AMD Radeon R5 330 graphics card Noisy

[Justromagod]

I just bought HP Pavilion 550-150no and videocard AMD Radeon R5 330 generate noise.

specificly installed fan generate noise I would like to remove

Noise is is higher than CPU cooler and PSU cooler together.

I don't want ask for replace whole computer, just fix noise. May be there is quick solution can be found.

Additional info:

Fan

NTK(HK) Limited
DC Brushless fan
MODEL FD501U12S
NDB BEARING
D.C. 12V/0.22 A
2015 09 25

I also have questions:

1.Videocard looks very energy efficient, can I simply remove cooler? 

2. Why cooler is always spinning on PCI card, I assume integrated card is active by default, can I turn off 2nd card

3. I plugged out PCI card and computer working very silent, and very fine.  Only screen blinking black in browser sometimes, is this bad sign?

4. What videocard I can buy to upgrade computer and keep it silent.

5. What cooler I can buy.

any help would be very appreciated. Even some answers...

[Grzwacz]

Hi Justromagod

To answer your questions first:

1. You should not remove or disable the discrete graphics card fan.

2. This add in graphics card is designed to have the fan always running. You can remove the graphics card. But you paid for the add in graphics card. It is marginally better than the integrated AMD graphics on the MB.

3. Removing the PCIe graphics card will default to the integrated AMD integrated graphics. The system will run quiet. Having video dropouts is not a good thing. Integrated graphics don't always provide an optimal video experience. You also may have an AMD driver problem because you must uninstall the add in AMD graphics driver and install the integrated AMD graphics driver to get the best video performance when you remove the add in graphics card.

4. You have a 180 watt internal power supply. This severely limits upgrading to a better Nvidia or AMD graphics card.

5. Please specify what cooler you want to upgrade or buy.

I would suggest looking at a different HP PC if you are not satisfied with this purchase.

Grzy

[Justromagod]

Thank you for help. It is clearing out things. I will try to reinstall drivers to fix screen black out..

I need any cooler which fit into videocard I bought. It is not easy to find cooler of this size and instructions how to replace it.

criteria of replacement is it has to be quiet and has to be placed tight.

Also I did research and I am not sure what card I can buy. NVidia or AMD not really care about pose efficient power video cards.

I can see that GT 1030 probably is just for me, but it has requirement 300Watt for power supply, with consumption 30Watt

It is quite confusing.

I need help from HP forums if possible.

1. I want to replace cooler or make it 0 silent for my model. (Need model name or instructions how to fix)

2. if not possible to fix cooler I want to replace videocard, to  silent, without replacing of power supply.

what is benefit to have discrete video card for office computer?

[Grzwacz · Accepted solution]

Hi Justromagod

You are welcome.

I don't usually replace graphics card fans. So I can't provide any advice on that issue. I am sure you can remove and replace the fan but this may not reduce the noise level.

You can review the AMD OEM standard specs on the 530 here. AMD suggests the card reqiures 50 watts and a 450 power supply. The HP version uses less than 25 watts. So HP has modified this graphics card to run using a 180 watt power supply.

You will have to upgrade the power supply to run the GT 1030.

You don't need a discrete graphics card if you are using the PC for office work.

GRzy

[Justromagod]

Thank you for your time and help. 

I will look into my issue more, as I am 100% don't want change my PowerSupply. 

AMD card you sent is good, but I know that cards have peak efficiency 30 watt and still demand 300watt for some reason.

  Gigabyte GeForce GT 1030 2GB Low Profile

it is very interesting to khow HP modified this card.

I assume something related to be more energy efficient.

may be HP have cards like GT

[Grzwacz]

Hi Justromagod

You are welcome.

The power supply requirements relate to the 12 volt rail.

It is a very complex calculation. All OEM graphics card manufacturer's do the heavy lifting on this calculation so you don't have an unstable system by stressing the power supply.

HP would have had to reduced the 12 volt rail demand for the graphics card so your PC would run correctly.

Best wishes.

Grzy