Shutting up and upgrading my computer

[sandertn]

I`ve become accustom to sitting in my room late at night with my noisy computer. Whether I am browsing chrome or playing a heavy game the fans in my computer is making enough noise to drown whatever media I am consuming at the time. Im tired of this!

My plan is to upgrade my computer in July. I am aware that the new pascal structure cards might be out on the market by then, but for the sake of it, lets say they wont be.

I`ve saved up for a while now so a gtx 980ti is the way im going, but I dont know which one. Im looking for something fast and quiet. I also want to get a bigger case, new fans, and a new cpu fan(?). Do you have any recommendations? The main purpose of the upgrade is getting a computer that pull Fallout 4 better while remaining quieter.

My current computer specs: (From late 2013)
Gtx 770 gpu
16 GB ram ddr3
I7 4770 cpu with stock cooler
Cm storm scout 2 case
Msi LGA1150 B35M motherboard
Corsair CX 750w psu
+ 120gb ssd, 1tb hdd and 3tb hdd

I would presume that my CPU, PSU, ram and motherboard will be subject to keep unless you tell me otherwise.

So to sum it all up: Can you recommend a new GPU, Case and some fans that can make my computer "great again"?

 

[Karsten75]

So, you have minimal fan headers on that board, which will make powering and controlling existing fans, and fan selection, a little more difficult. There is one 4 pin system fan header and one three pin system fan header in addition to the single 4 pin CPU fan header. And that four pin header doesn't do voltage control on that board. PWM only. That means you can use one of each type fan, or, get a hub or controller. I'd suggest something like this, if low sound pressure levels are the main goal, while maintaining the best possible performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 67.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($44.90 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($607.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-P14s redux-900 49.3 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.95 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-P14s redux-900 49.3 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.95 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-P14s redux-900 49.3 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $787.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-16 18:06 EDT-0400


Along with this:

https://store.nzxt.com/products/grid-v2

The Define R5 comes with a built-in fan controller for 2 fans.

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you decide to go with the Grid+ v2, then these fans would be a good choice and you wouldn't need to use adapters, or deal with the slight noise from the PWM fan motors being used with 4 to 3 pin adapters.

https://www.mpx.no/product/770801/komponenter/vifter-kjoeling-vannkjoeling/vifter/noctua-nf-a14-flx-140mm-vifte

 

[Darkbreeze]

True, it does, however it still operates based on the bios controls, which in most cases allow for a minimum fan speed of about 40% without the use of low noise adapters and is a much less adaptive/configurable solution. An option, but a less exacting one.

I still think swapping out the GPU card and CPU fan might make a world of difference by themselves, but certainly any improvements along these lines is going to be helpful.

Probably getting that CX replaced is a very good idea as well.

 

[sandertn]

Okey so the new gtx 1080 is close. Is there anything else I need to change instead of the things I`ve decided on to make it work?

 

[Darkbreeze]

I'm not sure the 1080 is going to be the be-all/end-all card everybody has been assuming it would be going off the initial Nvidia statements about it. Better, yes, a lot better, not really. I don't see that the GTX 1080 is any more powerful than the GTX 980 than the 980 was when pitted against the 780. Seems like an incremental increase in performance to me, not really an earth shattering "twice as powerful as a Titan Z" like Nvidia reported it to be. Not surprising either really.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1174-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080/page3.html