Could someone please tell me how loud this cooler is? Thanks!
1831725
Extremely quiet. If your running stock then switch to this, your ears will fill with golden silence .
122427
One other thought. If there is a Lowes or Home Depot near you with demonstration fans, run one with a similar Sone rating and then you can get a feel for how loud it will be. Best of luck. Stephen
1693033
It's as loud as any other portable. It's louder when the condenser is on vs just the fan. You'll get used to it though.
636915
thank you. I am getting an evaporative cooler (none of the stores stock them) from Lowe's, which was very helpful. As for noise... it can't be worse than an a/c.
701086
It's not very loud. I sleep with the ceiling fan on and this thing too, and sometimes I can't tell if it's on. The fan is basically what you would find in a computer tower so the noise is minimal. A slight humm if anything
2174000
It is fairly loud. Also I should mention that the cooling capability is disappointing.
533483
Not loud at all. The machine is not a real great air filtering wonder. Air volume is low. Fan needs higher speed. I wouldn't buy it again.
1145418
I don't think it's noisy at all. The only noticeable sound I can recall of comes from the fan, still quite discrete.
974251
No louder than a "normal" fan regardless of load. You can hear it's running but not over the volume of a typical game. It is very good at keeping the processor cool.
1469699
The fans are the loudest thing coming from my rack. This is at home so the noise is a bit much (ignorable). I also have wood floors so the sound travels a bit. I'm actually here looking for quiet replacement fans. I can't find the size anywhere. This unit would not be too loud for a standard business server room.
342202
it's 80mm and very quiet so it can't be much (on their site it lists as 1200RPM, but no CFM rating. and 26.5dBA), however after installing it I saw avg CPU temps drop 3-4 degrees C, as well as internal temps by several degrees. My video card splits the case in half so there was less air intake for the upper half (intake fans are on lower half). This gets air to the heatsinks for all the motherboard chipsets and RAM which is then sucked out the back quite nicely.
414047
Yes it is pretty loud. not as loud as crushing ice in a blender but far from quiet. To work properly you need about a tray of ice. It's a pretty situational appliance but it does come in very handy when unexpected guests stop by and you have no chilled ice. how well it works 8/10, how practical it is 5/10. very cool item over though.
339114
very low noise . About the sound a small fan would make from a computer cooling system. From 5 to 10 feet away you will not notice it.
1775132
It's pretty loud. Manufacture specs say 50dB, I'd say that just about right. It's about the same noise as one of the old box style fans.
1122548
Not bad. You can hear it running, but we also use it in an agricultural setting, so it is not very noticeable. All of these size refrigerators make about the same sound, I would say it is fairly quiet.
1090766
Just OK. It was louder than the Frigidaire unit I have replaced it with but I didn't consider it objectionable. It has 2 fan speeds and is predictably a bit quieter on the low speed setting, in the same range as a window air conditioner on a low fan speed setting. I couldn't hear any compressor noise so it was just rushing air white noise.
2016255
Pretty quiet. I have an i5 in mine with the standard intel cpu fan and that fan is louder than the one that comes in the case.