Alright, got some numbers for you guys. Thanks a lot for sharing! Eventually Nvidia seems to have some serious competition, noise-wise (though the 980s seem to still have a slight edge)! :wink: I actually think this card might be quieter than the 980s. Nearly all the noise seems to be coming from t...

Just wondering - is the card throttling under furmark? I've read couple of reviews and some of these newer cards consume tens of watts less during furmark than gaming and other heavy use. I don't believe so. The FPS was consistent from the start to the end of the test, and the temperature load was ...

Alright, got some numbers for you guys. My initial impression holds even better than I expected. After silencing my room to the best of my ability, I opened the case and pointed the meter at the card at ~1ft. With the case open, its clear that the stock Define R5 fan and CPU fans are the dominant no...

Just got mine in today. Ran Furmark and couldn't hear it, as temperatures leveled off at 68c. Granted, AC was on, but my previous card was quite audible whenever any game was running, so its quite an improvement. I have a SPL meter I'll point at it when I have a bit more time.

First, thanks to everyone for the advice and SPCR for the stellar reviews and information. I just spent the evening moving all the components to the new system, up to my elbows in Arctic Silver and then up to my goggles with the Dremmel vs the first two rows of fins on the NB47J. The result was wort...

Okay, I wound up getting the Antec SLK300[0]B after all, and the Scythe Ninja. For the short term I'm going to wait on the extra 120mm fans, and see how the included cooling and my power supply sound and how effective they are.

<sigh> Thats a deal killer for the P180 (I'm in the US), the silver isn't to my taste and the black isn't worth a $50 price premium, with or without shipping. So my options are Lian-Li with dampening or the SLK3000B.

Re: the Antec, I don't like the curviness of the intake grills. Basically just the bezel. The Evercase is worse, the rounded bezel and open look reminds me of Compaq machines. The P180 isn't too expensive I guess. Can you get it in black anywhere? Also, it looks a little big, but I need to compare i...

Also, are these fan isolators okay?

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/Fanisolators.html

I'm not quibbling over the two bucks, but trying to order as many components from as few places as possible.

Are there any steel cases with 120mm fans which have a more subtle look?

Okay, after lurking, I'm about to make the last set of purchases to silence my desktop. Here's the story: - Venice 3000+ O/Ced to 2.4ghz. Runs about 42C w/ the stock fan ramped all the way down using a Zalman Fanmate 2 - MSI Neo4-F (not SLI), with that damned inconvenient north bridge fan - MSI Gefo...