Seriously, my Delta was so loud (and perhaps my fan was just louder than most, I don't know as I had never heard another) that I was unable to hear people screaming for me outside of my room. I could here poundings on my door, though.
I went to the ear doc, he tested my hearing and it's exemplary, thankfully that savage beast of a fan didn't ruin my ears, it only felt like it was.
Thrax said I have above average hearing.
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited September 2003
A2J, I think you're exaggerating. I had 80mm/84cfm and 92mm/119cfm Tornados in my computer at one time, along with 5 53cfm Sunon 80mm fans, and the tornados lasted an hour before I got sick of them, but they weren't THAT loud...
Possibly, as I never did have ONLY the Delta fan going and I also had another system sitting above the system with the Delta so it could have been the combined noise of all the fans from two systems, but when I disconnected the Delta I was able to hear people outside my room again. Was it entirely the Delta? perhaps not, but the Delta was definitely what pushed it over the edge.
(do you run with the side on or off the case? I normally run with the side off, so that may have been another small contributing factor.)
Geeky1 said A2J, I think you're exaggerating. I had 80mm/84cfm and 92mm/119cfm Tornados in my computer at one time, along with 5 53cfm Sunon 80mm fans, and the tornados lasted an hour before I got sick of them, but they weren't THAT loud...
And when you say small, perhaps you mean large. The difference between case on and off is about 60% of the volume.
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited September 2003
It depends. Sometimes I'll take the side off to do some work and I'll be too lazy to put it back on for a few days, other times I put it back right away. It all depends on how lazy I'm feeling at any given time...
I thought it was supposed to be good for temps. I'll check with the side on and the side off to see what differences I get.
Maybe it's a large difference, but the Delta had such a shrill-pitched wine that honestly it didn't seem to make a nickel's worth of difference with the side on/off.
Thrax said Case side off? That's SO bad for temperatures.
And when you say small, perhaps you mean large. The difference between case on and off is about 60% of the volume.
a2jfreak <- lazy.
I have a bird's nest of wires which right now prohibits the door from being closed on my main rig. I think I'll clean that up when I do some case mods.
Geeky1 said It depends. Sometimes I'll take the side off to do some work and I'll be too lazy to put it back on for a few days, other times I put it back right away. It all depends on how lazy I'm feeling at any given time...
I think I'll order the YS-Tech 92mm 66CFM fan I showed you last night, Geeky1. That might help my overclocking attempts a bit, but will also add some more noise.
I got my Kingston HyperX PC3200 CAS 2 3-2-6 today, so now I just need to ship my Corsair back . . . suck too because one of those Corsair sticks was just fine. Hopefully the Kingston will not crap out. If so, I'll see how high my NF7-S can go, Geeky1, so you'll have another person to compare to. (which takes us back to the original purpose of this thread.)
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Seriously, my Delta was so loud (and perhaps my fan was just louder than most, I don't know as I had never heard another) that I was unable to hear people screaming for me outside of my room. I could here poundings on my door, though.
I went to the ear doc, he tested my hearing and it's exemplary, thankfully that savage beast of a fan didn't ruin my ears, it only felt like it was.
(do you run with the side on or off the case? I normally run with the side off, so that may have been another small contributing factor.)
And when you say small, perhaps you mean large. The difference between case on and off is about 60% of the volume.
Maybe it's a large difference, but the Delta had such a shrill-pitched wine that honestly it didn't seem to make a nickel's worth of difference with the side on/off.
a2jfreak <- lazy.
I have a bird's nest of wires which right now prohibits the door from being closed on my main rig. I think I'll clean that up when I do some case mods.
I think I'll order the YS-Tech 92mm 66CFM fan I showed you last night, Geeky1. That might help my overclocking attempts a bit, but will also add some more noise.
I got my Kingston HyperX PC3200 CAS 2 3-2-6 today, so now I just need to ship my Corsair back . . . suck too because one of those Corsair sticks was just fine. Hopefully the Kingston will not crap out. If so, I'll see how high my NF7-S can go, Geeky1, so you'll have another person to compare to. (which takes us back to the original purpose of this thread.)