AF140 QE Loud

WuMyster · 26 Dec 2013 at 14:43

Now, ive been watching some videos and I am baffled at how silent the fans are for people. I know you cant get an exact representation of what they sound like, but god damn. One of mine is easily the loudest component. No, its the loudest thing in the room (except the speakers). My mechanical keyboard is quieter than the fan.

Whats strange is that i bought two of the AF140 QE LEDs and one is silent, the other is loud as hell.

I then check my BIOS on the speeds and the quiet one is run at 700RPM and the loud one is run at 1100RPM.

I am extremely confused as to why this is happening. Is it just the LED version that is loud?

WuMyster · 26 Dec 2013 at 23:47

5! One AF140 is louder than 4 Scythe GTs and the AF140L all ran at 7Vs!
I might ask for a RMA through Corsair. I just cant believe one fan can make this much noise.

WuMyster · 26 Dec 2013 at 23:56

Ive checked the BIOS and i cant find anything that can change the voltage. Seeing as theyre not PWM, it cant be something to do with that.

I have switched them round, and they then swap places respectively in terms out loudness. So its either they are both faulty or everyone is genuinly deaf. Thats how loud they are.

+ that makes we not understand why one header halves the RPM when all others dont.

WuMyster · 27 Dec 2013 at 01:03

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