Thursday 4 August 2011

GPU toaster!

So, to make a long story short, I finally decided to try to make my desktop computer jet engine a bit more quiet. Much to my astonishment, I discovered, with the help of the folks at MBit, that the cause of the jet engine noise was my no longer manufactured Asus nVidia Geforce 9500GT. Or more precisely, its smaller-than-a-cookie fan. Seriously. So I flipped my mental insanity bit to logical 1, and decided to turn it off (I did add another larger fan on the lateral wall of my case).

The result? My GPU's idle temperature is now at a nice and cool 77ºC :P Watching a 20 minute anime raised it to 83ºC. Well, at least now I have a pc that's much, MUCH more silent! Anyway, if anyone knows a silent, (preferably fanless) nVidia GPU with enough horsepower to play FullHD movies, feel free to drop a comment ;-)

Note: I'm not a gamer, so basic 3D render and FullHD is about all I require from a GPU.

EDIT TO ADD: the way to discover where the noise is coming from, is to stop each fan, one at a time, and see which one yields the biggest noise reduction.  The proper way to stop a fan is to press your finger against its central spindle, until it stops. It's painless, for both the fan and your finger! ;-)

2 replies:

mokinha said...

aaaah... porque é que não perguntas ao subtil? :P

gauthma said...

Não é preciso, já comprei esta coisa :P

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDIA_Series/EN210_SILENTDI1GD2LP/

How I love the sound of silence! :D

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