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    Noise XPS M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Cloudfire, Jul 9, 2008.

  1. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Very few people answered me in the owners lounge, so i decided to make this thread:
    I know there are many owners of the M1530 in this forum, and i hope that many of you would answer me this. It only takes 1 minute.

    A) How noisy is your M1530. From a scale from 1 to 9 where 1 is the best!
    B) What contributes the most of the noise: System fan , HDD , Slot drive.
    C) How is the noise when surfing the web? 1 to 9 where 1 is the best.


    Thank you
     
    Cloudfire, Jul 9, 2008
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  2. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    1. Noise level: 2 (idle)
    2. Noises are from fan when CPU is high & continuous crunchy noises from hard drive.
    3. Surfing web noise level: 4 (when loading graphical pages/flash/etc.)
     
    hanime, Jul 10, 2008
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  3. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Will buying the T8100 (2.1 Ghz) and a SSD make the computer alot more quiet than yours hanime?
     
    Cloudfire, Jul 10, 2008
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  4. celsdogg

    celsdogg Notebook Enthusiast

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    2 at idle, gaming, about an 7 or 8
    the cooler makes the most noise when it is on high. optical drive makes regular noises, and the hard drive is pretty much silent. i never hear it.
    surfing: about 2. 1 when the fan turns off.
     
    celsdogg, Jul 10, 2008
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  5. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    SSD is kinda a bad investment at this stage(high prices, low write speed, probable same/more power usage, only big plus is quick read speeds)
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 10, 2008
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  6. Snesley Wipes

    Snesley Wipes Notebook Consultant

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    Cloudfire, the noisiest part of the system will be the fan. Mine is on ~20% of the time. Surfing the net I would say ~5% of the time, gaming 100%. The fans are average IMO in the noise category. My HD is silent, I'm not sure if this is true for every owner though.

    Hope that helps.

    Snes
     
    Snesley Wipes, Jul 10, 2008
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  7. Wolfpup

    Wolfpup Notebook Prophet

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    How about when it's Folding...on both the CPUs and GPU? :D
    I know at least one person who Folds on it pretty much 24/7.
     
    Wolfpup, Jul 11, 2008
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