Question 1660 Ti model/brand that are most silent?

[alfatekpt]

For me silence is worth a few extra bucks, so...

1) Any model that supports 0db in idle mode will be the same, right? no noise?

2) So that leaves us in 'load mode'. Is there any model or brand that has better fans / cooling solution that is tested to be producing less noise than others?

All brands seem to market their fans doing this and that so they are different but I just never saw a comparison between all brands.

I'm thinking specifically about MSI, Asus, Gigabyte and Zotac for example.

Currently leaning towards "MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Armor 6G OC".
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Windforce 6GB OC is 10€ cheaper but I really don't know much about Gigabyte on the GPU space so I'm selecting the cheapest '0db' model I can find and that's the MSI.

 

[Glo.]

Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB Review

The Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is the company's most cost-effective GTX 1660 Ti offering that's being sold with reference clock speeds. A spartan design, it still manages to offer the best noise levels of all the GTX 1660 Ti cards we tested today.

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Quietest GTX 1660 Ti of them all.