Dell Computers are NOT quiet

[dexvx]

Just came in: Dell PowerEdge 2650 1U Rackmount Dual 1800Mhz XeonMP servers with 512KB L3 cache. These do NOT follow the traditional QUIETNESS of Dell. These are SO LOUD, that it will put 92mm 60dBA Delta fans to shame, and that is NOT an understatement. I took off the cover to find 3 fans. The 2 rear exhaust fans being ultra loud.

To top it off, the performance of this machine is so low, that I think its hardware is defective. (SiSoft gives it 600MB/sec memory bandwidth??), and it crashes every so often.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: dexvx
Just came in: Dell PowerEdge 2650 1U Rackmount Dual 1800Mhz XeonMP servers with 512KB L3 cache. These do NOT follow the traditional QUIETNESS of Dell. These are SO LOUD, that it will put 92mm 60dBA Delta fans to shame, and that is NOT an understatement. I took off the cover to find 3 fans. The 2 rear exhaust fans being ultra loud.

To top it off, the performance of this machine is so low, that I think its hardware is defective. (SiSoft gives it 600MB/sec memory bandwidth??), and it crashes every so often.

its a freaking server, what do you expect, noise-wise?? Try sitting 10 feet from 4 Dell PowerEdge4400's, 6 Dell Optiplex GX110's and a PowerEdge 4400.

 

[bozo1]

Who claimed their servers are quiet? Most servers have powerful fans to cool the 15K SCSI drives that most of us throw in them.

 

[Maverick2002]

Like iamwiz82 said, they're servers. Just be glad they don't use one of these. I have a GX220 (or 440 if one exists, don't remember, but it's a black P4 1.6 mid tower) that I use at work and it's pretty quiet.

 

[JellyBaby]

Change your title to "Dell Server Computers are NOT quiet" and you won't be flagged a Troll.

 

[dexvx]

I volunteer at the Intel Q&A labs, I'm quite aware that servers are louder than your normal computers, and I sit next to several servers, but this freaking server blows the roof off sound wise. It basically mutes out everything around me.

Like iamwiz82 said, they're servers. Just be glad they don't use one of these. I have a GX220 (or 440 if one exists, don't remember, but it's a black P4 1.6 mid tower) that I use at work and it's pretty quiet.

Read my post, these are far louder than even some 60dBA Delta's that I have had to fortune of owning. They are simply the loudest fans PERIOD.

Change your title to "Dell Server Computers are NOT quiet" and you won't be flagged a Troll.

I don't know where you're coming from. I've defended Dell computers (since I'm quite fond of them) when some uninformed people think and post that they are piles of crap. This is uncharacteristic of Dell to have machines THIS loud.

Edit: I called up Dell, and they confirmed that some 2650's have this problem and will send over some people to get a firmware to lower the fan speed.

 

[JellyBaby]

I don't know where you're coming from.

Simple. Not all Dell PCs are loud. Your title includes all Dell PCs. Therefore you're attempting to blanket all of them when the fact remains Dell desktop and laptops are quiet.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: JellyBaby

I don't know where you're coming from.

Simple. Not all Dell PCs are loud. Your title includes all Dell PCs. Therefore you're attempting to blanket all of them when the fact remains Dell desktop and laptops are quiet.

Yea, well I had high expectations. I know servers are loud in general (just like many home made computers), but Dell has always been quieter and I expected Dell to be quieter. Low and behold it was a stupid firmware problem thats make this thing uber loud. Although I would imagine some enthusiasts would actually want this kind of airflow.

 

[smp]

Your thread title is misleading and it is a blanket statement .. your bound to upset some people.

 

[AluminumStudios]

Rack servers are NOT quite because they have to force air through small spaces with small fans. There's no room to engineer in quiteness.

Every server I have is loud as heck.

Hoever, my one Quad P3-Xeon Dell (4U) does have a bios option for "quite" mode where it runs the fans at 1/2 speed (but only 1/2 the cooling efficiency too - so you need a good environment.)

 

[fr]

My Inspiron is pretty quiet.

 

[Leo V]

Come on, let's give Dell the credit they deserve!

When it comes to non-servers, my ex-roommate's Dell P4 system was almost as quiet as my custom-built ultraquiet rig. This absolutely blew me away--it takes very devoted engineers to make such a high-performance system run so quiet. Here is a review of a similar (but not as powerful) Dell.