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We measure from a distance of around 1 metre from the chassis with our digital sound level meter to mirror a real world situation.
Please refer to our KitGuru noise guide for a comparison between the noise levels of this system and everyday scenarios.
KitGuru noise guide
10dBA – Normal Breathing/Rustling Leaves
20-25dBA – Whisper
30dBA – High Quality Computer fan
40dBA – A Bubbling Brook, or a Refrigerator
50dBA – Normal Conversation
60dBA – Laughter
70dBA – Vacuum Cleaner or Hairdryer
80dBA – City Traffic or a Garbage Disposal
90dBA – Motorcycle or Lawnmower
100dBA – MP3 player at maximum output
110dBA – Orchestra
120dBA – Front row rock concert/Jet Engine
130dBA – Threshold of Pain
140dBA – Military Jet takeoff/Gunshot (close range)
160dBA – Instant Perforation of eardrum
When the system is idle or operating in a low-load state, the MC101's aggressive fan speed profiles allow it to achieve an excellent acoustic output result. The media centre was just about audible when idling. In a living room environment it would be inaudible.
The extra heat that is produced by a heavier load forces the fan to increase the RPM.
excellent looking media center, great styling. bit costly as you say though.
You pay for the chassis design really, but Id rather build my own media center with the latest silverstone chassis. Better airflow, even if is a bit bigger.
Still nice idea from ARCTIC, although ive concerns over their pricing lately, their GPU coolers are very expensive too.
No bluray optical drive for this pricing? Are they kidding. wow thats well over the price I would expect for that hardware specification.
Bluray can be added with usb based external Bluray drive.
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