Sager NP9150 (Clevo P150EM) Noise Levels

I have a Macbook Pro 15" Early 2011 and it generates a ridiculous amount of noise when playing games. I am planning on ordering a Sager NP9150; I was wondering if someone who owns both laptops can comment on how loud the Sager NP9150 gets in comparison. Thanks.

 

99.99% sure it will be much louder than your macbook pro.

 

It gets pretty loud when playing games. Use headphones

 

I can easily hear the fans on my MacBook with with headphones on (medium or low volume levels) when gaming.

 

hahaha macbook loud?? the p150em is much louder.

 

I can barely hear the fan during game play on my P170Hm whether GTX 485M or GTX 680M. However, there is never a time where the fan kicks in at max speed.

All I hear is a soft rush of air and with moderate volumes in any game, I forget it is even on. I am surprised at the comments because I wouldn't expect the P170em to be any louder.

 

Well the P170EM is larger, so it is expected the noise levels will be lower. The NP9150 will definitely be louder, but fan noise is basically subjective and every person has different interpretations of "loud", although I'm pretty sure it will be louder. It just depends on which VGA you get, the 670M/675M will most likely be the loudest, 7970M is meh, and 680M is apparently quiet.

 

The only video I could find of NP9150 noise was this: Sager NP9150 Fan Noise - YouTube

Does that seem about right? If it is, it's quieter than my current laptop.

 

Sounds about right.

 

"...You can't even hear the fans. That's how good it is..." I can clearly hear the fans in that video, and it's not something I can tolerate. (strange glitch at 1:00 BTW, the spectrum changes drastically) But if the guy's hearing is intact and he's genuinely not bothered by the noise, I am scared to asked what he may have had in mind for a comparative measure. It could have been this guy:

Runaway Jet Engine - YouTube

Try this video and seek to 13:00:
Sager Np9150 gameplay and screen - YouTube
The guy moves his camera around the screen and backs-up from the laptop. You can get a feel for how directional the sound pick-up from his mic is as well as the general emission from the laptop. From my experience (with a P170HM), it's worse in real-life. It's more quiet at idle, but there are discrete tones that dominate the spectrum.

The problem with videos like this is that many recording devices will feature some type of adaptive noise reduction which can be quite effective at removing discrete tones characteristic of typical of engines, motors and fans. So the fan noise appears "whiter" than in reality, where it's the discrete tones that are the issue. When people compare these things to vacume cleaners, hair dryers and jet engines, it's not necessarily the volume they allude to, but more likely the spectral features:

Worlds Most Relaxing Hair Dryer Sound Ever (White Noise) Low Setting HD - YouTube
noise of hair dryer - d
Relaxing Hair Dryer Sound.. White Noise - YouTube
NIB Dirt Devil/Royal Hand Vacuum - YouTube

(Ok, if you happen to find hair dryer sounds "relaxing" then maybe fan noise from this laptop won't be loud enough for your taste!?)

 

Have to disagree with this one. 15" MacBook Pro for me takes the crown, without any doubt, loudest and cruddiest cooling system yet. You can really burn yourself with that junk.

 

I've heard a Macbook fan when it was failing. I can attest that they can fail spectacularly! It had "maglev" bearing, and no method of lubrication could keep it from screeming. Not much can be done other than replace the fan (or in the case of a MacBook, just kick it to the curb?)