How noisy should a 360 be?

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I got a 360 a week or so ago and it seems really noisy when playing a game and the disc is spinning in it. It basically sounds like a small aircraft is taking off!

Is this normal or should I try and take it back and exchange it for another unit?

Thanks
 
Why not try and be accurate when you say it is loud rather than saying it sounds like a small aircraft taking off.

The 360 is a loud machine but from the info you've given there's no way to know if it's overly loud or just normal, what's loud to one person might be simply normal to another.

How loud do you have to have the TV turned up to not here the 360 when playing?
 
wedgie said:
Why not try and be accurate when you say it is loud rather than saying it sounds like a small aircraft taking off.

The 360 is a loud machine but from the info you've given there's no way to know if it's overly loud or just normal, what's loud to one person might be simply normal to another.

How loud do you have to have the TV turned up to not here the 360 when playing?
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Okay, maybe that was a bit of a bad description, It sounds about 2-3 louder than my PC DVD drive when it does the initial spin up and just keeps going. I have to turn up the volume on the TV to what is about 35 on the volume gauge when normal viewing can be done at level 20-25 depending on the tv channel so I can hear what's happening in the game.

It's hard to explain really well, but it just seems a lot noisier than I expected it to be.
 
Origin said:
Anyone know a way to make them quieter?
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Only ways which invalidate the warranty :p

You can buy third party fans which are quieter, but as the noise comes mainly from the drive they aren't much use.

You can make the drive itself quieter by reducing the read speed, but that involves doings things not allowed on this forum.
 
wedgie said:
Why not try and be accurate when you say it is loud rather than saying it sounds like a small aircraft taking off.

The 360 is a loud machine but from the info you've given there's no way to know if it's overly loud or just normal, what's loud to one person might be simply normal to another.

How loud do you have to have the TV turned up to not here the 360 when playing?
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That's not acurate either... "I have to turn my TV up to 40 on the volume."

"40!!! I only have to have mine on 20!!!" Blah Blah Blah

Each TV is different, so that makes no sense, the only way you could accurately judge it is with a decibel meter... and who has one of those!
 
Mr_T said:
That's not acurate either... "I have to turn my TV up to 40 on the volume."

"40!!! I only have to have mine on 20!!!" Blah Blah Blah

Each TV is different, so that makes no sense, the only way you could accurately judge it is with a decibel meter... and who has one of those!
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In a general level of noise sense then yes it is sort of accurate, Normal TV viewing is at X volume, but I need to increase the volume to Y when the Xbox is on indicates a level of volume higher than normal viewing. I appreciate that everyone's TV is different, but it give an idea of how much of an increase is required.
 
Its really loud when playing a game, quite loud when playing a dvd, and hums when not doing anything with the DVD drive. Its really bad and well documented. Its not an ideal "media centre" due to this reason. Although it can play High Definition WMV through an external harddrive and then its ok.

The only solution is to drown out the sound with whatever sound system you have.
 
Mr_T said:
That's not acurate either... "I have to turn my TV up to 40 on the volume."

"40!!! I only have to have mine on 20!!!" Blah Blah Blah

Each TV is different, so that makes no sense, the only way you could accurately judge it is with a decibel meter... and who has one of those!
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I didn't mention volume settings did I. ;)

It's a perfectly valid question, the obvious answer being slightly louder than normal viewing, no need at all for the volume settings to even be mentioned.
 
Rhys said:
Its really loud when playing a game, quite loud when playing a dvd, and hums when not doing anything with the DVD drive. Its really bad and well documented. Its not an ideal "media centre" due to this reason. Although it can play High Definition WMV through an external harddrive and then its ok.

The only solution is to drown out the sound with whatever sound system you have.
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It's not loud at all playing normal DVD'? :confused:

Well mine isn't atleast, loud playing games but my TV even on low volume drowns that out easily.

Console noise has never bothered me tbfh, after living with my PC which sounds like a hoover for so long I don't really mind (This is on nearly 24/7 too)
 
Origin said:
In a general level of noise sense then yes it is sort of accurate, Normal TV viewing is at X volume, but I need to increase the volume to Y when the Xbox is on indicates a level of volume higher than normal viewing. I appreciate that everyone's TV is different, but it give an idea of how much of an increase is required.
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Correct, the specific volume levels from each different TV don't really matter, it's more about judging the actual increase required.
 
Origin said:
How noisy should a 360 be?
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This noisy!

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