Is it normal for these to be pretty loud? I'm using with a bitcoin miner and you can hear it all over the house.
1974134
These power supplies are meant for Servers. These servers are older tech. They tended to be louder than new server power supplies.
1974135
It depends of it has the plastic fans or the metal fans in it. I have 1 of each amd the metal blades tend to make a pitch whine that can be heard through thin walls easily.
1974136
Yeah... they are loud. Sound like a plane taking off. The G7 servers are a little quieter. I tried to use a dl360 in my house for a file server. Its funny how much louder these servers are outside a noc.
1849630
I have not noticed any noise. I had read that as well and was planning to just install when I needed them but they have been great for me. Leave them on all the time.
1422830
At the moment,I'm running 2 Radeon HD 7950s and with all fans running around 30% and can't hear them at all{including the GPU fans} I've never had to run them at 100% for any reason but I'm sure there wouldn't be that much noise from the case. I'm really please with it. Hope this helps.
1450822
I don't think it's loud. My model name is 1200w | ION SELECT | TITANIUM, just like the one in the picture. HIGH/LOW/COOL/OFF and the sound doesn't bother me.
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.
214861
The more you have plugged in the more noise you'll get through the chain. I would recommend a dedicated power supply like the Voodoo.
110006
The fan is very loud.. I replaced the fan with a whisper fan I had from an old computer.
1519007
It sounds like a small desktop. So its relative to the surrounding environment. If you have only have a fan-less laptop you will notice when its running.
1546924
they are loud but if you dont mind the noise they keep the card cool. but these cards are meant to be water cooled. they perform very very well. much better then after market cards. i love my xfx r9 290.
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.
1197103
These are the performance edition so they are loud if you just plug them in. If you use a fan controller, either external or through your motherboard, then they can be silent while still moving a good amount of air.
2097068
Yes some noise is normal, unless you are hearing loud grinding noise. The black series is the performance series. Unfortunately this makes it a little louder than the other series. I believe the green is the quietest, but for desktop performance in a larger drive Black is the best. For better performance you have to use two RAID drives.
1562415
It's more of a whooshing noise. Similar to a case fan in a desktop. I'd say it's a bit louder than my PC if they were both at a similar distance.
942
We use ours in conjunction with a desktop computer, so they seem very quiet by comparison. They're small and plastic so there isn't much to rattle or make much noise. :)
1589534
Mine certainly get loud. I would assume it is your source. Make sure the volume on your computer is up.
1100371
Yes even on 50 %. Nvidia cards are typically quiet compared to AMD. I have two and I barely hear them half of the time. They do make my room heat up like a sauna.
1974922
To be honest, I never paid attention to the noise. My equipment is all in a rack inside a closet. The loudest piece of equipment is not the Synology. Loudest piece is my Netgear 24 Port Ethernet Switch.