How Loud is your Computer

[diduknowthat]

I'm pretty sure Praetor made this poll a long time ago, but I think it's been long enough to make a new one.

The question is simple, how loud is your PC?
Along with your vote, please list your cooling solutions,

ie: 3 120mm Antec Smart Cool fans, 1 120mm Arctic Cooling PWM fan, 120mm PSU fan, 80mm CPU fan

 

[Motoxrdude]

Dead quite, no noise at all, but not fanless either.

 

[El DJ]

I don't even remember Heatsink and fan's in my computer.
But you ever heard a space shuttle launch? My computer is louder than that.

 

[Kesava]

I'm pretty sure Praetor made a pole a long time ago, but I think it's been long enough to make a new one.

yes i have never doubted his pole making skills myself

anyway i have 2 120mm fans (front and back)
80mm psu
not sure about the cpu.

 

[diduknowthat]

yes i have never doubted his pole making skills myself

anyway i have 2 120mm fans (front and back)
80mm psu
not sure about the cpu.

Oops, typo .

 

[pc-tech]

loud,
1: 80mmfan, and heatsink fan

 

[fortyways]

"I can barely hear it from 2 feet away"

I voted this, but I'm not really sure of the difference betwen that and "very quiet."

1200RPM 120mm Scythe Ninja fan (12V) at 5V, ~600 RPM

CNPS8000 Zalman 92mm fan at ~4V, 800 RPM

Stock Antec EarthWatts 380 fan

and a 5400RPM 2.5" HDD

 

[kchinger]

LOUD!

1 80 mm front intake, 1 80 mm side intake (NB cooling ghetto solution), 92 mm Hurricane 8800 VGA cooler, 92 mm Rosewill CPU cooler, 90 mm top exhaust, 120 mm rear exhaust, 120 mm power supply exhaust. I haven't worked out any kind of controller yet either, so they all run at 100% all the time, even the VGA.

 

[DirtyD86]

very loud. i can literally hear it when im downstairs in the kitchen, if my bedroom door is open

but i like it that way plus my temps are amazing for being such a big OC

 

[Verve]

"I can barely hear it from 2 feet away" quiet. I've got a decent HP system, they make good ones IMO.

 

[voyagerfan99]

My personal computer is a calming kinda noise.

The CD-R is all thats annoying.

 

[diduknowthat]

"I can barely hear it from 2 feet away"

I voted this, but I'm not really sure of the difference betwen that and "very quiet."

Very quiet would be that you cannot hear it or you have to put your ears against the case to hear it.

"I can barely hear it from 2 feet away" would be that you can barely hear it sitting in the your seat.


Also, any suggestions to make a computer REALLY quiet? I'm thinking of getting a passive heat sink for my 8800gt and buying some rubber fan mounts.

 

[SirKenin]

I took my good computer to the office.. That one is wickedly loud. I have an HP with Intel Viiv here at home now and it's uber-quiet.. as in, you can't hear it even putting your ear up to it.

 

[JLV2k5]

Mine is really loud do to the addition of a 80mm side vent fan (intake) . I also have the psu fan, a HSF, and another 80mm exhaust fan.

 

[fortyways]

Also, any suggestions to make a computer REALLY quiet? I'm thinking of getting a passive heat sink for my 8800gt and buying some rubber fan mounts.

I'd get an Accelero S2 (or S1? I forget, whichever one is the largest) for the 8800 GT. Before you worry about fan vibrations, I'd also suspend the hard drive with elastic. I know the P180 comes with rubber grommets, but those really don't do enough.

I could make some better suggestions if you'd like to show me the inside of your case.

 

[OvenMaster]

An 80mm intake on the side, an 80 exhaust on the rear, a 70 on the PSU, a 60 inside on the GPU and a 60 direct-ducted to the room all add up to what sounds like a muffled vacuum cleaner. I hate the racket, but if I don't have all of them running, I'll overheat because I run F@H 15-18 hrs a day.

 

[The_Other_One]

I've considered investing in better fans(IE quiet ones) and other such things, but my computer's really not THAT bad. And I'm referring to my desktop here. My laptop is silent (I can go a full day without the fan kicking in) and my Mini has only a slight buzz to it. Actually the LCD I'm using on my mac mini has a louder electrical buzz than the mac's fan

Oh, and I almost forgot, my desktop has that 7600GT in it. That fan gets annoying when it kicks in...

 

[ExtremeAlien]

Very loud, I use 2 ultra kaze 3000rpm 120mm scythes.

 

[Shane]

i voted for "I can hear it, but it's not annoying"

i have 2x 120Mm fans one on the front and one on the back for exhaust.

i also have my cpu fan,gfx card fan and my psu has 2 fans,I think the psus fan is bigger than 120Mm at the bottom.

considering all the fans my system is not loud at all.

 

[PHATSPEED7x]

Mine is pretty loud. Running hot doesn't help either.