[viklove]

> I have tinnitus at ~30 because of loud poor-thermal expensive work laptops.

I'm sorry, but I just cant bring myself to believe this statement. There's no way a computer fan can get loud enough to cause hearing damage.

[nevi-me]

How loud does a computer fan get when running at 100% fan, with a high pitch almost like a drill, in your experience?

I've just tested with a sound meter app on my phone; granted this isn't the most accurate way of doing it.

Silent in my room: 30db

Fan on while running and GPU is activated: max 90db.

I wish a computer manufacturer could guarantee what you're saying, because I could get a letter from my ENT doctor, take precise measurement; and sue the manufacturers for damaging my hearing.

[viklove]

Your computer fan is as loud as a lawn mower? You can't have a conversation in your room while your fan is running? What?

[subsection1h]

I have tinnitus as a result of running a 20" fan near my bed during one summer nine years ago.

[randyrand]

that’s scary. sorry to hear that.

how close was it to your head? what kind of fan?