Hello !
So I have bought my beautiful GTX 1080ti FTW3 HYBRID 3 years ago, at summer 2018.
At the start, the computer did not make much noise. But 6 month ago, it started to get less and less bearable. I think it's the pump of the graphic card. I have clean the dust in the computer, a bit shake the computer to "remove the bubbles inside the watercooling" (I have read a EVGA post about that) but not too much because I have a hard drive. However, i can do nothing : the noise is more and more unbearable.
So two weeks ago, I have removed the graphic card to see if it's the graphics card that's generating the noise. And without the graphic card my computer is silent.
So my graphic card is still under guarantee. But I'm conflicted. I don't want a graphics card with built-in watercooling anymore. Fans are much quieter. I'm considering several possibilities. The first one is to build a custom watercooling system (EK for example) but I don't really want to spend a fortune on that right now. The second one is to send it back under warranty and repair it (or have it exchanged because I don't know if EVGA still have it in stock) against a card of equivalent performance/price but without watercooling system (they're cheaper in top of that...). The noise is unbearable, I can't stay like this ( and I've paid a fortune to aquire this graphic card....).
I haven't contacted support yet. But what do you think ?
(I'm Franch and I'm in France.)
Thank you very much.
 
Erwan
 

Ertuit
Hello !
So I have bought my beautiful GTX 1080ti FTW3 HYBRID 3 years ago, at summer 2018.
At the start, the computer did not make much noise. But 6 month ago, it started to get less and less bearable. I think it's the pump of the graphic card. I have clean the dust in the computer, a bit shake the computer to "remove the bubbles inside the watercooling" (I have read a EVGA post about that) but not too much because I have a hard drive. However, i can do nothing : the noise is more and more unbearable.
So two weeks ago, I have removed the graphic card to see if it's the graphics card that's generating the noise. And without the graphic card my computer is silent.
So my graphic card is still under guarantee. But I'm conflicted. I don't want a graphics card with built-in watercooling anymore. Fans are much quieter. I'm considering several possibilities. The first one is to build a custom watercooling system (EK for example) but I don't really want to spend a fortune on that right now. The second one is to send it back under warranty and repair it (or have it exchanged because I don't know if EVGA still have it in stock) against a card of equivalent performance/price but without watercooling system (they're cheaper in top of that...). The noise is unbearable, I can't stay like this ( and I've paid a fortune to aquire this graphic card....).
I haven't contacted support yet. But what do you think ?
(I'm Franch and I'm in France.)
Thank you very much.
 
Erwan
 

Could you identify more carefully what is making the noise on your GPU? Is it the pump like a buzzing noise or is it the radiator fan?

Ertuit
It's clearly the pump.

Okay. Buzzing noise it is. When I first installed the Hybrid kit on my 1080Ti, the pump had a pretty decent buzz. It was the plastic housing on the pump. I put a piece of felt pad about an inch square, between the top of the pump housing which is flat, and the shroud cover, which eliminated it. That pump failed a few months later. It's replacement Hybrid kit was and is still silent. You might try that. It's pretty easy to just remove the shroud.