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It's a hard drive cooler by Vantec. I'm curious to know how loud it is.

http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=1985&cat=64&page=1

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28 to 38dba
about as loud as a regular case fan so to say (about 32dba)
thats too loud for me though, lol.
if ur current cpu fan is over 45dba, u probably won't hear a thing

 

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See, I saw that spec too but I've found some 28 decibel fans are louder than others due to manufacturer measurement differences. My current fans are two 120mm Vantec Stealth fans and a 92mm 35 decibel fan on the HSF.

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Dood this thing has a little cross-flow blower in it.It should be pretty quiet.I'm sure it has a thermal control on the fan to adjust the fans speed as needed.If not you can probably control it with a
control mechanism. THE FANMAN

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its prolly pretty quiet....although if you do find it to be loud w/ a 28-38 dba rating all i can say is noise nazi

 

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i read reviews on those, the reveiwer said that although it was not too loud, the sound was an annoying whine and the price and cooling didn't justify 30 dollars.

 

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noise nazi

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Yes I am. I ditched my watercooling setup becuase it was too noisy lol. Now I'm running a pair of 120mm Vantec Stealth fans at 7v (one intake, one exhaust) and a single 92mm 35 decibel fan on my 900U. No noise. Peace. Quiet. Fantastic. Oh and I'm using the Paxmate stuff.

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http://www.hightekpc.com/reviews/vortex.html

 

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Top Hat Theater said:

Yes I am. I ditched my watercooling setup becuase it was too noisy lol. Now I'm running a pair of 120mm Vantec Stealth fans at 7v (one intake, one exhaust) and a single 92mm 35 decibel fan on my 900U. No noise. Peace. Quiet. Fantastic. Oh and I'm using the Paxmate stuff.

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then i would advise against this one.