't hear it under your CPU cooler - be it air or water cooling.
1695923
Not so that i notice, but i do have a coulpe 120mm fans running in the case, so...
1695924
Hi, Michael. I can't tell, because my other 5 case fans hide it. I can tell you this: the overall noise of the whole system is pretty low. To illustrate this, I had to turn off the air conditioner to notice it. So, the card's fan contribution to noise must be next to nothing. I hope it's useful.
1695925
I haven't noticed any extra noise. My computer is very quiet most of the time. Only every so often does it make a surging sound for a few seconds, and that's usually only when I'm doing something like rendering a big CG animation.
1695926
It definitely adds some noise, but it's not bothersome. Just a little white noise.
898864
It can be noisy; you can manually set the speed via the speed control knob on the back of the unit. When set at max yes, it is VERY loud. At its lowest it does create a low hum. Temps only decreased maybe 1-3C, during heavy system load it kept my GTX 670 reference card at a nice 57-60C.
898862
It was audible in my system.... enough so that I stopped using it. You can lower the fan speed all the way, but it was still audible, and of course it won't cool as well. When the fan is at max speed it cooled my nvidia card around 8 to 10 degrees C. Giving your video card a good cleaning will help a lot too.
1506750
It's pretty quiet, but when I play really intense games (like Crysis 3) it starts to get a bit loud.
2066969
Chances are it pushes less air than you're default fan, at least it did for me . I was debating between a new card or new fan, i should have chosen a new card because I've had to buy one anyways
980754
I was coming from a Saphire Radeon 4890 to this card, and when i first powered up the machine i thought something was wrong because the system was so quiet. I literally had to look to make sure the fans were spinning. I don't know what card you are used to, but coming from the 4890, i can't even hear the machine now.
1091066
as this card doesn't have a fan onboard, auxiliary power is not needed. it should be fine with your system. I use the same OS and it is working very nicely.
1602060
We deployed this unit out to a client so its not something that I have daily interaction with. However, I don't recall it being something that stood out to me or if I even noticed any fan noise at all. I know that isn't a great deal of useful information but wanted to get a response back to you.
318856
No, your card is probably over heating, check its temp and see if dust has built up in the fan etc
1513415
I have this installed in my PS4 and I do not hear anything unusual or loud when it's running. Even after having the system on for several hours streaming movies or playing games.
1633717
No noise or hum - I forget it's even there unless it's doing it's self test (about 5 seconds) then it's quiet again. South Florida.. we have lots of power interruptions and it's been a blessing.. I know it has saved my computer time and again.
581985
I think that it is very quiet. I only use it to backup my system and it is not on all of the time. I have not noticed any noise.
118226
not at all, this card is really silent (at least the one i had), the 650 ti boost its a lot louder
1111852
After hours of use, I have not had a noise problem. Make sure you are using shielded cables all the time and check loose connections.
51006
First off I want to say this is a great card. I have the fan curve set aggressively, so yes it is loud under load. but it is not loud in general. I wear headphones when gaming so it doesn't bother me.
338307
It might lower it a few decibels but that is a problem with the card making excessive noise. This item is sort of one of the last things you can tweak to reduce noise from your PC but it can only reduce noise that much... If it that bad i would look at a new card or just trying this foam to maybe alleviate your problem.
173113
Yes my fans run at 80% all day and next to my MSI R9-270x I can barely hear these cards. Dust collecting on fan blades does add noise, just keep them clean.