Well, definitely your system isn't conceived to be what I would call a "really quiet" one, but rather it looks like versed towards obtaining sort of a constant, not extremely low, but benign sound signature. So, about your place (home, office, whatever), I was not interested in walking through it: ...

If you wanna go fanless, it's not advisable (IMHO); but if you have a spare slot, a fanned S1 should handle even more . Why not reuse the Accelero S1 on the new card? It can handle the TDP and will make it completely silent. You might need to find some RAM or VRM sinks but it will be a wonderful fr...

So I'm a bit puzzled about what you're hearing to, and therefore which the actual fan speeds are (I'm wondering questions as: "If the dominant noise comes from the Nexus, how can you notice the video card?", or: "Silent at 3 meters? You can be out of the room while hearing it at 3 meters!", and so ...

quest_for_silence wrote:Which are your actual current readings about all of the fans?

I don't understand the question. What do you mean?

Ok. I'm done with this (and not entirely unhappy). I've contacted Svet . It turns out that 650 Ti Boost cards are not supported in his program, but he has been kind enough to send me no less than 3 different patched bioses. And all of it has been in a lapse of no more than 3 o 4 hours since I first ...

Well, I'm not a mod expert to tell you what exactly doing: I'm quite puzzled by the fact you set 15%, read 20%, and check 30% (as on my Gigabyte and ASUS cards what I set is what I read and monitor), so at first outset I am led to think that something may have gone wrong in the backing-up/modding/r...

Well... I've just modded and flashed the BIOS of the card. I had the minimum fan speed set at 15%. Back at Windows, the monitoring utils said that the fan speed percentage was 20%, but the actual RPMs moved between 1050 and 1080, which are the values the fan spins at 30%. It must be hardware set to ...

The 30% limit is more probably that not a BIOS limitation (historically it's so) and, if it were true, then you only need how to mod the BIOS (I've done for 460s, there's a good guide on this forum) in order to lower the minimum fan speed: after doing that, you can use Rivatuner and the likes to bu...

Hi. I've returned home for a few days and finally had the chance to install and test the new card. I finally went with the 220 mm/8.66141732 in MSI GTX 650 Ti BOOST . Price has been over 160 euros. The card fits nicely. When I installed the card I was surprised of how big and bulky the Accelero S1 w...

Yes, you can use either a new elastic band (to replace the loose one), or (for the upper chamber) a Noise Magic adapter (I use it inside an NSK3480 and works marvelously, but there's some Scythe rails that works great). Even right angle SATA connectors should help to save space and routing the cabl...

So, does a 256.3 mm or 10.0906 inches graphics card fit in an Antec Solo filled with HDDs without modding? Taking into account that I refuse to buy a new case, should I go with the 187 mm/7.3622 in. 650 Ti OC? Uhm, just a side question: is the HDD suspended or not? No. All 4 drives are installed in...

Well, I did my measurements. The 10.2" reports were accurate. That is the exact space there is in the Antec Solo for a graphics card without an HDD in the bay adjacent to the graphics card slot. It might fit if I remove the drives, but I'm definitely going with the 187 mm/7.3622 in. Gigabyte GeForce...

The magic number often stated is 10.2" max length. However, if all of your drive slots are full, with the 10" card, you may have a conflict with the gfx card's connector (if it's on the end) and/or the drives' connectors. You are the best one to determine this - open up your case and look :) As for...

Hi. First post here, so hello to everybody. My old and trustworthy 8800 GT has sadly passed away and I'm looking for a replacement. I'm aiming at something which can last at least as much as the 8800GT, which has been performing admirably well until the day of its demise. Only DirectX11 has prevente...