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Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:35 am
Forum: FAQ
Topic: Quieter fan for GK3V?
Replies: 8
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Re: Quieter fan for GK3V?

I've spotted a fanless PC on Amazon for £360 with an i5-4200U cpu so quite a bit better than the Celeron. Reality is that the requirement for audio playback is pretty minimal (the GK3V spec was fine, just that the device is excessively noisy). Fanless will definitely be the way to go for me I think,...
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Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:54 am
Forum: FAQ
Topic: Quieter fan for GK3V?
Replies: 8
Views: 7933

Re: Quieter fan for GK3V?

Hi Gabe, I did think it sounded excessive... I've done as you suggested and initiated a return via Amazon. I might even re-think my approach and try a fanless unit of some sort; the main reason for going this route was to have a quieter solution for audio playback as my PC's baseline noise level is ...
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Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:06 am
Forum: FAQ
Topic: Quieter fan for GK3V?
Replies: 8
Views: 7933

Re: Quieter fan for GK3V?

Thanks Gabe - here's a video of the sound with the device being put to sleep/woken up which clearly demonstrates the volume and frequencies of the fan:



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Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:18 pm
Forum: FAQ
Topic: Quieter fan for GK3V?
Replies: 8
Views: 7933

Quieter fan for GK3V?

I bought one of these recently and set it up yesterday. First thing I noted is that it runs hot, which means the fan kicks in. Which means the second thing I noticed is that the fan has a 'whine' at a frequency that's just enough to be annoying. I've read a lot of posts with fans mounted under the u...

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