Hi everyone,
I'm building my very first PC, and it is an SFF build in an Aerocool Playa Slim case. Recently I've bought a used low-profile Zotac 1050ti.
Now before the purchase I did inform myself that this is not the quietest videocard out there. Main reason for this was the price, and I like its heatsink, but not least because it has a modified BIOS available: link
This BIOS fixes the lower limit of the fan speed, allowing it to be much quieter. But this is not all!
Please take a look at the photos. My case has an 80x15mm fan right beneath the GPU. One of my ideas is to remove the Zotac original fan shroud and connect this 80mm fan to the GPU's fan header. The original Zotac fans together draw up to about 600 mA, so it is capable of powering an 80mm fan. With this configuration I could also connect the tacho wire of this fan to the motherboard and see its speed directly.
So what should I prefer:
1) leave the cooling as is, flash the modified BIOS, adjust the fan curve;
2) remove the shroud, connect the 80mm fan to the GPU;
3) or should I do both?
I also have this 80mm fan shroud from an old PC, which I could cut to make it fit my build. In case 2 or 3, would it bring any advantage?
I'm building my very first PC, and it is an SFF build in an Aerocool Playa Slim case. Recently I've bought a used low-profile Zotac 1050ti.
Now before the purchase I did inform myself that this is not the quietest videocard out there. Main reason for this was the price, and I like its heatsink, but not least because it has a modified BIOS available: link
This BIOS fixes the lower limit of the fan speed, allowing it to be much quieter. But this is not all!
Please take a look at the photos. My case has an 80x15mm fan right beneath the GPU. One of my ideas is to remove the Zotac original fan shroud and connect this 80mm fan to the GPU's fan header. The original Zotac fans together draw up to about 600 mA, so it is capable of powering an 80mm fan. With this configuration I could also connect the tacho wire of this fan to the motherboard and see its speed directly.
So what should I prefer:
1) leave the cooling as is, flash the modified BIOS, adjust the fan curve;
2) remove the shroud, connect the 80mm fan to the GPU;
3) or should I do both?
I also have this 80mm fan shroud from an old PC, which I could cut to make it fit my build. In case 2 or 3, would it bring any advantage?