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Cooling options? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by aPpYe_@alien.top to c/pcmods@hardware.watch

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Hello, I have the card in the picture below. I believe the brand is leadtek. The card works fine and I have no problems with it. Recently I finally upgraded from a 1080p to a 4k display and when I run many games at this resolution, the cooler fan is extremely loud. What are my options for cooling this thing a bit more quietly? I am not after extreme silence, some moderate fan noise is okay by me, I just don't enjoy games while the vacuum cleaner is running, essentially.

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[–] Paavikana@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get a less restrictive case, the hot air is not being replaced fast enough.

[–] aPpYe_@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but it runs just as fast and loud when the side of the case is open. Also, they aren't seen in the picture, but there are two fans on the front below the drive bays that are moving air pretty well ...

[–] wrglsgrft@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ist the front of your case open enough to let fresh air in? Otherwise those fans are just moving around the hot air.

You can do some undervolting and/or reduce the power target. Additionally try to set a custom fan curve.

If all this doesn't work good enough, you could try to find an alternative cooler which is quite hard nowadays.