Editing Quiet PC (section)

===Video card===
[[File:Sapphire-Radeon-HD-7750.jpg|thumb|A video card using [[heat pipe]]s for cooling and no dedicated fan]]
[[Video cards]] can produce a significant amount of heat. A fast [[GPU]] may be the largest power consumer in a computer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd-2900-games.html |title=Almost a Champion: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Gaming Performance Review |first1=Alexey |last1=Stepin |first2=Yaroslav |last2=Lyssenko |first3=Anton |last3=Shilov |date=2007-05-24 |publisher=X bit labs |access-date=10 October 2008}}</ref> and because of space limitations, video card coolers often use small fans running at high speeds, making them noisy.

Options to reduce noise from this source include:
* Replace the stock [[computer cooling|cooler]] with an aftermarket one.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://hexus.net/tech/news/cooling/43577-new-arctic-accelero-hybrid-7970-graphics-card-cooler/ |title =New Arctic Accelero Hybrid 7970 graphics card cooler |publisher=Hexus |date=2012-10-08 |access-date=2012-09-18}}.</ref>
* Use motherboard video output. Typically, motherboard video takes less power but provides lower gaming or HD video decoding performance.
* Select a video card that does not use a fan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14366 |title=Fanless VGA Cards list – a start! |first=Michael ‘Mike’ |last=Chin |date=2004-07-16 |publisher=SPCR |type=forum |access-date=2008-10-10}}</ref>
* Most modern graphics cards come with tools that allow the user to reduce the power target and adjust fan curves, resulting in quieter operation at the cost of performance