I'm in pacific time... hours are horrible. I think I'd rather trade from home, I don't like to brush my teeth either
kidding. Quote from dividend:
uh...
it can get VERY loud.
the cpu fan is ridiculous.
it all depends on the quality of components.
Quote from Andy62279:
My IBM thinkpad is much quiter than my previous laptop, which was an HP pavilion. Noise isn't much a problem because I usually have music playing anyways.
Bronks, you in hawaii? That's awesome. I thought you lived in the BronksI'm in pacific time... hours are horrible. I think I'd rather trade from home, I don't like to brush my teeth either
kidding.
That friend of mine that built his computer from Frys, he installed this ridiculously sized fan in his pc. The thing was loud... but extremely powerful. He said that it sucked in papers next to his pc and shredded it to bits.

Quote from bronks:
May I have a comparison please (decibels):
0 threshold of hearing
10 pin dropping at 10 m
20 soft whisper
30 library
40 quiet conversation
50 normal conversation
60 a busy office
70 vacuum cleaner
80 inside a small car
90 lawn mower
100 large orchestra
110 rock music
120 boom stereo in car
130 earphones up loud/ jet plane
140 air raid siren
150 military rifle
Quote from bronks:
May I have a comparison please (decibels):
0 threshold of hearing
10 pin dropping at 10 m
20 soft whisper
30 library
40 quiet conversation
50 normal conversation
60 a busy office
70 vacuum cleaner
80 inside a small car
90 lawn mower
100 large orchestra
110 rock music
120 boom stereo in car
130 earphones up loud/ jet plane
140 air raid siren
150 military rifle

Quote from TGM:
Ok Andy ---you got me laughing. Here is the one I have seen. I would say hear. But you cannot hear it!!
"Antec Phantom. 350W with active PFC. Fanless design. Extruded aluminum casing. Dedicated output circuits. Dual + 12V output circuits. 2 SATA connectors. ATX 12V v2.0 compliant."
That thing with a Zalman Cpu cooler (whatever that is??--I know it is copper) ---basically makes no sound whatsoever. It is not cheap tho. However, I do not recall it shredding up papers or small children or any such thing.![]()

Quote from taodr:
...Maybe Bronks you constantly hear the waves crashing onto rocks. We are not so fortunate.