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Am I the only person who doesnt care about fan noise?

I still miss the HDD clicking of yesteryear. So no, noisy GPUs don't bother me and I switch between headset and 2.1. If the fans are going 100% I might notice it for a minute but it quickly gets filtered out with the rest of the daily background noise.

I use an open-bench right beside my mouse and keyboard. :)
 
High levels of noise and heat output make gaming physically uncomfortable for me, to the point where I'd happily settle for a less powerful, but more efficient setup.

That's why even though I've owned much more powerful cards, the GTX 970 will always be the GOAT for me.
 
I didn't mind when I had an actual computer, but I now find my laptop fans at full pelt very annoying.
 
As I've mentioned earlier in this thread, age has a large part in this debate.

The older we get, the more hearing we loose. Those 50+ have lost a large % of their overall hearing, so fan noise won't bother them as much.
 
NirK said:
Reasons for bigger PC = better cooling, more components etc. I have 3 hard drives, 3 SSD and a noctua D15 so no chance of a mini case even if I wanted one.
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My Anidees M-ATX case housed 3 HDDs, 3 SSDs, and a D14 :p
 
I underclock my gtx780 to stop it revving up the fans, even though its the MSI frozr dual fan one...quieter is better. Fan noise might not bother you much but after 10 years of it you'll have tinnitus.
 
With my set up and fan profiles the only time that noise would become an issue is during gaming. That's when I'm using my K702's so find it's the best of both worlds.
 
Dave2150 said:
It's natural that the old forum members care less about noise, as their hearing has deteriorated over the years. Put them back in their 20 or 30 year old body and I bet they'd get annoyed with fan noise!
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Not sure this is right, I'm in my mid 40's and have been going to loud rock gigs for 25+years so my hearing can't be that great but fan noise above about 1400 RPM bugs the hell out of me and I spend a fortune on fans and watercooling trying to reduce it.
 
Mikey C said:
Not sure this is right, I'm in my mid 40's and have been going to loud rock gigs for 25+years so my hearing can't be that great but fan noise above about 1400 RPM bugs the hell out of me and I spend a fortune on fans and watercooling trying to reduce it.
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Genetics are a factor, though by the mid 40's you'll have absolutely lost some hearing.

Here's a good little test:

 
Mine was about right for my age. Years of raves in the 90s did for my hearing, I definitely had lost some hearing in one ear by 28 as I had a workplace hearing test which showed loss. However it could have not have been that as I can't tell which ear i've lost hearing in.
 
Well based on that video it looks like there's something odd with my hearing as I can hear all frequencies apart from 15k & 19k.

So I can't hear the one I shouldn't be able to hear due to my age but I can hear sounds only people half my age should be able to hear.

Any one else of a similar age getting results like mine?
 
I made some tweaks to my PC yesterday, put some more / better fans and installed D15 with LNA, now my PC is silent at idle and just a small noise from the airflow when gaming, I ran 20 loops of X264 and max temp was 55c with the D15 and LNA.... 55c with almost no noise... mmm satisfying!! I swapped all the case fans to Noctua and thermalright 140mm fans.
 
I can hear up to 17000hz, but I also have tinnitus from using headphones too much, apparently I have a hearing age of 24 but I am 31.
 
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