Aquinus
Resident Wat-man
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2012
- Messages
- 13,147 (2.94/day)
- Location
- Concord, NH, USA
System Name | Apollo |
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Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
Everyone builds their towers with their own goals in mind. Some people want performance, some people want a low cost build and, some people might just want a tower that works but, ultimately a generalization doesn't always fit with what someone wants (or demands,) from a computer. So I would like to ask a fairly generic question, one I've started grappling with myself, is this:
How important is it for your computer to be quiet?
For me, it used to be the case that I just wanted my tower to be fast. I would settle with having headphones on and not really having to deal with the sound my tower makes and just opting for the performance option. As I've had a family and I've started to look forward, I'm starting to realize that the hearing in my left ear isn't quite the way it should be. I'm not sure if this is because the driver side window always being cracked open on the highway on my 45 minute commute or if it's because my incredibly loud computer is sitting to my left at my desk. Either way, I've started to realize both how loud not only my tower is but, how how loud my gateway server is in the living room (I bet my daughter and wife love me for that,) is as well. So as I've gotten older, had a family, and have started to shift from the "loving to tinker and screw around with technology" mentality to the, "I usually just want it to !@#$ing working work" mentality, I would like to pose this basic question to everyone.
Why do you think what you do about this and how do you justify it to yourself? I find it fascinating how my own view of this has changed and I honestly want to completely rebuild my machine in my office to be dead silent (the one in my specs,) as well as the gateway server in the living room. So, I would like to get a little bit of feedback on what you think about how much sound your tower makes and if you're own view has evolved as you've gotten older... if you've had time to think about such things in life.
How important is it for your computer to be quiet?
For me, it used to be the case that I just wanted my tower to be fast. I would settle with having headphones on and not really having to deal with the sound my tower makes and just opting for the performance option. As I've had a family and I've started to look forward, I'm starting to realize that the hearing in my left ear isn't quite the way it should be. I'm not sure if this is because the driver side window always being cracked open on the highway on my 45 minute commute or if it's because my incredibly loud computer is sitting to my left at my desk. Either way, I've started to realize both how loud not only my tower is but, how how loud my gateway server is in the living room (I bet my daughter and wife love me for that,) is as well. So as I've gotten older, had a family, and have started to shift from the "loving to tinker and screw around with technology" mentality to the, "I usually just want it to !@#$ing working work" mentality, I would like to pose this basic question to everyone.
Why do you think what you do about this and how do you justify it to yourself? I find it fascinating how my own view of this has changed and I honestly want to completely rebuild my machine in my office to be dead silent (the one in my specs,) as well as the gateway server in the living room. So, I would like to get a little bit of feedback on what you think about how much sound your tower makes and if you're own view has evolved as you've gotten older... if you've had time to think about such things in life.