• yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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        5 hours ago

        I have a Noctua fan in my PC. Quiet AF. I don’t hear it and it sites beside me.

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      21 hours ago

      Hmm, probably not. I think it just has the single 120mm fan that probably doesn’t need to spin up that fast under normal load. We’ll have to wait for reviews.

      • cholesterol@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        I also just meant given the size constraints in tiny performance PCs. More friction in tighter spaces means the fans work harder to push air. CPU/GPU fans are positioned closer to the fan grid than on larger cases. And larger cases can even have a bit of insulation to absorb sound better. So, without having experimented with this myself, I would expect a particularly small and particularly powerful (as opposed to efficient) machine to be particularly loud under load. But yes, we’ll have to see.