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Melmix's avatar
Melmix
Expert Protege
9 years ago

What graphics card vendor cooler design for GTX 1080 is better for a low noise system?

I've been searching the web and trying to find a good comparison purely on noise between latest version coolers from the different manufacturers, but haven't been able to find anything. When I go to most forums it's a religious war without any real facts. So please make a vote and if you have any facts for your vote, please be so kind as to throw a link in the comments.

By the way, my personal preference is MSI from past experience, but I have no experience with either ASUS or EVGA. In my country the prices are as noted... if MSI was the cheapest I wouldn't even be asking, as I find their previous generations dead silent. But it's a lot of extra money if the others are just as good.

5 Replies

  • obzen's avatar
    obzen
    Expert Protege
    9 years ago
    They should perform pretty much similar. Not like the 1080 requires massive cooling, from what I've seen. 

    I'm on a 980ti ACX 2.0+. Nice and quiet, low pitch when pushed, but it never gets there anyway. And I like EVGA support as well. 

    I know Asus coolers are also super quiet and very efficient.

    As for MSI, I had a TwinFrozr II, kinda OK, and a Windforce 3X 7970, also meh, but can't really judge when we're talking 7970 GHZ edition (hot cards). Did the job anyway. 

    The ACX is reference PCB design. I suspect the more expensive ones are custom PCB. That's be more where I'd base my decision. Probably have fancy VRMs, dual power connectors and whatnot. But as far as cooling, with a moderate overclock, I'd be happy with the basic EVGA. 
  • Sloeri007's avatar
    Sloeri007
    Adventurer
    9 years ago
    The Asus ones have always done a perfect job for me.
    my next one however will be the MSI 1080 Seahawk (with the AIO closed loop liquid cooler)


  • nalex66's avatar
    nalex66
    MVP
    9 years ago
    I've got the EVGA GTX 980 SC with the ACX2.0. It runs cool and quiet. I hear my case fans more than the GPU cooler.
  • EliteSPA's avatar
    EliteSPA
    Superstar
    9 years ago
    Asus Direct CU III is the best cooling solution ATM, followed by EVGA A.C.
  • Roming22's avatar
    Roming22
    Adventurer
    9 years ago
    I would wait for the liquid cooled versions... EVGA is likely to propose one.
    Great cooling, and you can blow the hot air straight out of the computer case.

    But the option is usually a bit expensive.