What is the maximum decibel level on the intel stock Socket

[Rick_Tacular]

What is the maximum decibel level on the intel stock Socket 775 heatsink & fan?

I want to compare numerically the decibel level of the stock intel Socket 775 heatsink & fan with other after-market heatsinks and fans. Currently, my fan sounds like a jet engine. What is the maximum decibel level so I can both see where it falls on a decibel level chart and campare it with others. I know that ~20 decibels is "quiet", but I want to see how much more quiet it is, or how much more loud the stock intel fan is. Thanks.

 

[Rick_Tacular]

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?

Sigh.

 

[evilr00t]

Depends on ambient air temperature and your fan module. Prescott fans <[power and noise] Smithfield fans, I have one of each.

 

[croc]

Decibel levels are over rated, and mis-rated. What I'd like to see is a 'white noise' level or a "DB@freq." level measurement. What's loud to you may not be obserable to my ears.

to illustrate, I have a -10 DB deficit between 3khz to about 7khz, tailing off at 10khz. So fans in that range won't bother me much. Nor will I hear you mumbling on the elevator...

But if a fan gets into the 15khz range, it gives me headaches!