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Butcher · 02-07-2005, 12:13 PM

Well my 1250 is what I call "quiet" - it's sat on about an inch of packing foam (fairly firm stuff, the pump barely dents it), without the foam the vibration rumble on the desk is quite loud. Currently I can't hear them pump over the HDDs and radiator fan (can barely hear it with comp off in fact), that's how I'd like to keep it.
HDDs are 2x HGST Deskstar 7k250 80GB SATA drives, rated 26dB idle.
Fan is a comair rotron major DC rated 55dB at full speed, I run it at 10-11V (nominal is 24) so unsure what noise level it is, louder than the HDDs, maybe low 30s dB.

Sounds like the D4 may be a bit loud for my liking as standard. Is overheating likely to be a problem if I were to wrap it in sound damping foam?

02-07-2005, 12:13 PM	#6
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	Well my 1250 is what I call "quiet" - it's sat on about an inch of packing foam (fairly firm stuff, the pump barely dents it), without the foam the vibration rumble on the desk is quite loud. Currently I can't hear them pump over the HDDs and radiator fan (can barely hear it with comp off in fact), that's how I'd like to keep it. HDDs are 2x HGST Deskstar 7k250 80GB SATA drives, rated 26dB idle. Fan is a comair rotron major DC rated 55dB at full speed, I run it at 10-11V (nominal is 24) so unsure what noise level it is, louder than the HDDs, maybe low 30s dB. Sounds like the D4 may be a bit loud for my liking as standard. Is overheating likely to be a problem if I were to wrap it in sound damping foam? __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...