SSD or HDD - FAN NOISE M14x

Hello Everyone,

Although I view this forum a lot, this is my first time posting.
With your advice and recommendations, I ordered my M14x just a week ago.


With all the discussion about M14x fan noise, I wanted to ask
will installing a SSD make a considerable difference to the noise
when playing video games?

If the answer is yes, can you please help me decide which is a better option and why?
For alienware laptops, does it make a difference 1.8 in or 2.5 in SSD?




Crucial Internal 1.8-inch Solid State Drive • 355MB/s Read, 215MB/s
SSD upgrades from Crucial.com




Internal 2.5-inch Solid State Drive • 415MB/s Read, 260MB/s
SSD upgrades from Crucial.com


Seagate ST95005620AS Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid Drive - 500GB, 7200 RPM, SATA 3Gb/s
Buy the Seagate ST95005620AS MomentusXT 500GB Solid State at TigerDirect.ca


Thank you, in advance, for all your help and input.



Quantity Item Number Description

1 225-1260 AW M14X, BLK
1 009-6800 SHIPPING FEE
1 313-8797 AlienFX Color, Terra Green
1 317-6667 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
1 317-6680 Intel Core i7 2820QM 2.4GHz
1 318-0637 AW Hinge Up WLAN DMC - BLACK, M14X
1 318-0643 NV GeForce GT555M 3.0GB VRAM BLK
1 318-1166 Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner, DVD+-RW
1 320-2228 14.0 HD+ (900p/1600x900)/WLED
1 330-6348 AUTO-UPDATES,ON, AW
1 331-2069 Alienware M14X 150W A/C Adapter
1 342-2549 750GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
1 410-0548 ADOBE ACROBAT X READER MLANG,CNB
1 410-9453 McAfee Platinum, 15 Month, MUI, CNB
1 412-0148 NO ISP REQUESTED
1 420-6436 PC-RESTORE, DIM/INSP
1 420-9691 DATASAFE LOCAL BACKUP
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1 421-1305 Roxio Creator Starter, ANWNB
1 421-1400 WIN 7 HOME PREM, 64, ENG,AW NB
1 421-4816 AW Command Center Software, M14X
1 421-4817 Creative SB X-Fi HD - Software
1 430-4099 Intel WiFi 6205 a/g/n 2x2
1 951-9510 HW WRTY+SVC,ANW M14x,UNY,INIT,REL
1 951-9530 NBD OS,ANW M14x,UNY,INIT YR,REL
1 993-8552 ACC DAM SVC,ANW NB,3YR (DHS)
1 994-3730 WARRANTY SPRT,ANW NB,INIT YR
1 951-9520 HW WRTY+SVC,ANW M14x,UNY,EXT,REL
1 951-9550 NBD OS,ANW M14x,UNY,2YR EXT,REL
1 987-5301 WARRANTY SPRT,ANW NB,1YR EXT
1 331-2071 Standard Nameplate, M14X
1 421-1359 World of Warcraft Edition
1 421-1360 Steam with Portal
1 421-1586 Alienhead Chrome Red
1 421-1596 Alienhead Chrome Red
1 430-4097 Internal Bluetooth 3.0
1 430-4103 Internal 60GHz WirelessHD M14x
1 600-0043 ON EHF $2.75 NOTEBOOK

 

The SSD will help with the heat under the right wrist rest area, but it will not have any effect on the noise level. The fans themselves are much louder than any HDD noise you would hear, even at very low fan levels.

 

Is there going to be any sort of fix for that HIGH FAN NOISE level or we just have to live with it?

 

You are going to have to just live with it. It's a powerful computer and it generates a lot of heat. You gotta sacrifice quietness for power

 

Normal web browsing or non-gaming work and the system is relatively quiet. Its when you start to do graphic intensive tasks that the fan noise gets significant.

There are no fans near the HDD area, and the HDD doesn't generate enough heat to require a fan. It's all on the system processor and the video card.

 

I guess the alternative is to wear headphones.

I just hope the fan noise isnt as bad it sounds
Haven't gotten it yet, but feel a bit depressed listening to all the negative comments.

 

Not sure what negative comments you are referring to. A laptop of this size with its specifications needs significant fan power to keep cool while gaming.

Its what comes with high performance..

 

Before I got mine, I was little nervous about the fan noise, and I'm here to tell you, not to worry. The only time the fan kicks in is if you're playing a game, or running a bench mark. Even then, it get's noisy, but it's not THAT loud. And if you're playing a game, aren't you going to have the game sound turned up anyway?

For sitting on the couch and browsing the web and watching a youtube video or 27, the fan has kicked in once or twice, but it's not on long. The fan's do their job well, in the 3 seconds that fan is on, I've seen my temperatures drop 10 degrees C.

So, stop worrying about it.

 

Trust me, the power will blow you away more than the fan (pun intended )

 

As long as the fan doesn't kick in while watching an HD movie it won't bother me...

 

I'm almost sure it will.

 

That would be rather annoying. Even if I set it to only use the IGP for video playback?

 

In this case it might not. Sometimes while idling though, I've had the fan kick in full blast for some reason. Don't know if a virus scan started up or what, but it's kind of surprising when it does :-S Still, not loud enough to bug me unless the TV is off

 

That's a turn off. I wouldn't mind at all during gaming; I expect that. But I would like to be able to take it to class and be able to type notes without the fan bugging everybody around me...

 

Yeah, i'd wait till a few more people reply though, just in case it's a mostly isolated situation you might be able to set up a classroom profile where the gpu can be throttled back a whole bunch ?

 

Well the nvidia gpu shouldn't even be on with Optimus as I would only be using word. Might need to scale back the cpu though...but is there a way to do that other than through the bios everytime?

 

Anyone know how the noise compares to the m11x R3s fan noise.

 

so do you recommend the SSD or you think I should give the 750 GB - 7200 RPM HDD a go?

 

Good to hear! Ok, now I wait.
Hey is anyone here from Canada or ordered to canada.

IT says it has shipped but the delivery date is in a month?!
Odd.