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Limp Gawd
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Hi everyone. I'm looking to upgrade my video card and am seeking advice in the M1. Currently running a blower-style EVGA GTX 760, and it's both noisy and no longer offering the performance I'd like. Could anyone out there recommend a current-gen GPU setup in the M1 that is both quiet and powerful?
A few details: I'm looking for something at least as powerful as a 970 and as quiet at idle as possible, but am open to suggestions and have no particular allegiance to Nvidia. Silence at idle is more important to me than maximizing power, but I don't mind at all if it roars under load. Still running at 1080p and not planning to move to 4k for a while yet. I'd prefer an out-of-the-box solution; custom-WC-ing a video card is a bit above my level of commitment, but I'd be willing to add a couple of case fans if that would help. I've had great experiences with EVGA in the past and would consider something from them, but this card is quite noisy. Any tips would be much appreciated!
My current setup:
Core i5 2500K
Noctua NH-C14 w NF-P14r redux-1500 PWM
Asus P8Z77-i deluxe
8 GB Corsair Vengeance
EVGA GTX 760 (blower, non-superclocked)
Samsung 840 EVO 500 GB
Silverstone SX-600g
my reference gtx 970 works great. it can be silent, or it can be a jet engine. depends on what kind of temps you are comfortable with. but I was playing dying light on 1200p maxed out without a problem and temps were reasonable with semi loud fan profile. If you do want to think about expanding a bit into liquid cooling, I am probably going to get a corsair HG10 with a 120mm aio to keep the gpu quiet and cool like my cpu
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-...-card-silver-black/9855169.p?id=1219441201895