MSI R9 390X

laneooo

Hey guys

I got a 390X for my first pc build it a few weeks ago only getting in gaming last few days but the card is like a jet taking off in the room when running high end games and valley benchmark.
I have it on silent mode thru the msi gaming app.
Temps are 65-80
Fan speed 60-70%

Is this the norm for high end cards to be this loud cause people on youtube say that the card is nearly inaudible which is certainly not the case.At idle yes it is but playing GTA it is certainly double as loud as any console i have had in the passed.

Blazer

looks like its a noisy sonabiatch.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_390X_Gaming/29.html
high end cars tend to be a lot noisy depending on whether you're using the reference design or custom..custom ones are generally far quieter.

Redfox25

Maybe take it off silent mode and see if that helps.

I have the xfx 390x and its no where near that noisey.

laneooo

Redfox25 wrote: »

Maybe take it off silent mode and see if that helps.

I have the xfx 390x and its no where near that noisey.

Yeah tried that just probably overreacting a bit dont think anything is wrong with it sounds the same as the noise test on youtube just didn't expect it to be as loud as it is in person and in a Nanoxia Deep Silence DS 3 i wanted almost complete silence so just a bit disappointed is all.

Digital Solitude

Try creating a custom fan profile in MSI Afterburner.

My 290s fans are silent up to 38%, so I've them set to run at that until it reaches 70c, then it slowly increases up to 60% at 80c, which I can normally hear but isn't an issue, and the card generally starts to cool or stop heating at that. So unless it's under a good load its fairly quiet.

Your GPU mighnt be the loudest component either, my disk drive, HDD and PSU are the loudest in mine when it's idling

laneooo

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Try creating a custom fan profile in MSI Afterburner.

My 290s fans are silent up to 38%, so I've them set to run at that until it reaches 70c, then it slowly increases up to 60% at 80c, which I can normally hear but isn't an issue, and the card generally starts to cool or stop heating at that. So unless it's under a good load its fairly quiet.

Your GPU mighnt be the loudest component either, my disk drive, HDD and PSU are the loudest in mine when it's idling

Copied you're settings that's a lot better thank you.

Gumbi

As long as the VRMs/core don't get above 85 you're golden. You could also try undervolting to reduce the heat (and thuse the needing for louder cooling) even more.

laneooo

Gumbi wrote: »

As long as the VRMs/core don't get above 85 you're golden. You could also try undervolting to reduce the heat (and thuse the needing for louder cooling) even more.

Ahh no It was just the standard fan profile was not to my liking i can't even hear it now when running valley the HDD is louder now..

Digital Solitude

Just monitor the temps like a hawk for the next few days to make sure they aren't getting out of hand.

laneooo

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Just monitor the temps like a hawk for the next few days to make sure they aren't getting out of hand.

It hasn't gone over 70C after running valley full tilt for an hour and gta for an hour.

The_Valeyard

It seems about right. The more powerful cards do tend to give off a lot of heat and make a lot of noise.

Gumbi

laneooo wrote: »

It hasn't gone over 70C after running valley full tilt for an hour and gta for an hour.

Really? It must have been sub 60 degrees beforehand then if the fans were so loud.

70 degrees is superb for a 390X tbh... How about the VRMs?

laneooo

Gumbi wrote: »

Really? It must have been sub 60 degrees beforehand then if the fans were so loud.

70 degrees is superb for a 390X tbh... How about the VRMs?

Yeah it was sub 60 that's what they say forget were i read it but msi don't like there cards well 390x anyway ramping up and down in temp they say its bad or whatever... They like it to stay a steady temp it basically stays in or around 60c fans don't kick in till it hits 60(at idle fans don't turn on for the most part) and when gaming they try there best to keep it at 60c that's just to loud...

laneooo

Gumbi wrote: »

Really? It must have been sub 60 degrees beforehand then if the fans were so loud.

70 degrees is superb for a 390X tbh... How about the VRMs?

Im after running valley again for the last 20 min
Max temp was 73c
VRM 1 76c max
VRM 2 49c Max

The_Valeyard

Are your cpu temps affected by the gpu?


Seen it happen before.
Are you using HWmonitor or checking gpu-z?

laneooo

gpu-z.
Cpu temps are about 29c at idle woundnt do anything cpu heavy.

The_Valeyard

laneooo wrote: »

gpu-z.
Cpu temps are about 29c at idle woundnt do anything cpu heavy.

Your lucky. I had to move mine down to end of board. Was getting cpu temps in mid 80s. Now down to low 60s.

laneooo

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Your lucky. I had to move mine down to end of board. Was getting cpu temps in mid 80s. Now down to low 60s.

Jesus that seems excessive... stock cooler?