Originally Posted by
Boulard83
Via the stock GPU fan connector. I went another route
model the cabling and plugged it to my Lamptron FC5. I also have a thermal probe on the VRMs. @~1650rpm i cant ear it and temp are REALLY better.
Accelero TT and this one are pretty similar. Only the heatsink/fans really are diff.
See below
See below
As for the noise, i'm running a testbed so i dont have any case to reduce the card noise. The stock GTX780 cooler is obviously really good and the noise was also OK. The blower is making a good wind noise passed 45-50% and become louder and louder but it's not an anoying sound. ( read cheap fan bearing sound ).
Stock, while running unigine valley at 1076mhz on stock cooler i reached ~70°c and fan was at ~65% wich is really noticable, even more on my testbed.
Now, with the Xtrem3, at 1176mhz and still running unigine valley the temp max out at 55°c with 1650rpm ( max out at ~2100 on my lamptron ) and VRM's max out at similar temp. At 1650rpm the Xtrem3 is'nt louder than my 3 other fans. 2 140mm phantek fan at 1000rpm and 1 split stream 120mm at 1100rpm.
I'm picky with fans and sound from computers... Now i really, REALLY ! like the 780