Hey fellow Amazon Users!! I was hoping, if anyone, had any opinions or thoughts on how quiet the inline fan system is?
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The fan is about as loud as an air conditioner on high.. I had it inside the tent at one point to try and dampen the noise. My plants grew too large and I needed the extra space in the tent so I had to remove it. As far as smell goes.. I have used it for two full grow cycles 18 hours per day. And it still does not smell like skunk in my other rooms
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i use the 6" fan but no canister yet it is farely quite in an enclosed room it cools 2 600 cool hoods but get a fan conrtoler with it makes a big differance
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Mine works well, fans are very loud. They sent me replacements haven't installed yet...
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Never noticed a fan problem. I can hear it, but it's quite minimal (and I'm sensitive to noise).
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My experience: I have a fan-less PSU and the stock setup is adequate. However, I do not use their included fan splitter, because my motherboard supported multi-zone tuning (no evidence that this is better/worse... YMMV). Fans are off/low most of the time under normal load. Hope this helps...
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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!
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My build used a 65w AMD APU with a Noctua NH-U14S (one fan configuration), with a Corsair RM450 PSU (runs fanless under 40% load). I also swapped the case fans out for a Prolimatech PRO-BV14 and a CoolerMaster MegaFlow 200 in the front which were both mounted with rubber fan mounts. I dont use the mesh grill, and all heat goes out the back. I dont have a Graphics Card or an Optical drive, which are the two biggest producers of sound in most of my PCs, but from one foot away it is DEAD Silent. My loads max out at 100-125w, so theres not alot of need for air movement, but if you're looking for a quiet light-duty gaming machine or a silent HTPC (mine is both), then I recommend this case.
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I have it on the Eco setting to save the bulb so fan noise is not so noticeable. However if it's on the default lighting setting it might be a little loud. I also use a surround sound system so it drowns out the fan sound but if I used the on board sound the fan will be heard. With my setup, I don't hear the fan from about 4-5' away which is about how far all of my seats are so it's not really noticeable.
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what charlie a. said, and the fan that does come with the CPU sounds horrible. get an aftermarket air cooler, it will help.
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Define "really loud." Mine makes a noticeable noise throughout its entire on-cycle, but it is slightly louder on start-up. If I had to compare the running noise, though, I'd say slightly above desktop fan and slightly below window fan. It's not "whisper-quiet," that's for sure. But, the 'white noise' effect is somewhat soothing, I find. That's just me, though. I hope this helps!
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I hear absolutely zero noise. I dont think it even has a fan? One thing tho: I had an older model and the dsp chip died at some point. Repair was going to be 400 bucks so i had to trash it and buy a new one. Not really cool.
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You can hear it slightly but I've noticed that it only gets really noticeable as the dust collects on the blades. Once you clean those off it's back to quiet. So, if you are looking for silent and wind I don't know what to say, but if you desire quiet and air movement this is a good choice, especially because you can turn all of the fans off except one if noise is the issue when you sleep
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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.
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No, I didn't resolve it. I tried 3 different ones, and they all had the same noise. Let me know if you end up going with the same model from a different store, I'm interested to see whether this is a problem with Amazon's batch or the entire line. It's too bad everywhere else is so much more expensive than Amazon though...
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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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Mine is extremely quiet! I did go into the settings (via the browser) and set it on quite mode to achieve this level of quietness.
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I have the PC behind my monitor. I honestly can't tell you if we have 2 or 3. Anyone out there in Amazon land have quick access to the cover to count the fans? Sorry. So far no problems and cpu runs cool. I do take all precautions to always keep items away from top and side airvents.
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Yes it is as quiet as can be expected...usually the noise generated from a PSU fan is the bearings starting to wear...we had a great experience with this fan...hope this helps..