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Earlier in the review we voiced our concerns about the cooling inside the this Zoostorm PC as there is a lack of airflow through the chassis.
For the temperature tests we left the system idling at the desktop and recorded the temperature after 15 minutes then recorded the temperature again after loading the system with Prime95 and Furmark 1.10.1 for 30 minutes. Ambient temperature was maintained at 22 degrees C for the duration of the test.
Considering the poor airflow in the chassis the temperature recorded are good and wouldn't prove damaging in the long run.
For the noise level tests we positioned the meter 1m directly in front of the chassis.
We mentioned earlier in the review that the power supply in this system is exceedingly noisy. These results verify our concerns. If you are in the market for a silent media computer then you should look elsewhere.
Quite a let down, not on a performance level, but why use a loud PSU in such an ideal media center system?
wow what a terrible system, why such a high score if the PSU is ultra loud? its ideal for a media center until this is factored in.
its not the psu its the heatsink and fan that runs at 4000rpm to fix that all you have to do is replace the cooler with a silent low profile cooler as some coolers can be very large just dont reuse the thermal compound and be sure to clean all the old off
Hi blaze dragon, it’s definitely the PSU in my review unit that makes the noise as I turned the CPU fan off for a moment and the noise was still present.
I bought one of this zoostorm pc from http://www.rossdigital.co.uk and i found it really good performance. I think they are better than HP and cheaper.
CPU’s don’t make any sound as it is attached to the motherboard what you all be hearing is the fan on the CPU but all these very rarely make a noise. What you will be hearing is the noise from the fan from the PSU (POWER SUPPLY UNIT) So if you want and clever enough you can change the fan on the PSU or get a new PSU FROM any computer shop. Good luck all
I bought a Zoostorm from Argos . I sent it back the next day ,I could not put up with the noise it was like having a leaf blowing machine in the room. worst pc on the market