Adjusting the clock speed of the MSI GTX750 Low Profile to operate without a fan
Adjusting the clock speed of the MSI GTX750 Low Profile to operate without a fan
Hi! I have an older DELL machine with a 300w power supply and an AMD R5 230 low-profile graphics card. I’m looking to upgrade, so I need a low-power, quiet low-profile card. I’m considering the MSI GTX 750 LP you linked. It has specifications at https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/N750-T...cification. My plan is to remove the fans to cut down noise and then lower both memory and GPU clock speeds by 200Mhz. This should keep performance above what my old R5 230 offers. Have anyone tried this before?
I haven't tried this before for valid reasons. The warmth generated by the graphics card will stay on the heat-sink until air flows over it. Any existing air above it will trap heat, forming a warm zone. This is why proper airflow matters—heat moves from the heat-sink to the surrounding air and is expelled by a fan. If your system has good fans, you might manage without them, especially if you lower the clock and ensure the GPU heat-sink is exposed to air. But a more effective approach could be using MSI Afterburner (or similar) to design a fan curve that minimizes or eliminates fan use. (It's also worth considering a low-profile GTX 1050 instead of the 750—it's significantly more energy-efficient and costs similarly.)
I have to remove the fan from that card because the motherboard of my DELL OptiPlex 760 doesn’t have enough space for it. It’s not just about noise, I need a thinner card. Here’s a suggestion:
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