Does the fan run when only mining for Scrypt based coins? Can it be switched off if not needed? How loud is it?
1953512
There aren't that many forums to help you out especially if your a newbie but if your a pro then good luck and happy mining
1953513
Sorry, a little slow on responding to my emails, yes, you can switch off the fan when mining scrypt. Need pair of wire cutters, pocket knife will do also. Just cut the wires. If you plan on mining ASIC again, need to connect the wires again. So I recommend not doing it, unless you will be mining scrypt for the life of the gridseed.,
1953514
The fan runs when the dc power is connected. I don't know if it will hash without it.
1953515
It basically runs all the time, though I've only used mine for scrypt mining. There are ways to turn off the fans and even remove them, cleaner if yur handy with a soldiering iron. How loud is it? Well I would say have it in another room or just remove the fans, yu don't need them if yur only doing scrypt mining .
628471
I don't think you can turn it off. Unfortunately, many similar fan & cooler buttons produce similar sounds, none of which can be turned off.
1122504
It only has a low or high setting and it runs till you turn it off. It also has a fan switch on it.
1576570
It's not bad at the low fan setting. Very noisy at high level though and if you forget to turn it off and sit down to eat with it on you will quickly get up and turn it off.
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.
204257
Not very noisy at all. I mean the 770 is a powerhouse of a card especially with 3 gigs, so you can't expect it to be completely silent, you'll hear the fan kick in every now and then. For example it will just be idling, once I start up a game that needs some juice like Far Cry 3, you'll hear the fan whir into motion. Nothing intolerable though, you don't notice it after the initial fan start up. After that the fan will not run continuously.. but I can't be too sure on that honestly because I just don't notice it. It depends on the game as well. I've noticed that with Dota 2 the fan doesn't kick in until after about a hour continuous of play, whereas more GPU demanding games may start off right away. Just a FYI there is a button integrated in the keyboard that can increase fan power to keep your temps lower. Never had a reason to use it though.
2069837
I think the fan is about as silent as it gets. I have noticedno noise whatsoever. You do have to keep the vents on the back clear or it will heat up way too fast. I use mine primarily for MusicReader software for performance and I am happy with it. That said it isn't TOTALLY silent, but mine is very close.
1052455
Yes. with little activity the fan hardly runs. With more processing it really blows. I found the problem with mine was some Toshiba installed gaming that was running all the time. causing the fan to run on high all the time. I couldn't figure out how to turn the game off (or how it even got turned on) so I just uninstalled it and my machine now runs quiet.
1122348
There is an option to run the fan where it is always on. There is an "auto" function when it only runs when the furnace/ac is running. And there is a function where it can be set to run randomly about 35% of the time whether the furnace/ac is running or not.
232068
I have not measured the volume in dB, However it is much quieter than the case fans and CPU fans. I currently have it in my workshop in an open air environment, so I never hear the thing. The fan is 140mm I believe, and is controlled by temperature. The intelligent fan control keeps fan noise to a minimum below 45C. Which it never reached, even while mining in the summer. Regardless, it will be a very quiet unit for most applications. Look for the review at Johnny Guru for more info. -buzznut
549790
As others have said, it puts out a ton of air. It is certainly NOT quiet though. On low, it is probably about as loud as most other fans are on high, but the air movement is significant. You buy this fan to move a lot of air, not for silence. It is the kind of fan that you turn off after several hours and, only then, realize just how loud it was.
209986
The fan is very quite on the low setting. I can have it in a meeting room without distrubing anyone. When you get to the faster settings, it does get louder. It is very handy.
559444
There are two modes low and high selected by a switch on the card. If your hard core gaming, using CAD, bitcoin mining your going to need to select High mode which can be rather loud. If you just surf the internet and chat then Low mode will work which is very quiet. High Mode runs while card is "Hot" In General high performance causes these cards to run very hot so good air ventilation is a must.
2131418
It does run as a stand alone, but will require a computer to set up first. I use MultiMiner for other miners, but it will display the S1's status. As far as noise level, I bought replacement fans that were higher flow and low noise. I'm overclocking mine so I use two fans. One fan should be fine if you're not overclocking yours.
2136269
On the lowest Fan setting it's not too bad at all. On the highest, wow! We only turn it to the highest setting when we're asleep or not home, but we don't find that necessary very often. Traditionally, lowest setting works just fine for us.
2198869
I wasn't aware that the SMT1500 fan runs constantly. Do you mean as compared to older models, such as the SUA1500?I have an SMT1000 and it's not noisy at all, even with my ear right next to it. Of course it's in a room with my server which does run the fans constantly with quite a bit of air noise. So, I suppose it's all relative.
2237165
If you're comparing this card to a fanless card, you will consider this quite loud. As compared to similarly spec'd card, I would rate this moderately loud *under load*. At idol, it's quite quiet. An option you could consider is an additional water cooling alternative -- there are quiet options out there.