Fury X - Pump Whine - Reduce voltage to pump?

KangarooFactory

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I bought a Fury X on craiglist a month ago. Guy said he bought it off ebay from a parts reviewer.
Card runs at 51C max running Doom.

It has a pump whine. My case is pretty open, and the sound of the pump bothers me.

I watched this video "Amd FURY X pump easy fix" on youtube. The video just shows a quiet card. In the description, he writes "Cut the red wire that goes to pump. Put 6 ohm 3w rezistor (the rezistor will drop voltage from 12v to 10.6v."

I don't know much about ohms or volts. Is adding a resistor a terrible idea or a good idea?

If it is a good idea, how do I go about doing it?
 
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Bad idea, you're just going to increase power consumption and heat for nothing (since whine may be completely unrelated ). You should figure out if the whine is due to electrical noise or physical damage first before even attempting anything
Bad idea, you're just going to increase power consumption and heat for nothing (since whine may be completely unrelated ). You should figure out if the whine is due to electrical noise or physical damage first before even attempting anything
 
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