Quiet GTX 480

[Lyta Allexander]

 
Is their such a card, I will water cool it, but I want a quiet card to use for the few weeks before I add the water.

Then again might not get around to water cool it, so I want the quietest, I can get, i am lazy

Thanks.

[Dark Mantis]

To be honest there is no such animal as a quiet 480 If you watercool it that's different but you would then forget your warranty as you would have to remove the heatsink/fan assembly. You can actually purchase them already converted by the factory but I haven't seen them for sale in the UK I don't know about Aus.

[Badbonji]

You might be able to dampen the sound with insulation on the inside of the case, no idea how effective it would be though. Performance usually comes with a cost...

[Dark Mantis]

You might be able to dampen the sound with insulation on the inside of the case, no idea how effective it would be though. Performance usually comes with a cost...

The trouble with adding any insulation like that is that it not only insulates the noise but also the heat and that is counter productive as it just makes a hotter environment inside the case even given adequate cooling.

[oggmonster]

An expensive 3rd party cooler might reduce the noise a little, but not drastically I wouldn't have thought!

[Dark Mantis]

An expensive 3rd party cooler might reduce the noise a little, but not drastically I wouldn't have thought!

No that's it. When you are running a monster like that you can only tame it with water. Anything else will make one hell of a noise keeping it cool.