How well dose this dampen coil whine noises. I,m a silence freak and I'm having trouble with my gtx 970's horrendous coil whine. Will this help?
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Although this foam quieted my machine considerably, unless you're going to cover all vent openings in your case (which would probably lead to overheating), a noise that you're already keenly aware of like that coil whine will likely not be silenced enough for you. I agree with the previous commenter; it sounds like you need a new graphics card.
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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.
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.
1435935
Its pretty quite if you adjust the fan curve currently, If you keep the default fan curve its fairly loud, but it depends on how demanding the game is.
1587320
I haven't noticed it myself at all with this case and I have done plenty of work with the side panel off while it's on... But I did have quite a few fans in there so maybe that covered it but I know there was no high pitch whine on mine. I am also selling mine for half retail price. Contact back if you are interested.
286214
I am running sli gtx770's and there is absolutely no noise. Also have not heard any type of coil whine and cannot tell when the fan is on unless I am looking at it through the bottom of my case.
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.
923614
This card is quiet. I have an Antec 800 case, and the card isn't much louder. I'm playing planetside 2 with it, and it's not too noisey. The twin fans go a long way in reducing noise.
478878
I've purchased PSU's by corsair for years. Their older PSU's did not have a lot of issues until the past year or so. Since then, I've noticed a familiar trend of people seeing the same issues with a strange oscillation (high pitch noise) coming from them. Lately, I usually purchase PC Power & Cooling PSU's, and recently one of these EVGA units for a recent build. So far, the EVGA PSU hasn't given us any issues. I'd bet they're decent enough. Mine went into a workstation build with no problems to speak of to date. :)
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I own this case and have also owned many cases with and without mesh/glass/tons-of-air-holes. This case will let more fan noise out but it really isn't that bad. I run 3 graphics cards inside my case (2 in a Sli, one for more monitors). If you can handle the subtle hum of fans then you'll be okay. A case without the mesh and is of solid material or some type of glass on the side will reduce the fan noise you hear. There are also many ways to reduce the fan speed on your video card when it is under heavy load, but you sacrifice its cooling. I'd also like to continue saying that I really like this case! If you have any more questions about this case I'll do my best to answer and I'll reply asap! I own this case and have also owned many cases with and without mesh/glass/tons-of-air-holes. This case will let more fan noise out but it really isn't that bad. I run 3 graphics cards inside my case (2 in a Sli, one for more monitors). If you can handle the subtle hum of fans then you'll be okay. A case without the mesh and is of solid material or some type of glass on the side will reduce the fan noise you hear. There are also many ways to reduce the fan speed on your video card when it is under heavy load, but you sacrifice its cooling. I'd also like to continue saying that I really like... » Read More I own this case and have also owned many cases with and without mesh/glass/tons-of-air-holes. This case will let more fan noise out but it really isn't that bad. I run 3 graphics cards inside my case (2 in a Sli, one for more monitors). If you can handle the subtle hum of fans then you'll be okay. A case without the mesh and is of solid material or some type of glass on the side will reduce the fan noise you hear. There are also many ways to reduce the fan speed on your video card when it is under heavy load, but you sacrifice its cooling. I'd also like to continue saying that I really like this case! If you have any more questions about this case I'll do my best to answer and I'll reply asap! « Show Less
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Hello Debby, The short answer to that is no, I have had two of these PW3500s and apart from the cooling fan which is very quite they make no noise, even on full load.John.
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any cooler noctua makes is quiet - i had that cooler and it left me slightly under-whelmed, and i was thinking it'd be a much better cooler with 4 heatpipes, vs the two it comes with. About 2 weeks later they released the same cooler, slightly taller, with 4 heatpipes - i'd suggest going with that one, fwiw
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I love my thermaltake power supply. I don't get any loud noises from it at all. There's no humming. Only the fan makes the wind noice but low level. I will buy another one for another build when I'm ready.
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The answer to that would be quite subjective. It depends what you put inside of it. Mine is *very* quiet running a stock intel heatsink and a full sized GTX770 graphics card. Your cooling fans will contribute the most noise, generally, and the case is excellent on its own aside from any other fans you may choose to include (cpu heatsink, discrete graphics, etc)
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I've got a Corsair 520-HX comming with the 8600GTS - should have added that to the earlier post. The ONLY good thing about the stock PSU is that it's quiet. I haven't had too much time to mess with it - had shoulder surgery a few days before I received it.
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Well, I have four fans cooling my system and when gaming I let them spin pretty fast. Don't really care about excessive sound because I'm wearing a headset most of the time. With stock fan/heat sink mine is very cool while idle, and have never seen it above 60C while playing some of the most demanding games. Yes the fan and heat sink could be better but for me it's fine.
1544088
Its actually not that loud! I did not use this PSU for very long before switching to an XFX PSU which I like better and feel that it is more reliable then the raidmax.
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It has two modes: in one the fan coil really makes some noise but in the other one (quiet mode) it does make almost no noise (the problem is it can heat the system a little bit). One question to answer is "noise when". If the problem is noise to interfere during your sleep time, you have two ways to put the system in stand-by, first one is daily schedule (for instance you can turn it off everyday at 23:59), second one is everytime it is not accessed for more than n minutes. Both are programmable and not mutually excludent. I can say in summary it makes some noise but there are lots of ways to circumvent and avoid it when it is important to keep it quiet. I hope it helps.