exactly how noisy is a delta fan?

[Endeavor]

ive heard that they provide excellent cooling but are noisy
how noisy exactly?

[Jon]

I can barely hear my CDROM at full spin with mine.

[Endeavor]

i cant hear my dvdrom drive at all! lol its quiet :)

[Mr B]

Hmmmm... lets see...

Case side on: Sounds like someone in the next room with one of those big honkin' hair dryers, doin' their hair.

Case side off: Sounds like someone standin' behind you, doin' YOUR hair.. ???

Yeah, they're kinda loud. The first night I plugged mine in, my wife was watching TV down the hall in the living room. She could hear the Delta over the TV!! I went wandering thru, headed for the kitchen at one point, and she looked at me and asked, "What the heck are you doin' in there?"

Um...yeah, they're kinda loud...tee-hee-hee Cool the Hammers of Hades, though. =)

[Endeavor]

well i have a perfect counter for the noise
LOUD MP3s!
but seriously, what makes it loud? the viabrations?

[It_The_Cow]

Its mainly the pitch that creates its loud and piercing qualities. That's why many people can't hear over them very well. If it were to drop, I'm sure people wouldn't complain about them as much. Vibrations can add to its noise, but they are usually easy to remedy

[Endeavor]

a high pitch whine it is? then couldnt you solve that by adding a little more grease to the motor shaft?

[It_The_Cow]

The high pitch is caused by the 7000+ revolutions the thing spins at. Greasing it would only make it go faster. Slap a rheostat on it or use the 5 volt mod, and you'll barely be able to hear it

[Endeavor]

is the delta a slot 1 fan or a 370?

[AmbientFiction]

Neither its just a fan they come in many flavors try this site out http://www.plycon.com/fans.htm here you can see the very nice fans I myself am going tp use the 80mm high outputs

[outhouse]

If you do the silicone trick its not that bad, you can find this out in the tips section. Ive done it to mine and its about as loud as a cheap 80mm case fan. [very tolerable] the vibrations are the biggest part of the noise and once you do the silicone trick all you will hear is some air noise, oh and thats with a duct coming straight off the HSF going to the sidecase cover which amplifies the sound.

[Shadow ÒÓ]

Moved post to Cooling.

[M@€$†®Ö™]

Loud fans save CPU !!!

Maestro

[AMDGuy]

It's not just the noise, it's the pitch of the noise. Very unnerving. I built one system with that fan for a friend, I could hear it across the house due to it's high pitched whine.

[el]

Could you guys type louder I can't hear it over my delta ;¬)

[sieb]

I got a delta on my Globalwin WBK38.. I could hear it clear across the office, with the case on. Pretty much 50db worth of high pitched noise I could do without. Shortly after installing my Globalwin, my Delta threw a blade, solved that problem.. Got 4 other heatsinks.. :)

[Nealer]

My Delta isnt very high pitchesd it just sounds like your in an airplane... :-)
I tried the silicone trick, but sadly i didnt hear any difference. If you keep your case on it wont be that bad. If it is for an office computer i wouldnt reccoment it, but if its at home where you can listen to music or play games then you wont even notice it.

[KILLorBE]

Got my 60mm 38CFM Delta "screamer" today :) , And it's much louder than the 6 fans I have in my case.

BTW I also got 3 120mm 190CFM Delta fans that I ordered for a friend of my, now these things sound like if you're standing next to a jet that's about to take off.(not funny anymore)

[sfa ok]

When I used my delta (pre-glaciator), I just drowned it out with music. But they're loud. When I first plugged mine in, the noise of it actually scared me. But I got used to it. My parents didn't.

[Thelemac]

I used to *sleep* in the same room as it...with the case off. Not that that means it's quiet...I have actually gone to sleep with my roommates alarm clock going off.

I did have quite a few nightmares of computer parts coming after me, though. Quite unnerving, so I got watercooling. Which baffled my parents even more. :)

[youthemandan]

I can hardly even notice mine. It doesn't bother me at all like some people. Don't be afraid to try it i almost didn't get one cause of how loud people said it was but now I'm extremely happy.

[YahooDave]

If you go here:

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tecar.html

you can listen to some different fans including that one. Keep in mind it depends on how close you are to the fan. These sound like you are about 12" away.... about.... I think.... maybe.

[Paiynn]

Funny you should ask, I just got my first 38 delta in the mail today.

Let me put it this way... With my machine completely buttoned up, I can still hear the delta over the 120mm on my side panel. :)

Thats what music is for though

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

how loud is the 50cfm 60mm delta tehn? (50DBA)