I've bought a new graphics card for my pc, but it's somewhat more noisy than I suspected.
The card is a ASUS EAH4650/DI/512MD (Radeon 4650 GPU).
It has a small fan and I considered replacing that.
Is that possible?
Any thoughts on which fan to use instead?
The card is sitting in a system with a Core 2 Duo (E7400) CPU. The system is generally running at a low temperature, so I believe that the air flow is ok.
Help and ideas will be appreciated!
/K
Silencing a Asus Radeon 4650
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Unfortunately, you won't be able to find a quiet small fan. Only the larger fans can shift a decent amount of air whilst running at low rpms, which means they're quiet (if you pick a quiet model!).
If you feel comfortable with dealing with thermal paste and re-assembling heatsinks etc, you should try using a third party heatsink like the Accelero S1 rev2 or similar. Assuming you've got decent airflow in your case, you could run the card passively with such a large efficient heatsink.
If you feel comfortable with dealing with thermal paste and re-assembling heatsinks etc, you should try using a third party heatsink like the Accelero S1 rev2 or similar. Assuming you've got decent airflow in your case, you could run the card passively with such a large efficient heatsink.
Great tip - thank's.InfyMcGirk wrote: If you feel comfortable with dealing with thermal paste and re-assembling heatsinks etc, you should try using a third party heatsink like the Accelero S1 rev2 or similar. Assuming you've got decent airflow in your case, you could run the card passively with such a large efficient heatsink.
And I don't mind getting my fingers "dirty"