How noisy should a 360 be?

[BassPunk]

mine sits on a cushion of bubblewrap at the back of my room high on top of a wardrobe and ive also stuck a pillow next to it to reduce the noise travelling around the room (airflow unrestricted)

when im playing im usually laying on a bed about 5m away from the screen but below the 360 so the pillow masks the majority noise

 

[ajgoodfellow]

My housemate's is awfully noisy too

When you're in the lobby it's intrusive and irritating - when you play a game it spins up and sounds like a Delta going for it!

The TV has to be turned up a fair bit too. Real shame as it's a nice console but it's just far too noisy. He doesn't mind as his PC is full of Deltas and you can hear it throughout the house!