stock cooler was loudest component till i got hyper 212 evo

at bestcit may allow a few more mhz


dont do it unless youre going to use the p12 as a casefan

im a huge fan of noctua

i use standard fan scaling on my hyper212 evo with a noctua nf f12... 300rpm idle and 750rpm load, max temp of 72c at 4.2ghz

i actually own the msi 660 tf660 2gd5/oc

the dust removal is actually quiet, its not actually 100%, and you can permanently lock the card into idle speeds without any temperature issues

card is silent

i love my msi twinfrozr 3 660. its freaking quiet, amd overclocks boost to 1176 nicely

i owned an asus 7850 and msi 660, the msi is way better at noise, and run cooler

i dont know about 650, but my 660 msi is very quiet

i love my noctua nf f12 and am thinking about getting two more for my case

i had both 7850 asus direct cuii and msi geforce 660

msi is way quieter

hyper 212, plus or evo model work great


as to fans, Im a fan of noctua (pun intended)
2 p or f12$ would cover you

as to cases fractal design r4
looks amazing as per reviews

My solution for you.

Download msi afterburner.

Set user defined fan speed.

Set fan speed to 0% from 0 to 60C, evenly scaling from 60C up to 85C.

Bam, quiet.

asus gpu tweak does the same thing, it's just more awkward


Undervolt -0.385v if you can

I actually moved my computer to a plaster closet, around a small corner, since the closet is wider than the door. I can still hard drive noise when it comes on from sleep, and my DVD drive can be loud sometimes, but besides that, it's quiet. I actually turned my fan speed *up* because it was warmer ...

not sure why anyone chooses c14 over the better and cheaper d14, but... i wouldnt bother upgrading those fans... they might not be the absolute silentest, but theyre close, and will stay that way forever

a lot of silent fans get louder over time

drop them down to 600rpm and you are golden

i have a noctua nf f12 and am completely stunnex at how heavy and sturdy it feels


its static pressure is good enough that at 750rpm on my hyper212 evo, i sit at 67c with prime 95 at 4.2ghz

my bios has on off or auto features for secureboot

asus p8z77-m

i actually use a 40inch edgelit led-lcd samsung 3d smart-TV as a monitor. 3d smart tvs have enough processing power for the job, and samsung led screens look great up close

i actually have a nf f12 on a hyper212 evo it does *not* tick, but it does resonate a lot at upper rpm, make sure you use the included rubber mounts and 7v cable that it comes with. That limits it to 1200rpm at max, and then youll never have issues. in general at 4.2ghz i sit at 800rpm prime95 at 70C

if this forum had rep points, youd get onw right now

i love msi cards. Quiet monsters

no idea

i actually put the whole box in my closet, shut the door (i have overclocking components to handle heat). part of the problem with javing awesome hearing is that i can finely distinguish multipe types of simultaneous noise i can hear electric noise, and fan noise while simultaneously listening to mu...

even under simultaneous prime95 and furmark i cant break 72c on cpu or gpu with a shit case with 2 crappy fans with geforce 660 overclocked to 1168 and a i5 3570 at 4.2ghz, in a closet

what would be truly optimal would be 0 to 75 at ~1000rpm, and then scaling up or down to maintain a static 75c, so if it hit 76, bump fans up 50rpm, hits 74, drop fans 50rpm, min 1000

I realized something... gradually scaling fan speed up with temperature doesn't really make sense, for video cards. This also can apply to CPUs, with different software I took msi afterburner (I have a msi geforce TF 660 2gd5/OC) and set fan scaling to minimum, from 0 to 60C, and then from 60C to 80...

I believe it may be "coil whine". I've returned and tried out a few different motherboards, from different brands. The 5 different from gigabyte, asrock, and asus motherboards I've tried (settled with the asus), all ivybridge chipset (gigabytes were b75, asrock was z75 and z77, asus is z77) have a h...

do you think it would do well if the fanslots on top were blocked off using standoffs?

Im trying to find the case that dampens the most electrical noise, with less concern for fan noise

after waiting on amazon for a month i asked them, and they didnt know when theyll get more

I noticed the fractal design r4 isn't being sold without window on newegg, and is very out of stock (I was on waiting list for a month) on amazon

Anyone know whats up with that

how can it be quiet with an open top? is this case really only for liquid people?