Noise Level

   

The MSI Nightblade MI has multiple noise sources, which include the fan on the CPU heatsink and the graphics card. During our 2D and 3D tests, the system was always rather quiet. Due to a problem on the graphic cards inside the Nightblade MI, we can't describe the noise of the GTX 960 Tiger Edition since the fans are running always to 1900 rpm. The cooler used on the GTX 960 Tiger Edition is similar to the old TF IV and we believe that the noise produced by the card could be on a good level.

Temperatures

With an ambient temperature of 22 degrees, we have obtained these temperatures using two stress tests like Prime95 64bit and FurMark. In both scenarios we haven't manually set the rotation speed of the fans. In our opinion the temperatures recorded are adequate to the type and size of the system. Like for the noise, also the GPU temperatures are not correct since the fans were set to 1900 rpm.