How quiet are the fans from 1-10 with 10 being the loudest?
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Ultimately it depends on the speed you run them at, but these are the high static pressure models not the high air flow models so they are not as loud as those, although even at full throttle neither of them is very loud. These fans are for moving air against pressure; in other words for bringing air into the case.
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I would give them a 2...honestly, the refrigerator in our apartment is louder than these fans, the fans are about a 4 when the computer is initially started, but as soon as they get to their standard air flow, they drop down to whisper quiet.
1187351
White noise. There are about 12 different fan noises but the white noise is just that.
858293
Never noticed a fan problem. I can hear it, but it's quite minimal (and I'm sensitive to noise).
1331168
Very quiet. Can't hear it. There is an option for the fans to be low, medium or high. You can configure to your choosing. Great option.
589892
I have 5 in my system, I cannot hear them at all. Not at boot up, not when transferring, not when drives wake from idle -- just dead silent. And my pc is a near silent system, running Noctua fans under volted at around 700 rpms, so it's not producing fan noise that might muffle hdd noise.
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I think the only meaningful way I can answer that is to say the I have (4) of these drives in a Drobo mini on my desk and hear no noticeable noise above my PC fan. I think they are plenty quiet.Hope that helps.
1633954
You can definitely hear the fans running but, I don't find them distracting, in fact, I hardly notice them. Probably varies from person to person though. About the same as computer cooling fans.
1458127
I have not used it indoors but the fans are not loud at all. The sound definitely drowns it out. I ham still very happy with it, we have used it several times.. No complaints
1804191
Hi, i have 2 in my tower, the fans are really quiet but makes a little of noise.
535786
The fans are quiet but not silent. Normally the sound is not very noticeable but when the CPU is under load the fans will spin faster and be louder.
940012
I consider this fan quiet. Even at low speed (on #1 setting) the fan pushes a lot of air.
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You're asking two questions Dimitri. They will move more air than your stock H80 fans, but if you run them at full speed all the time, which is recommended, then quiet is not going to happen. They are not loud, but you know they are on all the time. These took 6C off the stock fans on my H60, so they definitely made a difference. I am more concerned about having my 8350 CPU being cool. I can live with the hum of the fans.
199387
Yes it's very quiet. The size of the fans means they're more quiet then the standard 2-3inch fans.
762453
Pretty quiet. These units don't work by pushing a lot of air, so the fan is relatively small.
575414
Hello , these fans are about 25 dBa , it is not completely silent but a very faint air flow sound , I haven't come across a 120mm quieter than this , I like them the led lights give a nice white glow.
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I call it quiet, even under load. I still hear fans, but they don't overwhelm my tiny speaker system. If you want zero noise, then this won't work.
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I was pleased with the low noise level but also depends on your fan speed control (I.e. Motherboard) settings.