How loud is the Fop-38?

[paruhd0x]

I need a very close comparison. Someone a little while back posted a website that had .wav files of actual HS and fans being run. The best you can describe the loudness would be appreciated.

-Thanks

 

[whalen]

I think its like 42db. The sound sound was REALLY high pitched, which was what annoyed me the most. I don't mind loud fans, but that high squeeling sound really got on my nerves....so I traded it to my friend and bought an alpha pal6035

 

[paruhd0x]

Thanks man, yea the high pitched sound would piss me off too. I'm gonna get a Fop32-1

 

[nickburns]

i have heard horror stories of its noise, but then again i am using a delta black label fan so i have alot of horror stories to tell too :frown:

 

[shiznut123]

high pitched noise like a person screeming

 

[Viperoni]

Same fan there nickburns
Delta = fop38 fan

46.5db

 

[Dynamix3D]

The FOP-38 sounds like a friggin' hair dryer, and I am not even being sarcastic, it literally sounds like a hair dryer.

 

[paruhd0x]

Thanks all, I like the amount of air it pushes through but I don't think I'll be able to sleep with the computer in the same room.

 

[Sunny129]

wow! and i thought my Gorb was loud. then again thats probably b/c this is my first time building a custom system and using fancy cooling and stuff. b4 i had a Dell system with a P2 350 slot-1 in it. those didnt even have a fan, just a heatsink on it

 

[mrchan]

a hair dryer or the rewinding of a tape seems right to me.

 

[heng1028]

try this and this