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High pitched electric buzzing or hard disk screeching seem to be worse than fan noise nowadays with all the great coolers available. That being said, within a
by yAnonymous 8y ago
High pitched electric buzzing or hard disk screeching seem to be worse than fan noise nowadays with all the great coolers available.
That being said, within a year of using Windows 10 four (!) of my hard drives have begun making loud screeching sounds. They're technically fine, but still unusable.
- ovao 8y agoI built a fanless (technically had fans, but only turned on if needed), semi-high-performance open bench-style system several years ago. It's really pretty nice in theory. The reality is that some components still emit a good bit of noise, and unlike fans, the noise they tend to emit isn't very pleasant. Power-hungry graphics cards are by far some of the worst offenders; without being masked by fan noise, they can be incredibly loud and irritating. An open bench PC is definitely cool, but was kind of a mistake in my case. Fan tech has improved to the point that I think, more often than not, you really want to have them. Otherwise it's time spent trying to eliminate other noise sources that would otherwise be conveniently and usually pleasantly masked by a little wooshing.
- yAnonymous 8y agoCompletely agreed. When GPUs do this, I just declare them defective and send them back. It comes down to a lack of quality of the electrical components and simply shouldn't be a problem, especially with the current GPU prices.