How loud the fan with middle or full load in windows mode?
1613910
Very little noise and you probably won't notice if unless the room is quite. Plus you can as many others do and swap-out the hard drive and install a solid state drive and zero noise and 3 to 4 sec boot times (and that is from a cold start!) -- that also gives you lightening fast processing. Kind of turbo charging your machine.
1613911
I've found the fan noise to be similar to other ultrabook-style laptops if I'm using it intensively. It's not excessively loud, but it is noticeable, especially if you're sensitive to higher frequency noises.
462070
It is somewhat louder than the single fan in my new Mac Pro, which is almost inaudible. It's really pretty quiet, although I have no way to measure the actual decibel output. I do hear the hard drives within when they spin up, and also when they are accessing data. I am not bothered by the "noise" at all.
1906991
The one I got booted up fine and was nice and quiet during idle on the desktop. But load up an intensive game, and the fan was very noticeable. I could hear it from outside the room, down the hall, and downstairs. I returned this M12II and got a Seasonic X-850 GOLD Seasonic X-850(SS-850KM3 Active PFC F3) 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply instead, and have been happy with it for the last 2 years and counting.
1356398
if it's on LOW , yes....with MED and HIGH it makes more noise, but it's no louder than a small fan. You'll be ok.
873518
The noise level is based on how fast you set the fan. On the lowest setting it is pretty quiet. Even on the highest setting it isn't that loud.
1266658
Mine is relatively quiet; it only makes some mild fan noise when under heavy load.
2025735
it depends on the fan speed but it is a little louder than a regular fan with fan low but gets louder as you go up in fan speed. I use it for bedroom but I always sleep with fan or tv/music on so it never bothers me
1562415
It's more of a whooshing noise. Similar to a case fan in a desktop. I'd say it's a bit louder than my PC if they were both at a similar distance.
1781679
i bought it and returned it. It pushes a good amt of air, but is way to loud for my liking. I would recommend noctua if you want quiet, high airflow fans.
65013
Not at all. On the first 3 settings you can not hear it at all. On the fourth setting you can hear airflow as you would from a fan on high but still not noisy. It is so quite and works so well I just ordered a second one for another room in my house. 100% happy with this product
1436419
it has an open design and the sound varies depending upon how many other fans you have running. I have a corsair cs550m powersuppy and just the cpu fan running. If I'm not view a video, transcoding or compiling a program the cpu fan can be noticed but otherwise its quiet. I don't run the side fans at all as they added some noise but they may be necessary if you plan to put a GPU card in it.
1775132
It's pretty loud. Manufacture specs say 50dB, I'd say that just about right. It's about the same noise as one of the old box style fans.
1974602
It is about as "loud" as my desktop computer. All you hear is a slight "breeze" coming from the motor's fan. It isn't bothersome at all.
1458127
I have not used it indoors but the fans are not loud at all. The sound definitely drowns it out. I ham still very happy with it, we have used it several times.. No complaints
204657
The fan and the hard drive are fairly loud on mine, but ill deal with it for $599. J
204259
the fan isn't always at max, but when it is (seems like random) its unbearably loud. I returned mine.
1780845
Its pretty loud running on regular fan and turbo is even louder. I placed mine in a different room