my ears are bleeding..

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Just picked up a couple of vantec tornados to replace the crap single chassis fan I was using.

OMFG! I thought I was prepared for the kind of noise they'd generate, but goddamn was I wrong.

Needless to say I'll be ordering a vantec fan controller or a thermaltake hardcano from NCIX tomorrow.

Here's a .mp3 of my system running: OMFG.mp3

The recording was taken using a crap mic sitting on my desk. The mic was not held anywhere near my box (it's on the floor).

Gah!

Edit: Sorry, should've put this in 'Cases & Cooling'..

 

[tweaker54321]

the sunbeam rheobus is good also

 

[Jeff7181]

LOL... you sure you didn't have MS Flight 2002 running while you recorded that? LMAO... better put some books on top of your computer so it doesn't fly away...

 

[DoubleUhat]

maybe you can reduce the noise by operating the fans at 7V? ie. connect fan +ve to 12V (yellow) and fan -ve to 5V (red).

 

[Blain]

Did you think the company was just joking about the 55+ dBA sound level?

 

[Twista]

my pc is butt slient ;p thanks to asus qfan! CPu is alittle toasty w/ low speed but not even over 50C and the fan is metal not plastic fins.

 

[4x4expy]

lol. I know your suprise. After reading a lot of complaints about the noise level of the tornados, I really thought people were just whining. I don't mind if my computer generates some sound. But when I put a 92mm tornado on my HS and fired it up, I was amazed that anyone actually would use that on a daily basis. I have mine now at 7v and it is quiet as a mouse and still puts out a generous air flow.

 

[maluckey]

Agreed. I run the 92mm Tornado as of yesterday, instead of the 82mm Tornado. At the same RPM, the 92mm (with adapter) reads 1 degree C. cooler. The noise is at a lower pitch, and is not as annoying to me. I wonder if I can fit a bigger fan?

 

[bgeh]

i had 1 Delta and it was horrible, can't imagine a few Vantec Tornados

 

[sman789]

i have two tornadoes running low but whenever i want it cooler i turn up my fanbus and put on some headphones

 

[Megatomic]

I use a pair of Panaflo M1A clones on the exhaust of my Antec SX840 and they do a great job of ventilating my case. Why did you opt for such noisy fans? Do you really need all those CFM?

 

[Lonyo]

What's the CFM rating of those babies? I saw one site with some 80mm fans with something like 84GFM. They would do some noise and shirting.

 

[RIGorous1]

two bits of advice:

1. get a budget watercooling setup

2. get some cotton swabs for your ears in the mean time