So reviews say Fans are not quiet? Need Home theater rack if noisy will not work as will bother me/people sitting in room &amp; while watching..???
291704
The fans are loud but you can replace them with quit ones and the rack is great for a home theater. I bought two of them that's how much I like them.
533484
Not very noisy. I have it in my living room and it doesn't bother me with the TV or anything. The only problem with it is my tv remote randomly turns it off. I would say it works great and you should buy it. Good luck!
1770339
With my ear against the side panel i thought to myself.. "I'm so glad i didn't spend the money to put together a fanless system!" ..only the PSU is audible, the HDD (if you don't use a SSD) will be the loudest component.
115035
I haven't particularly noticed the fan noise. I've used it to project YouTube musical videos, and have made presentations in small rooms with people sitting closely around it and have never noted distraction from the fan. Unless you were specifically looking for fan noise, I doubt it would be a problem. That said, the next time I use it I will probably be especially sensitive to fan noise. ;-)
1561793
Actually, that is a subjective question. For me, I work from home, it is less than 5' from me, and I do not find it distracting at all - even at it's highest setting (there is a link that can manually adjust the fan speed.) I've even had an SSD in use within the box leaving only the fan noise. So, it's not all that loud to me. The other side of the coin though, is that it is not in a bedroom, nor next to my TV/Stereo/etc. The sensitivity of the 'listener' is what gives a better answer.
581236
You can hear it but it's a quiet fan overall. I wouldn't say it is necessarily noticeable, especially when you have your movie sound playing. If you place your speakers near the screen facing the audience you will be fine.
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.
2215628
In my opinion they're not any louder than a Cd drive when it first boots up. I had an enclosure built around mine (for ascetics) and the back is accessible via a side doorway, so I hear almost 0 bleed thru on the fans. However, without the enclosure it's really not that loud either. The fans are located at the very top and the cabinet does a good job of containing most of the sound. Hope it helps!
856209
Mystic-Buddha...This fan is whisper quiet and if it is noise you want, then get the portable double directional fans. One set of fan blades blows inward and the other blows outward they tend to be noisy.It's either that or turn the stereo/TV volume higher.The Lasko Oscillating fan is surprisingly quiet.Good Luck.
2069837
I think the fan is about as silent as it gets. I have noticedno noise whatsoever. You do have to keep the vents on the back clear or it will heat up way too fast. I use mine primarily for MusicReader software for performance and I am happy with it. That said it isn't TOTALLY silent, but mine is very close.
1611575
I haven't heard any low noise from the monitor's internal speakers. I agree with the other the internal speakers are pretty tiny and don't produce very good sound. I just used some old BostonAcoustics theatre speakers I had laying around.
1251023
I don't know if the fans are ultra quiet. But I run them at their highest setting (they have 3 manual settings) & I have to stand close to my entertainment center with everything else in the room turned off & no sound from any other device in order to hear them.
1197453
I've used it for meetings and movie watching without noticing the fan noise. I would say it is not bothersome.
227243
I can not help, I have no experience with home theater setups. However, the i3 i600s is a very quiet computer.
1436418
Hi, With the stock 2 fans that the case comes with it's very quiet, You have to also count on how much noise your video addin card makes as well. If your only going to use the cpu built in video then there's really very little noticeable sound at all. My own setup is the ( 1 ) 140 front fan I have ( 2 ) instead of the stock ( 1 ) 120 mm fan on the one side and I also installed ( 2 ) 80 mm fans in the rear right blowing right across the motherboard cpu. I also am running a Duel fan Radeon 7870 video card. With my setup I hear a low humm with the case only about 1 foot away from my right ear.
1673915
How is it with sound? I may be one of a few, but I like my fans to make noise because it blocks out the irking street sounds of cars going by and loud music. I'd rather have fan noise than that irking noise!
2215631
The equipment I have in the rack is only on when I play movies, so for about 2-4 hrs at a time. I do not have the fans plugged in and I just open the front panel when the equipment is on then close it a little while after I turn it off. I didn't feel like I needed to use the fans, but if you feel you need them or don't want to open the front panel, then you can look through the comments to find solutions people have found to eliminate or minimize the noise. I love the rack and I'm glad I made the purchase.