My FE is absolutely not too noisy. During 2D use the fans aren't even running, and during 3D the noise is totally fine.

I always game with headphones on anyway, so the noise is not an issue either way. But it's really not bad. On this generation at least the cooling solution is fine IMO.

Yeah, I'd much rather have some screaming plastic in a case where it can't be seen than a screaming fan that's heard in the next room.

Eh anyone that cares about noise will watercool their GPU.