how loud is a 360

Its not that im worried about, its at night when the hifi goes off and its just me, the console, and the tv.

Any gen on swapping the dvd drive for a quiet pc one ?
 
Mines reasonably quiet, apart from a NTSC version of Rainbow 6 Vegas.

For some reason it sounds like a jet plane taking off. :confused:
 
alex2zulu said:
louder than sticking your head in an erupting volcano
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Apparently some boffins went back in time to test this theory. They used an ear trumpet to listen to Krakatoa (at that time considered the loudest ever noise heard by humans) going boom from a distance of just under ten miles ...

According to Wikipedia, they still had to turn off the 360, as the DVD drive was proving too much of a distraction.

Microsoft were unable to spare any PR reps to comment on these controversial claims as they are in the final stages of launching their new Xbox 360 branded Hearing Aids (play and charge kit sold separately), and Wireless Hearing Dogs for the Deaf (available in both Core, and Premium versions).


Some of the above my not be entirely true... :D
 
eracer2006 said:
Its not that im worried about, its at night when the hifi goes off and its just me, the console, and the tv.

Any gen on swapping the dvd drive for a quiet pc one ?
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THE NEWER ONES COMING OUT WITH BENQ DRIVES ARE MEANT TO BE A FAIR BIT QUIETER - THO I HAVENT

--damn caps--

...tho i havent heard one to be fair...

:o
 
Bought mine a month ago - Oct 2006 model - very load when loading a game, mainly DVD drive. Nearly as loud as a hairdryer.
 
Is it loud? Yes

Does it bother me AT ALL? No

Not even at night when everyones in bed, it just isn't an issue for me at all.
 
Pug said:
THE NEWER ONES COMING OUT WITH BENQ DRIVES ARE MEANT TO BE A FAIR BIT QUIETER - THO I HAVENT

--damn caps--

...tho i havent heard one to be fair...

:o
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I have a BenQ 1650 burner which is quite amazing, super quiet so if the BenQ drive is anything like there burners, it's gunna be quiet.

Also have an NEC and upon spin it's very loud, but I still love it. :D
 
BloodWolf said:
:confused: all games sound same to me..
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PGR3 is by far the worst offender. Many people have mentioned it. I think it's as simple as it being just a problem with a badly coded release title. I can only guess data needed during the game is streamed off the disc or stored in different parts of the disc that leads to excess spinning/accessing?


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eracer2006 said:
i wanna buy a 360 but i dont want a loud one........when playing at night id have to use headphones...

Is there a way to mod it to be quieter, quieter fans for example ?
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Ours is pretty loud, but you wouldn't hear it at all in the next room with the door open.

You also get used to it & don't hear it when playing games :)
 
The unit itself is a little noisy, but the DVD drive is REALLY noisy. Can this be swapped over for a quiet one perhaps? Can i do this on my warranty with MS?
 
Dr_Evil said:
Can i do this on my warranty with MS?
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If you mean can you do it yourself, then no. You would have to break the warranty seal on the console. Plus in any case, its not as easy as just taking one drive out and swapping it for another.

I doubt MS would have any of it either if you asked them, as the loud drives are not a fault, just an annoyance.
 
OK so opening it up is a bad call as it will break my warranty. How about telling them something is wrong with the dvd drive as it's extremely noisy and ask them to fix this?
 
Got my 360 today and it's pretty quiet, the only thing that's loud is the disc drive, but when your playing a game you don't really notice it anyway. I don't.
 
My 360 is pretty quiet. Noisy when the DVD drive is going full tilt though. My first xbox (which broke) had really noisy fans. Really annoyed me.
 
its louder than my PC which has 6 harddrives and 3 fans... The 360 is loud and runs damn hot aswell!!! Its no wonder that quite a lot of them fail.. im using mine as a heater. Only had it 2 days am loving it should have got one a long time ago, perfect for these cold snaps aswell ;)
 
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definately seems to be luck of the draw. Mine is really loud but my lads is a lot quieter and they come from the same store within a week of each other too :confused:
 
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