View Full Version : 92mm. Tornado, how loud really?
S!1v3rB@cK_Dk
12-10-2003, 05:59 AM
Im thinking of getting a 92mm/80mm Vantec Tornado or a 80mm Delta Xtreme...
But how loud are these things really... Is it possible sitting at the computer for hours without damageing your ears?
//Soveposen :toast:
freecableguy
12-10-2003, 06:24 AM
Its very possible to sit there and not damage your ears. Now, whether or not the sounds drives your insane is another question.
BigDov
12-10-2003, 07:13 AM
I think the 80mm version is much whinier and louder than the 92mm one....... and if you've got it on a fan controller, you shouldn't have any problems.
S!1v3rB@cK_Dk
12-10-2003, 07:32 AM
K.. I have a fan controller... But i just found a TT smartfan 2 and that bastard pushes 75cfm and is 48db loud, is this a fan anyone can agree to use for 24/7 use?
sandman
12-10-2003, 07:57 AM
Well, the smart fan is adjustable, so even if it isn't turn it down. :)
Oc2theSkY
12-10-2003, 11:54 AM
As to the smart fan 2s I have 4 as case fans. If you room is totally quiet then they can be irritating. However, if you are at like a lan like I am every saturday, I don't even notice the fans. I have mine on a controller since I don't need then full blast while surfing the net. I also have a delta that puts out 48 db on my cpu. Even with that added, it is not bad. I can run the cpu fan full and the case fans on low and it is not to loud at all.
quicksilver98
12-10-2003, 10:48 PM
I think the name really says it all!!!
amd3001
12-14-2003, 09:33 PM
i have one and couldnt find a controller for it so took it out..
i thought i could take the noise also but found out the hard way..
Tilmitt
12-23-2003, 03:46 PM
I sleep next to my rig with it on, currently with 2 standard case fans though one of them rattles a bit. Do you think I could sleep through a Tornado too? Thinking of getting 2x 80MM for my case and a 92MM for cpu.
Oc2theSkY
12-24-2003, 09:15 AM
Sure you could sleep next to it, if you sleep with ear plugs in.
faruquehabib
12-24-2003, 09:39 AM
my vantec tornado 92x38mm whines, like a turbine :D but i dont care that my gaming rig is loud. thats why i have 4.1 surround sound haha
CSOFT
12-24-2003, 09:52 AM
IMO the 92MM aint as bad sounding as the 80MM. Less high pitched.
Brian
12-24-2003, 09:55 AM
They are both LOUD. The 800mm is 55dBa and the 92mm is a little LOUDER. Can't remember the 92mm specs ATM. Both they LOUD unless you got them on a rheo or in a Fanbus.
PyroTeknik
12-24-2003, 12:35 PM
well i got one a few months back.. and when i first turned it on my mom thought i was vacuuming or something like that.... they are hecka loud and i hear they blow out fan controllers.... my parents told me it went or the computer went.... also STICKING YOUR FINGER IN IT HURTS LIKE THE PIZNOOK!!!!!!! ive done it twice... never again.... i burned that thing.... through it in the fire while it was spinning... that was sweet
sandman
12-24-2003, 01:36 PM
Well, My computer is upstairs, and we have a finished basement with insulation and everything.
I could hear it in the basement while watching TV.
makatee
12-24-2003, 02:22 PM
I had to 80 mm tornados running....They killed me! Honestly, they are as loud as people say. I tried running them on fan controllers and wasnt satisfied at all. I even did the 7 volt mod on them and they were still loud!!!! THose things are only good for benching
S!1v3rB@cK_Dk
12-25-2003, 07:40 AM
I think that I stick with my 92mm. Enermax;)
I think that my mom, would throw me out from home:stick:
While all you guys were posting i cleaned my rig and turned my CPU fan, so it sucked the air from the heatsink.. My temps went from 59°c -> 51°c :banana:
So no need for the Tornado here anymore:toast:
felix88
12-26-2003, 01:32 PM
my 92mm Tornado is pretty damn loud even when i've got it at 7v. it's all dependent on what your definition of "loud" is, but generally these fans are considered loud.
on a side note, a friend of mine is running 2 80mm and 1 92mm Tornado in his system and he doesn't think it's too bad. i personally think he is nuts.
doctorcod
01-13-2004, 12:29 AM
i heartily agree with the people above, i have had both 80 and 92mm versions of the tornado and they are both loud, but the 80 is whinier, higher rpms, but i have a fan bus and run it with the speed all the way down and still get great temps.
TheDude
01-13-2004, 02:23 AM
I have the 92mm on a huge hunk of copper just for testing mobos before I pop them into a phasechange rig. Noise does not bother me as much as most people but I could not live with that 24/7. ;)
Super Crazy
01-14-2004, 07:34 AM
my Sunon 120cfm 92mm fan was so loud...
my neighbours thought i was always vacuuming the house... i live in a block of townhouses....
they asked me why i as cleaning the house at 1am in the morning... i have never used it since.......................
XtremepH
01-16-2004, 09:50 AM
it loud but after a few weeks of using it you'll get use to it but then you get tired of hearing while trying to write a school paper.
S!1v3rB@cK_Dk
01-16-2004, 10:05 AM
Originally posted by XtremepH
it loud but after a few weeks of using it you'll get use to it but then you get tired of hearing while trying to write a school paper. '
How high do you run those 2*256 KHX3000? cas? voltage?
KnightElite
01-16-2004, 10:05 AM
It is really, really, really loud. I told my friend to get one, with a fan speed controller, but it drew too much current and the fan controller won't work with it, lol. He's stuck running it at full speed.
S!1v3rB@cK_Dk
01-16-2004, 10:06 AM
Got my temps to 49c full load. After removing a lot of the ceramic paste! and 35c idle
PyroTeknik
01-16-2004, 02:17 PM
does it really help to have the fan "sucking" from the 900u? ive got a 947 so it would be the same concept.. (im an idiot why dont i just try it.... lol
TheDude
01-16-2004, 02:53 PM
You will find sucking removes the heat better....I was surprised the first time I switched the fan around to see. ;) A nice push/pull would be even better.
Raybo
01-16-2004, 11:42 PM
I would say..............screw the TT smart fan II, been there done that, you will not get the air pressure you will get with one of the "good fans".
Oh they are very loud, but if you dial it down to about 3000rpm's or so you you will get better performance than a TT at almost full speed.
Raybo
DazzXP
01-19-2004, 02:12 PM
God i just got a 120mm AKASA fan 1700rpm 30dbA and that is annoyingly loud to me, you people must be def!!!
i'm thinking of to buy some vantec tornados but they might drive me mad with that sound level!!! :D
caboob
02-01-2004, 11:02 AM
I've gone through a bunch of fans lately and the 92mm Tornadoes, when fanbussed (Vantec Nexus 201) with the dial turn all the way down, is a tad louder than the Panaflo H1 at full speed. Noisewise, the 92mm is the same as the 80mm but you get more airflow with the 92mm.
At first I was turned off by the noise but I have gotten used to it. Its temporary until I get my watercooling stuffs.