Iam, I hope you got the system you want. I am baffled, humming? Okay in the Netherlands you use 240v and 50 Hz. I wonder if that is the 50 Hz or power supply you hear. I haven't heard computers hum here, and I lost count of how many I built. Back in the days of recording music, no one recorded in the control room, because the tape machines made noises. Today I like recording in the control room if I can. I have a full size case with 5-120 mm case fans, with a front panel fan control that I leave in auto. Two fans on top, front, and one in the back. My CPU has two 120 mm, the power supply has a monster fan. The computer is on the floor with no sound isolating padding. Unless my head is near the computer, I can't even tell when it is on even when it is rendering overnight. I have to wait to see if the hard drive led will flicker to tell me it is still alive, because I turn off the monitors. Up to last week I recorder everyone right in the control room. My microphones are picking nothing up from the computer. I did check the stated noise level of the case fans before I bought them. But the air conditioner and if I use a fan in the room they have to be turned off If I record. I have a GTX1080 card with 3 fans also. So that's 11 fans total I have blowing and I have to put my head about 6 inches away to hear them at all. Magnetic, and Optical hard drives, can make some strange noises now and then. But if you have a solid state drive, quiet case fans and a power supply. Humming usually comes from the line frequency, or something being shorted. Do you have a step down transformer or voltage reducer for computer to use at 120 volts, that could be the hum your husband hears? Good luck. 

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You bet! Since  bought my nVidia Titan RTX 24 GB VRAM (USD $2499), I have to take my meals now at the soup kitchen.

But I get performance!



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wow you people, those titan cards cost a fortune here in Europe. 2K and 3K in euro's. I mean WOW that is a LOT of money!!
You lucky devils, enjoy all the wonders you people can whip up with that kind of powerrrrrrrrrrrr.
I sent out an inquiry to the firm I wish to build my new machine. They specialize in noiseless PC's, so let's see if they can deliver a machine with a better card than what they're offering now.
Thank you everyone for your help. Kinda hard figuring out all this stuff if you're not a wizz-kid!

If you have a decent case and they use something like MSI Afterburner to tune the fans (so their speed adjusts with temperature) it should be pretty quiet. Like others have said I would not go for a card below a GTX 1070.

An underpowered system will be a disappointment and your groaning because of it may well cause more noise than the PC..:P So I think you will somehow have a to find a compromise.

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I have a nVidia RTX Titan card myself. with 24 GB of VRAM .They don't fail. Not under my watch anyway. Before, I had  a nVidia GTX 1080 with 8GB of VRAM. and an air cooling system. It was very quiet.

Now, since the Titan RTX is a more powerful card (I have only praise for it), I decided to switch to a water cooling system for the video card. It makes a bit of noise. I wish I could get rid of it.


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Again, a 1070/2070 (essentially the same card except one is different architecture) is the minimum I'd recommend.  The 1060 series is going to be zero improvement on your 1050, so if you can judge from that (IOW, if you can live with that, fine, otherwise, upgrade).

I suppose if the 2070 doesn't work for you in terms of speed you can always sell it and consider other alternatives.  How about someone constructing a special cabinet for you?  Assuming it's large enough it shouldn't overheat and it could be as soundproof as you want.  That's another way to go.  But the sad truth is that GPU technology today is hot and the better the card the hotter it is (the more wattage it will consume.  There ain't no such thing as a free lunch).

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Thank you, @Kellytoons for your reply.
Putting my PC in another room, anywhere in the house, just won't do.
Hubby has autistism issues and can't bear the noise (long story).
I really, REALLY need a fanless pc, and ditto video card, no matter what.
I wouln't be spending this sorta cash if it wasn't REALLY REALLY an issue.
NVIDIA has zero decibel technology in a few types of cards, and combined with the fanless pc with fanless power supply etc and SDD memory in stead of
HDD I'll be enjoying something very quiet. I have an 1050 right now, and it's ok, though slow, but I thought that was due to my RAM memory not being that high. I have an AMD athlon quad core 8MB 3,5 hz

My alternatives are either:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX1060 or (6 GB)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX2070 (8 GB)
I wonder if either of them would do??
Do you know of any other cards with zero Db noise that you could recommend?

Thanks again.

The problem is that none of those cards are very good for iClone 7.  You need, at the very least, a 1070 card (and you might as well get a 1080 for the price/performance.  Either way you'll have to have a fan).  Oh, you can run iClone with a 1060 but it will be slow as molasses and VERY frustrating (and rendering will be such a PITA you may well give up).

But even if you have small houses and concrete walls -- so what?  You can put the PC in one room, drill a hole through your wall (I've lived in houses with concrete walls and drilled holes through them -- no biggie) and have your monitor, mouse and keyboard in another room.  So the only problem is if your sensitive hubby is in that particular room (and, honestly, if he's THAT particular he can't stand it, tell him to go for a walk or something.  Or tell him to come into your computer room, where it's quiet, and take a nap).

You just will not be happy building a nice machine with a crappy GPU.  Trust me.

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Hi and thanks for replying.
I live in the Netherlands. We have tiny houses here, compared to the US. Walls are concrete in stead of wood/plaster and rooms smaller. Not a lot of cupboard space. You kinda work with it, but it is limiting.
Not so easy to find the space to build in your computer somewhere. 

PC makes a lot of noise, even when "just posting on the internet". Constant humming, even with the ventilator wires unplugged (I know I shouldn't be doing that) Rendering makes is much, much worse.

This is the system I want to buy.
 https://www.deltatronic.de/en/pc-en/desktop-silentium-amd
They specialize in building absolutely silent PC's, with special noiseless power supply etc.
Company has been around for a long time and it all looks good. I just want to make sure I'm picking a great graphics card.

So which card should I pick? The cards listed to choose from are all adapted for "passive cooling". Does anyone have any experience with these?
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti KalmX
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti OC
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX1060 
Should I go for the 1060 with its 6GB memory or is it a waste of money?

Thank you all for replying.

Hi and thanks for replying.
I live in the Netherlands. We have tiny houses here, compared to the US. Walls are concrete in stead of wood/plaster and rooms smaller. Not a lot of cupboard space. You kinda work with it, but it is limiting.
Not so easy to find the space to build in your computer somewhere. 

PC makes a lot of noise, even when "just posting on the internet". Constant humming, even with the ventilator wires unplugged (I know I shouldn't be doing that) Rendering makes is much, much worse.

This is the system I want to buy.
 https://www.deltatronic.de/en/pc-en/desktop-silentium-amd
They specialize in building absolutely silent PC's, with special noiseless power supply etc.
Company has been around for a long time and it all looks good. I just want to make sure I'm picking a great graphics card.

So which card should I pick? The cards listed to choose from are all adapted for "passive cooling". Does anyone have any experience with these?
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti KalmX
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti OC
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX1060 
Should I go for the 1060 with its 6GB memory or is it a waste of money?

Thank you all for replying.