antarius11

tuncer
 
I don't think there is anything you can do. The pump is of somewhat questionable quality and it buzzes.

That is what I was worried about when sent unit for RMA. It is probably pointless to do exchange. It will be same buzzing. My computer is on a table to the right of me and I could hear it easy. 

Goemon2000
Finally, purely speculation, but I wonder if the government shutdown in the US is affecting the supply chain speed? Specifically how quickly EVGA products coming in from overseas makes it off the ships and into their warehouses...

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Goemon2000
For people who have installed the Hybrid kit, besides lower temps and less noise, did you find GamersNexus's conclusion concerning power limitation being the limiting factor on increasing performance to be accurate? To recap, the argument was that for this generation, due to Nvidia imposed limitations, even with the greater thermal headroom from water/hybrid cooling, you would not see meaningful gains in gaming performance due to the tight power restrictions. This is in contrast to previous generations in Maxwell and Pascal that would allow for more performance under the better thermal conditions enabled by liquid cooling.

NdangerD
Alright, so the replacement has a more annoying, louder buzz. I kept the rad above the pump during the install and made sure to shake any bubbles out. It's installed above the GPU as exhaust with the hoses down.  This pump sounds like its an even worse quality than my first. This sucks. I guess i will try to move the radiator around while the system is on and see if that does anything.
 
This is poor QC EVGA.