MSI's TWIN FROZR III - Do the fans stops when Idle?

dman777 · Oct 20, 2013

I'm thinking about getting the MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-127-699&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=4#scrollFullInfo .

My system is on 24/7 in a one room efficiency and I like to keep my PC as quiet as possible. Does anyone know if this card's fans stop when the card is idle? That would be nice.

Yusuf Demirel · Oct 20, 2013

dman777 :

I have the same card and the fans don't stop when idle, but they are really quite so you shouldn't worry

monsta · Oct 20, 2013

You can also control the fan speed to reduce noise with MSI afterburner with the Fan curve settings.
The fans will be on low rpm and quiet but they won't stop.

dman777 · Oct 21, 2013

I'll be using this card in linux so most likely I won't be able to control the fan speed.

Does the card channel hot air out of the PC case in the rear vents?

monsta · Oct 21, 2013

All non reference cards blow hot air into the case , the reference cards fitted with the blower fans exhaust from the rear of the pc.

dman777 · Oct 21, 2013

Ah...ok...those are the cards with the enclosed casings, correct? I assume those cards not as quiet?

In using a non reference card that blows air hot air into the case such as MSI's TWIN FROZR III...would the quietness of the non reference card be offset by dumping the hot air into the case causing the CPU fan to spin faster(thus creating more noise)?

monsta · Oct 21, 2013

I believe the non reference cards are quieter from my experience as they have a better cooling design, more fans and bigger heat pipes/heatsink so they don't have to work as hard as the blower type reference cards.
Cards like the Asus, EVGA ASX and the Gigabytes Windforce are quieter compared to the non reference cards.
With the hot air being in the case , other fans like the case fans and cpu may spool up higher if the inside of the case is getting hotter.
Best to have good exhaust fans beneath the non reference cards to blow the hot air out of the case, side fans also make a big difference with these.

KrisC1337 · Mar 11, 2014

I have the 680 twin frozr iii and the second fan wont kick in until about 65-70C which you can change with afterburner, but yeh, I don't know if they are all the same, but I have done some major testing on my card because I thought the fan was broken... luckily not, its just more intelligent than I am

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