<p>I’ll be bringing a desktop for my first year in college and wondering how inconvenient it’ll be for my roommates. Particularly about the fan noise and the size when compared to laptops. </p>
<p>I’ll be trying to reduce the noise as much as possible by lowering the fan speeds and taking some fans out, but I am also curious how your experience is or was with a roommate that uses or used a desktop.</p>
<p>I don’t have experience but I can’t imagine it is that bad… You have your OWN desk, don’t you? It’s your space, not theirs. Plus, desktop fans aren’t that loud, are they?</p>
<p>If they complain, tell them they can leave the room while you work. If I were you I wouldn’t change the fans at all; if the noise bothers them they can use earplugs or listen to music through headphones to drown it out. I have never heard of any complaints about a person’s desktop noise from roommates with laptops, so I think you may be underestimating how tolerant your roomies will be. It’s one year, they’ll manage.</p>
<p>I knew two roomates, one of whom had a desktop. It wasn’t the computer itself that was the problem, it was that they didn’t get along, and the desktop roomie was in the room a lot because she never went to the library to do her work.</p>
<p>I think with that exception, there wasn’t really a downside (space, fan noise, etc. wasn’t a problem).</p>
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<p>That kind of attitude just cries out for conflict. It’s your computer and your roommate has as much right to be in the room and not be bothered as you do. If your roommate complains, it’s your problem. But, make sure you talk to them once you meet them to get these kind of problems sorted out. Most people are reasonable and just asking them about it beforehand will be fine. But, waiting until they have a problem with it and then telling them to shut up and get out of the room is a poor choice.</p>
<p>it should be the big of a deal, i never heard of a computer thats fan noise was so loud it ****ed someone off. what the hell do you use a industrial fan?</p>
<p>ahahah your post made me laugh.</p>
<p>Fans are not that loud and I’ve never heard of anyone complaining about it. Now keyboard noise on the other hand can get annoying, especially if you have an early morning class the next day and your roommate is still on the computer at 4 AM.</p>
<p>my roommate over the summer had a desk top(a gaming one at that, with all the extra fans and that stuff) </p>
<p>i never thought of them as being annoying, but when they would kick in i’d wonder what the noise was, once i figured out it was the computer it just became background noise. like when the a/c turns on…you only “hear” it for a few minutes.</p>
<p>If a roommate has a problem with the noise of your computer’s fans, then you aren’t the one who needs to deal with that. Seriously, everyone with a roommate is going to have to make some allowances, but there are some things that, even if they irritate the roommate, he/she just can’t really complain about them. Try and be considerate with other things: wear headphones if you’re listening to music, turn down the screen to as low as you can stand it after they’ve turned off the light to go to sleep, and other things like that. But you can’t help it if your computer’s fans are loud, and any reasonable roommate would realize that.</p>
<p>StreetSmartNYC’s post made me laugh…</p>
<p>I kind of think that complaining about normal desktop fan noise is akin to complaining that your roommate breathes too loudly. That is, unless you ARE using industrial fans.</p>
<p>If this is your first year, trust me, that will be the least of your issues, lol.</p>
<p>I love the sound of computer fans, it drowns out other annoying sounds, like other people moaning and whatever :).</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments : )</p>
<p>The sound of the computer is not loud at all, almost equivalent to a mini-AC on low and probably lower than that too. I was curious about this since this computer is generally louder than the retail pre-built ones like Dell and HP, but definitely a sound you can get used to, and much lower than the sound of keyboard typing. I wouldn’t have cared about this if I couldn’t do anything about it, but since I can, such as reducing fan speeds or taking them entirely, I thought it would be thoughtful even if unnecessary. </p>
<p>No, I’m not using industrial fans : P</p>
<p>Again, when you go to college, this will be the least of your concerns…trust me, lol. You’ll get what I mean when you get there.</p>
<p>On an unrelated note, I think it’s nice that you’re so concerned about your roomate.</p>
<p>Again…lol.</p>
<p>Trust me, I doubt your roommate will be as concerned about anything close to that.</p>
<p>Okay, Comanch09, we get it. Three replies of the same thing are unnecessary.</p>
<p>To threadstarter, as long as you’re not on your desktop all the time, as in, you’re ALWAYS in the room, you should be fine.</p>
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<p>Long as your computer’s not super old like the one in my house and makes huge ass WRIIINNNGG noises, you should be fine. I had a desktop computer and it worked out</p>
<p>5v or 7v your 12v fans, and make sure area is open around the computer. thing’ll run silent. They also heat the room up nice in the winter.</p>